Job Description
We are looking for a committed Psychologist looking for a rewarding job, where you can make a difference as you develop your expertise. This post provides an exciting opportunity to join a large and established team in the RMCH Paediatric Psychosocial Service and work into two innovative clinical specialties - paediatric burns and lifespan Neurofibromatosis.
Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital is a regional paediatric hospital and is in fact the largest children’s hospital in Europe. Paediatric Psychosocial services are well regarded in the hospital and close relationships exist with our colleagues in paediatric (and indeed adult) medical specialties.
We are keen to promote innovative practice, as well as traditional individual psychological assessment and intervention. We work with hospital inpatients, groups, and with face-to-face as well as online/virtual modalities. We run patient groups, consultation groups and psychosocial meetings with other medical specialties, we actively contribute to the wider Trust Schwartz team and support a range of therapeutic intervention modalities, including neuropsychology, family therapy, ACT, CFT, Narrative, CBT approaches and psychotherapeutic approaches.
We are a committed research service with our team contributing to a wide range of research projects and host some of our own too. Continuing professional development and further training is supported and encouraged at this grade in association with the appraisal process
- Providing evidence-based psychological assessment and interventions
- Contributing to MDT care planning and review
- Providing consultation, training and support to the wider team
- Developing the clinical psychology service in conjunction with senior colleagues
- Supervision of more junior colleagues, trainee and assistant psychologists or other psychological practitioners
- Contributing to audit and research
To be considered for this role, you'll need:
- An accredited post-graduate qualification in Clinical Psychology
- Registration with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Post-qualification experience of working within the fields of paediatric, adolescent or adult health psychology
Band 8A and Band 7 are invited to apply.
MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!