Principal Clinical Psychologist

We are looking for a highly experienced Clinical Psychologist to join our innovative CAMHS team.

Manchester CAMHS work with Children and Young Peoplefrom 5 to 18 years with a wide range of complex emotional and behavioural difficulties. You will have an integral role in developing and supporting the pathway into CAMHS. The post holder will provide clinical leadership for the delivery of our Partnership and SPOA team. The postholder will offer supervision, consultation and training to members of our multidisciplinary CAMHS team.

The postholder will work closely with the District Lead Consultant Psychologist and the Senior Leadership Team. The postholder will carry a caseload and play a substantial role in developing and integrating intervention pathways.

We have strong links with Manchester Clinical Training course through supervision of trainees and teaching and an active research agenda. We encourage service innovation and value user participation. We are committed to CPD, the personal and professional development of team members and positive well-being, ensuring clinicians are able to achieve the right work-life balance., As a senior highly specialist Clinical Psychologist/Equivalent Psychological Practitioner with substantial senior clinical experience and post-qualification training, the post-holder will work alongside other senior staff to provide leadership to support the systematic delivery of a high-quality specialist clinical psychology/psychological service to children, young people and families in South Manchester, in the context of a comprehensive and integrated CAMHS.

To support the leadership team in representing clinical psychology/psychological services and CAMHS in South Manchester in multiagency development groups relating to community and primary care services. To support the leadership team in non-clinical activity by proposing and implementing policy changes for South Manchester CAMHS.

Effective working relationships are essential at all levels and with multiple stakeholders, in South Manchester CAMHS (with core colleagues and those in specialist/targeted CAMHS), Children's Services, Community Health, Education and other partner agencies.

This post is open to highly experienced Clinical Psychologists and other eligible practitioners with the appropriate qualifications/experience. Significant experience of working in the delivery of psychological services in CAMHS and eligibility for HCPC Registration is essential.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & 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 Electronic Patient Record system which 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 Green Plan which sets 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.