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We are looking for an Assistant Psychologist to support the CAMHS Team within South Manchester, under the supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist and the ADHD Lead.

As an Assistant Psychologist within the team you will be involved in undertaking QB assessments with children and young people, as well as supporting with schools and families where applicable.

There will be opportunities for shadowing qualified practitioners and psychologists in the team as well as co-working cases with qualified clinicians and providing therapeutic support where appropriate.

Your research and clinical audit skills will also be further developed through this post. You will also have the opportunity to be involved with our children and young people's participation initiatives.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in well established CAMHS services that is forward thinking, dynamic and offers a wide range of multidisciplinary CAMH Services.

• To assist in the design and implementation of audit and research projects;
• To undertake data collection, data analysis and the production of reports and summaries to aid service development;
• Under supervision, to assist qualified Clinical Psychologists and senior members of the clinical team in implementing psychological interventions. This will include using a variety of assessment procedures to collect relevant data (rating scales, self-report measures etc), analysis of data and undertaking clinical interventions with qualified clinicians, including individual and group interventions;
• To assist the group delivery programme. This will include recruiting young people, offering catch up sessions and supporting clinicians to deliver groups.
• to assist Clinical Psychologists and other senior clinicians in undertaking teaching and training. This will include the production of relevant literature and contributing to training initiatives under supervision;
• to assist clinical psychologists and other senior clinicians in undertaking clinical research. This will include undertaking literature searches relevant to particular projects and the preparation and presentation of summaries and reports.

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!