Job summary
The postholder will be part of the Children and Parent service (CAPS), working within the Parent Infant Mental Health arm of the service in Manchester. The service consists of a team of clinical psychologists; specialist PIMHS Health Visitors and mental health practitioners alongside parent group leaders employed within the voluntary sector. We work as part of the integrated Infant mental health pathway, which includes IAPT adult mental health practitioners, specialist perinatal teams, midwifery, health visiting and Homestart to ensure infants are well supported through their important relationships in the early years. We are looking for a Senior Clinical Psychologist who is able to join the team to work effectively and autonomously within this multi-agency context offering both clinical work, supervision, training and consultation; and is be able to drive service development forward.
CAPS has a 20+ year proven track record of successful re-commissioning with our most current commission being offered for 5 years from 2021. We are also integral to Manchester’s Best Start for Life offer and are about to receive significant investment in relation to the PIMHS and Parenting aspects of this government funding, with Manchester being afforded Trailblazer status. CAPS has received both local and international awards for service excellence, and our PIMHS lead regular presents on a national forum in relation to service development.
Main duties of the job
Are you a Clinical Psychologist passionate about working with parents and infants supporting building sensitive, responsive parent-infant relationships? Are you interested in working in and developing an expanding service, alongside local colleagues and partners working with young children and parents? If you are enthusiastic about helping this important client group, at a time of national developments for parents and infants, then this post will be an excellent opportunity for you.
You will have experience of working with young children and their families in the perinatal period who present with a range of relationship and social / emotional development needs and risk. It would be essential to have skills and experience in supporting infants and their parents in the early years to develop good attachment relationships through challenging times, using evidence-based interventions.
You will autonomously manage your own caseload, providing a range of high-quality care appropriate to the infant, young child and parent’s needs; within professional practice guidelines and a structured supervision framework. You must be confident and experienced in communication and consultation.
This post is a clinical post and includes training and offering consultation to other workers contributing and working with a multi-agency team
For further information please contact Dr. Cindy Davies, PIMHS Lead and Consultant Clinical Psychologist on07811804203
About us
MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of & 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll 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 youll 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 at
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll 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 youll 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 at
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral degree or equivalent accepted by the British Psychological Society as qualifying the person to work as a clinical psychologist.
- Registration as a clinical psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HCP)
Desirable
- Certificate in supervision skills
- Accreditation in perinatal evidence based intervention
- oAdditional post graduate training in psychological therapies and interventions related to the perinatal period
supervision and training
Essential
- Interest in supervision within clinical psychology
- experience of teaching and training other professional groups
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience in evidence-based assessment and therapeutic work with children and families across the age range.
- Experience of working in early years and parent-infant services
- Experience of multidisciplinary teamwork
- Experience of consulting with health care and other professionals.
- experience of offering supervision within clinical psychology
- Experience of working in service and care pathway development
- Understanding and management of risk and safeguarding
Desirable
- Representing clinical psychology in wider professional forums
Skills
Essential
- oAbility to plan and prioritise own caseload. oAbility to assess, diagnose, treat or refer within own professional competencies. oAbility to facilitate identified needs. oAbility to manage complex situations effectively and deal with sensitive, diverse and contentious issues. oAbility to assess needs, plan, implement and evaluate appropriate interventions with children and parents/carers across the age range. oSkills in planning and delivering evidence-based interventions with children and parents. oDemonstrate sensitivity in all contact with disadvantaged groups. oAbility to work with people from different backgrounds, cultures and of different ages. oGood skills in communicating with children, parents and colleagues. oAbility to cope with stressful interpersonal situations including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the case of highly emotive and distressing problems and the threat of verbal and physical abuse. oAccurate record keeping
- oAbility to understand performance monitoring data and present information in a coherent way.
- oAbility to cope with stressful interpersonal situations including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the case of highly emotive and distressing problems and the threat of verbal and physical abuse.
- oDemonstrate sensitivity in all contact with disadvantaged groups. oAbility to work with people from different backgrounds, cultures and of different ages.
- Skills in planning and delivering evidence-based interventions
- Ability to integrate theory and outcome data with clinical practice and service provision to drive service development
other
Essential
- oUse of a car or access to a means of travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral degree or equivalent accepted by the British Psychological Society as qualifying the person to work as a clinical psychologist.
- Registration as a clinical psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HCP)
Desirable
- Certificate in supervision skills
- Accreditation in perinatal evidence based intervention
- oAdditional post graduate training in psychological therapies and interventions related to the perinatal period
supervision and training
Essential
- Interest in supervision within clinical psychology
- experience of teaching and training other professional groups
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience in evidence-based assessment and therapeutic work with children and families across the age range.
- Experience of working in early years and parent-infant services
- Experience of multidisciplinary teamwork
- Experience of consulting with health care and other professionals.
- experience of offering supervision within clinical psychology
- Experience of working in service and care pathway development
- Understanding and management of risk and safeguarding
Desirable
- Representing clinical psychology in wider professional forums
Skills
Essential
- oAbility to plan and prioritise own caseload. oAbility to assess, diagnose, treat or refer within own professional competencies. oAbility to facilitate identified needs. oAbility to manage complex situations effectively and deal with sensitive, diverse and contentious issues. oAbility to assess needs, plan, implement and evaluate appropriate interventions with children and parents/carers across the age range. oSkills in planning and delivering evidence-based interventions with children and parents. oDemonstrate sensitivity in all contact with disadvantaged groups. oAbility to work with people from different backgrounds, cultures and of different ages. oGood skills in communicating with children, parents and colleagues. oAbility to cope with stressful interpersonal situations including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the case of highly emotive and distressing problems and the threat of verbal and physical abuse. oAccurate record keeping
- oAbility to understand performance monitoring data and present information in a coherent way.
- oAbility to cope with stressful interpersonal situations including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the case of highly emotive and distressing problems and the threat of verbal and physical abuse.
- oDemonstrate sensitivity in all contact with disadvantaged groups. oAbility to work with people from different backgrounds, cultures and of different ages.
- Skills in planning and delivering evidence-based interventions
- Ability to integrate theory and outcome data with clinical practice and service provision to drive service development
other
Essential
- oUse of a car or access to a means of travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
