Assistant Psychologist: Sponsorship Available

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

An opportunity has arisen to recruit 4 Assistant Psychologists in the Paediatric Psychosocial Service (PPS), part of Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust (MFT) CAMHS which sits within the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. (detailed of hours in Job Description)

Our service is organized into three teams, Critical Care and Surgery, Medicine, and Neuropsychology. Our patients could be pre, post diagnosis or treatment, they may even be under long term follow up from their treatment here at RMCH / MRI / The Christie Hospital / Other satellite Hospitals.; hence the work base will varied.

These posts are to support busy services in Cleft lip and Palate, General Medicine , and the Neuropsychology Group, all within the Paediatric Psychosocial Services.

Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services for specialist paediatrics and several whole lifespan services are based at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital/ Manchester University Foundation NHS Trust / Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI). A wide range of tertiary paediatric specialities are provided from within the Trust, including both regional, national, and international services, both within Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, and in satellite clinics at other hospitals.

Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital is a regional paediatrics hospital . Psychosocial services are well regarded in the hospital and close relationships exist with our colleagues in paediatric (and indeed adult) medical specialties.

 

Main duties of the job

The successful candidates would hold a good Honours Degree in Psychology (at least Class 2 Division 1), have a good knowledge of developmental and abnormal psychology, a clear understanding of psychological theory and interventions, and experience in working with children presenting with psychological problems.

Two of these posts will be based within the Paediatric Psychosocial Service at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital and will be involved in providing support to qualified clinical staff, taking a role in direct assessment and interventions as well as undertaking audit and evaluation. The remaining post will be hosted at the Christie Hospital Protons Service in South Manchester supporting the new team being developed and established.

 

The Assistant Psychologist will be supervised by a Clinical Psychologist. They will have the opportunity to learn about how psychological services are offered to children, young people and their families, as well as gaining experience of Child and Adolescent Mental Health service delivery more generally. They will gain experience of psychometric assessment, individual clinical work, group-work, multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency working . They will also learn about inpatient CAMHS work and many topics very relevant to psychological interventions and assessment. A sound knowledge of Microsoft applications is required for this post in particularly in databases.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good Honours Degree in Psychology (at least Class 2 division 1)

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • An understanding of psychology applied to health care
  • A good knowledge of developmental psychology
  • Knowledge of psychological issues and assessment
  • An ability to apply existing knowledge to a Pain service context
  • Experience in working with children and with people with mental health difficulties
  • Experience of working independently and liaising with other healthcare workers
  • Experience in using computer software packages – SPSS, Microsoft Word, Excel
  • Experience of descriptive statistical analysis
  • Ability to handle search through complex data sources including case notes

Desirable

  • Experience of audit
  • Experience of psychometric assessment/outcome measures
  • Experience of working with children in paediatric settings and/or adults within acute hospital settings
  • Experience of working with people with pain or lived experience

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Closing Date: 28 July 2025

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