
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Job Summary
This post involves working within the Multi-Disciplinary Team under the supervision of the Clinical Psychologists leading and working within Forensic CAMHS North West. The post-holder will be based at Prestwich (Gardener Unit); however will be expected to travel to other sites as required for direct assessments.
The post holder will work within the FCAMHS team, providing a multi-disciplinary, trauma informed service including providing telephone advice, consultation, direct assessment, psychological assessment, formulation and intervention alongside research and service evaluation for clinical services.
The post holder will be expected to create and manage databases, develop new systems as required, analyse information and present results to the clinical team. The post holder will also be expected to assist the qualified Clinical Psychologists in the preparation, instigation and evaluation of a variety of clinical, teaching and research tasks.
The post holder will act under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist and will be given appropriate support to enable the successful performance of clinical and other duties. The post holder will be expected to support other services within the specialist CAMHS group (Gardener Unit and J17 CAMHS wards) when required and as part of their own wider development.
Main duties of the job
Under supervision, the post holder will be expected to assist qualified Clinical Psychologists in implementing psychological interventions. This will include using a variety of assessment procedures to develop a formulation with young people and the staff who care for them, joining in multi agency consultations and evaluating interventions and the service as a whole. In undertaking these duties, the post holder will be expected to communicate sensitive information with children, carers and families and professionals both verbally and in writing.
Assistance with teaching and research tasks
The post holder will be expected to assist qualified Clinical Psychologists in undertaking teaching and training. This will include the production of relevant literature and contributing to training initiatives under supervision.
The post holder will also assist clinical psychologists in undertaking clinical research. This will include undertaking literature searches relevant to particular projects and the preparation and presentation of summaries and reports.
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