Clinical Psychologist/Clinical Specialist Parent Infant Mental Health

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The closing date is 15 July 2025

This is an exciting opportunity to join a newly developed Parent and Infant Relationship Service (PAIRS) in Salford. We are seeking to recruit highly skilled Band 7 Clinical Specialist/Clinical Psychologist from either a midwifery, therapeutic social work, health visiting or Clinical Psychologist background. The successful candidate will have a role in supporting with the Best Start for Life perinatal and parent-infant relationships delivery plan. The successful candidate must be passionate about early intervention and have experience and knowledge of working with infants and their parents. You must have a working knowledge of CAMHs or Adult Mental Health Services and have an understanding of assessing risk, preferably within the perinatal period. Under supervision you will be expected to manage your own case load to provide high quality assessment, formulation and interventions to meet the needs of parents and infants accessing PAIRS. You will work with the wider professional network to support workforce development through training and consultation. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team of professional who are dedicated to providing the best possible care for parents and their infants in Salford.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as part of the Parent and Infant Relationship Service in Salford, supporting parents and infants to receive appropriate relational support for themselves and their babies. The post holder will contribute to the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist service to infants under 2 years and their families within PAIRS and contribute towards the Family Hubs Best Start for Life perinatal and parent infant relationships delivery plan.

The post holder will carry a caseload of infants and their parents/carers for the purpose of the assessment, formulation and intervention of parent-infant relationships. Duties may include consultation and training to professionals working in early years to promote parent-infant mental health and relationships.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & 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 30,000 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.

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.

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

• You must be registered/accredited with a professional body. e.g. HCPC
• You must have a recognised qualification in one of the following specialties: ? Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (D.Clin Psych) ? Registered Nursing: RMN/RSCN/RNMH ? Social Work (CQSW/DipSW) ? Midwifery ? Community Specialist Practitioner/Specialist Public Health Nurse/ Health Visitor BSc Hons or equivalent
• Post qualification training or experience with infants, parents and children

Experience

• Experience in assessment and therapeutic work with children and families across the age range
• Post qualification experience of work in children's early intervention/mental health/Perinatal services
• Experience of multidisciplinary teamwork
• Experience of consulting with health care and other professionals.
• Experience in teaching and training staff from other professional groups in psychological skills and concepts.
• Experience in designing, planning and undertaking clinical research and service evaluation.
• Working knowledge of professional systems involved in work with children
• Experience of multiagency working
• Experience in evidence based interventions
• Experience of delivering training and/or consultation to multi agency professionals.

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.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Swinton Gateway

Parent and Infant Relationship Service, Swinton Gateway, 100 Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 6BP

£46,148 to £52,809 a yearper annum (pro rata)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time,Job share

Reference number

349-MCH RL4

Job locations

Swinton Gateway

Parent and Infant Relationship Service, Swinton Gateway, 100 Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 6BP