Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide a high quality clinical psychology service to clients of the Prescott House CMHT. The post holder will be an active member of the CMHT and will liaise across all sectors of care, providing highly specialist, psychological assessment and therapy for clients with complex psychological needs, offering advice and consultation on client's psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, as well as to other non-professional carers and workers of other agencies where appropriate. There will be an expectation that you will support the provision of psychological interventions as part of the virtual psychology hub, which may mean some citywide working.
Candidates will be trained and accredited (where accreditation is available) in one of the following modalities; CBT-psychosis and bipolar, Behavioural Family Interventions, Structured Clinical Management, Mentalisation Based Therapy, Cognitive Analytic Therapy, EMDR. If not currently trained and accredited, candidates will be willing to complete training and work towards accreditation (where available) in one of these approaches"
See attached detailed job description and person specification:
All Trust sites have been designated a no smoking area. The post holder is therefore advised smoking is not permitted within the hospital premises or grounds or whilst representing the Trust in the course of their duty. While the Trust will not discriminate against employing smokers, all prospective employees should be aware of this policy
Please see attached job description and person specification
Staff benefits
* Pay Enhancements
* 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
* Excellent pension
* Cycle to work scheme
* Salary sacrifice car scheme
* Wellbeing programme
* Blue Light Card Discounts
* fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)
Person specification
Consultation and Liaison
Essential criteria
* Evidence of clinical consultations for clinicians, including therapists in training, when difficult and challenging issues of assessment, treatment and risk management arise.
Desirable criteria
* evidence of MDT working
Service development and Qaulity Improvement
Essential criteria
* Evidence of maintaining high standards of clinical and professional practice by undergoing continuous professional development in accordance with the requirements of the relevant professional body. This will include undertaking clinical supervision as necessary and in agreement with the Service Manager.
Desirable criteria
* evidence of involvement in QI projects
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent
* NMC, HCPC
Desirable criteria
* Post Qualification Training in a therapeutic modality
* Supervision Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
* Experience of working with service users with severe mental health difficulties
* Experience of using a cognitive approach
* Experience of using a cognitive Behaviour Framework
* Experiencing of providing clinical supervision
Desirable criteria
* Good understanding of risk / assessment
* Experience of working in the NHS
* Experience of working with people with complex presentations and high rates of co-morbidity
* Demonstrates experience of working with people to formulate crisis
* Demonstrates a knowledge of working with those presenting with Complex emotional and relational needs
* Experience of MDT working
* Experience of working in a CMHT
Important Information about working for GMMH:
All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org
The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.
Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.
The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we'd love to hear from you.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when writing job applications
A candidate may utilise the help of AI when writing job application. The assessment of an application is made on its entirety and most times AI-generated content does not fully grasp the context and requirements of the job one applies for thus producing inaccurate and misleading information, especially in the supporting statement section of an application that can lack real life examples of one's achievements, success and challenges.
We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.
Sponsorship
We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government's website - click here.
If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.
The Home Office introduces new changes from 09/04/2025 that impact the health and care sector, you may wish to familiarise with it here.
Do you have experience outside the NHS?
We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.
We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.
**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
* 8A Clinical Psychologist Person Spec (PDF, 176.4KB)
* 8A Clinical Psychologist Person Spec (PDF, 440.6KB)
* Important Candidate information (PDF, 2.5MB)
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