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Job requirements
Essential
5 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Knowledge
Doctoral / masters level knowledge of applied psychology theory.
- Experience
Have experience of working with a wide variety of service user groups presenting with complexity and risk.
- Experience
Demonstrable considerable post-qualification experience of working as a senior clinician.
- Experience
Experience of providing psychological assessment and formulation with clients presenting with complex needs.
- Qualifications
Current HCPC registration as practitioner psychologist (clinical, forensic, counselling psychologist)
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience in a military veterans service, forensic or Health and Justice or Talking Therapies.
- Experience
Evidence of wider contribution to service development.
- Qualifications
Additional training in therapeutic modality such as EMDR or DBT
Job overview
GMMH Specialist Service Care Group are looking to recruit a committed and dynamic HCPC psychologist to work within the Military Veterans, multi-disciplinary psychological therapy service as a Clinical Lead, to provide psychological leadership as part of the Military Veterans Service within the Psychological therapies provision.
The post holder, whilst working at the Military Veterans service, will be expected to carry out detailed assessments to develop specialist formulations and recommendations for ongoing multi-disciplinary support and management and provide therapeutic advice or intervention. They will also oversee and support the psychological therapy provision provided across the stepped-care model of mental health delivery within Military Veterans Service, including providing clinical supervision to other professionals working within the psychological delivery of care.
Main duties of the job
To complete detailed and thorough psychological assessments including the interpretation and integration of complex psychological data from a variety of sources.
To provide appropriate bio/neuro-psycho-social formulations considering a range of factors. To consider the neurodevelopmental presentations and identify those that may require additional assessment. To consider those that may require referral to the external agencies or crisis pathways and make referrals to appropriate services.
To provide consultation and advice based upon analyses of the range of available psychological information concerning service users.
To exercise responsibility for implementing a range of psychological interventions with service users and supporting and supervising others to do so, including reformulation, monitoring and follow up.
To contribute to the multi-disciplinary team's psychological understanding of service users and offer guidance and supervision to others involved in the care and management of a service user to improve mental health outcomes.
To attend weekly MDT meetings to inform appropriate allocation and to offer psychologically informed decision making.
To supervise, the delivery of psychological interventions as part of multi-disciplinary care planning.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see above and please see attached Job Description and Person Specification relevant to the role.
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.
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This advert is for Clinical Lead - Principal HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist with Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £66,582 - £77,368 n/a. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed Term/Secondment). The application deadline is 16 Oct 2026.
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