Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a permanent, full-time, Consultant Clinical Psychologist to help further develop, embed and lead the specialist care for individuals with Complex Emotional & Relational Needs (CERN) across the borough of Oldham.
A key aspect of this role will be to support the transformation of community mental health services, leading change, ensuring appropriate governance, QI to improve care across services and strong MDT working.
As part of Pennine Care’s commitment to psychological ways of working across the trust, the successful postholder will join the borough collective leadership team, working closely with operational, quality and medical colleagues to deliver outstanding care across Oldham.
You will work closely with colleagues across teams, including structured clinical management (SCM) practitioners, neighbourhood mental health team (NMHT), specialist mental health team, DBT, MBT and DTC service and acute colleagues. There are 4 other Consultant Psychologists leading the CERN pathway across the trusts other 4 boroughs- who you will work alongside.
Main duties of the job
- Take a strategic clinical lead within Oldham for service provision for people with complex emotional and relational needs (CERN) across the adult pathway, including older adults.
- Support and promote the development and delivery of specialist pathways of provision within the borough, this will include both community and acute settings, ensuring individuals with CERN receive trauma-informed care.
- Enhance a psychologically and trauma-informed approach to leadership across services within the borough by joining the borough leadership team to create a quadrumvirate leadership model.
- Support colleagues and services to work within a 'one system' approach, ensuring cohesive MDT teams that provide outstanding care.
- Support the Psychological Therapies leadership structure for CERN in relation to strategic development of services for people with CERN across the GM footprint.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for further information in relation to the roles main duties and responsibilities.
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This advert is for Consultant Clinical Psychologist, CERN and TIC Lead with Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in Ashton Under Lyne, North West, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £79,504 - £91,609 pa, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 11 Jun 2026.
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