# Consultant Clinical Psychologist, CERN and TIC Lead > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-clinical-psychologist-cern-and-tic-lead/9891bb45-d6c3-4dae-ba0d-6d584ed27942 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-clinical-psychologist-cern-and-tic-lead/9891bb45-d6c3-4dae-ba0d-6d584ed27942.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Ashton Under Lyne - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £79,504 - £91,609 pa, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-11T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-28T09:22:08.162Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Oldham/Pennine_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychology/Psychology-v8006770 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8006770?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Job Details 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. ## Job Description 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. ## Responsibilities Please see the attached job description for further information in relation to the roles main duties and responsibilities. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of current government strategy and policy relating to adult mental health. - An awareness of the NHS Long Term Plan and implications for service delivery - A broad understanding of national strategy in relation to the development of services across the new landscape of Integrated Care Systems and Primary Care Networks. - Extensive knowledge of the evidence base of psychological interventions for people with complex emotional and relational needs, history of trauma and diagnosis of personality disorders. - Knowledge of the principles of trauma informed practice and implications for services design **Desirable** - A wide knowledge of national clinical governance policy drivers for a range of service delivery points, such as the NHS code of confidentiality, best practice in clinical risk management, clinical complaints, research governance, NICE clinical pathways etc ### Experience **Essential** - Experience and track record in senior clinical leadership within psychological therapy services. - Significant post qualification experience of delivering evidence-based interventions to people with a diagnosis of personality disorder or people who present with complex emotional and relational needs and their families: e.g. DBT, SCM, MBT - Significant post qualification experience of supervising others including psychological therapists and other professions in the delivery of evidence based psychological therapies. - Experience of training multi professional groups - Significant experience of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency work including consultation. - Substantial experience of risk assessment, risk management and safeguarding. - Experience of working in a multi-cultural context. - Significant experience of service development **Desirable** - Evidence of effective multi-agency working inc. with 3rd sector partners and/or other public sector providers. - Experience of line management - Experience of pathway development - Experience of working across adult psychological therapy services and across the lifespan including older adult - Research, service evaluation and clinical audit experience - Delivering information and presentations in high pressured situations. - Experience of working alongside Experts by Experience and Carers in service design/delivery ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Highly developed clinical skills in the delivery of psychological approaches and interventions in addition to assessment and formulation. - Highly developed supervisory skills. - Evidence of compassionate and supportive leadership style. - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, featuring: breadth of outlook and skill necessary to establish effective working relationships with staff at all levels within and outside the organisation. - Ability to work in partnership with other key professionals within and outside the organisation and a partnership approach to work across agencies. - Strong leadership capacity within a rapidly evolving setting. - Evidence of the ability to lead change initiatives and turn strategic vision into practical reality. - Evidence of business acumen skills - Able to use initiative & creativity in problem solving - Ability to manage complex interpersonal negotiations with staff groups and stake holders. - Evidence of ability to utilise clinical and managerial supervisory structures to deliver safe and effective services. - Ability to work under pressure - Evidence of the ability to prioritise workload and achieve objectives within agreed deadlines. - Able to inspire, committed to high quality mental health care. - Ability to problem solve and find solutions to complex problems. **Desirable** - Ability to manage budgets ### Education/ Qualifications **Essential** - Doctorate Clinical Psychology degree, or pre 1996 qualified, a Masters Clinical Psychology degree with evidence of post qualification Doctorate level equivalent CPD, clinical and research knowledge and experience. - Eligible to be a member of the British Psychological Society. - Registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist. - Post graduate qualification in a psychological therapy approach - Evidence of post qualification training in psychological therapies for personality disorder. - Evidence of substantial continued professional development **Desirable** - Management and or leadership qualification (certificate level or above) or equivalent experience - Evidence of post qualification supervision in psychological therapies for personality disorder ### Work related circumstances **Essential** - A demonstrable commitment to anti-discriminatory practice and equality and diversity. - Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs - Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust’s Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies - Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure. ## Documents - 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