Job overview
GMMH is looking for experienced and ambitious consultant psychological professionals as candidates for the Director for Psychological Professions / Chief Psychological Professions Officer role. The appointee will be responsible for senior strategic leadership, professional governance, workforce development, and driving improvement across psychological services in line with the GMMH Psychological Professions Plan.
GMMH has developed leadership roles for each of the professional groups and strong care group leadership for the psychological professions. The successful candidate would be expected to work with professional lead colleagues toward a psychologically safe, just and learning culture underpinned by compassionate and trauma informed leadership.
Main duties of the job
Complete JD/PS is attached to the advert.
- Provide strategic and professional leadership for all psychological professions within the trust.
- Lead long‑term service development, ensuring psychological interventions are high‑quality, evidence‑based, and well‑integrated across clinical services.
- Act as the Trust’s senior professional advisor on psychological practice, governance, and workforce issues.
- Professional responsibility for psychological professionals, including supervision systems, appraisal, CPD, and recruitment frameworks.
- Strategic workforce leadership, including retention, recruitment, and development of new psychological roles.
- Clinical and research governance, ensuring safe, effective, and consistent psychological practice across services.
- Performance management of psychological services, including developing systems to monitor quality and value for money.
- Budgetary contribution, supporting senior managers in planning and managing resources for psychological services.
- Representing the Trust regionally and nationally, influencing policy and contributing to wider NHS psychological professions strategy.
- Compassionate, inclusive leadership with strong collaboration skills.
- Commitment to service user and carer involvement in shaping psychological services.
- Alignment with Trust values, such as respect, quality, improving lives, and working together.
- Experience working in large, complex organisations and with external partners.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
- 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
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This advert is for Director of Psychological Professions with Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester, North West, England. It is listed as a Band 9 Manager and corporate role. The advertised salary is £112,782 - £129,783 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 19 Jun 2026.
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