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Job requirements
Essential
11 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Skills
Ability to use own initiative and to work under supervision where appropriate
- Skills
Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team and to liaise effectively with other professionals
- Knowledge
Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
- Experience
Experience of working with client groups in a hospital-based physical health setting, presenting with the full range of clinical severity. This includes maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the possible threat of physical abuse.
- Experience
Experience of working as a qualified clinical/counselling/health psychologist (less experienced candidates will be appointed at Band 7 and work towards 8A competencies)
- Experience
Supervised experience (from a senior practitioner psychologist) in the application of cognitive-behavioural approaches to clinical settings (e.g. transplant medicine or general medical conditions).
- Experience
Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team.
- Qualifications
British Psychological Society Accredited Doctoral Degree in Clinical, Counselling or Health Psychology
- Qualifications
Registered with The Health & Care Professions Council as a ‘Practitioner Psychologist’.
Desirable
6 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Skills in providing consultation to other professionals and non-professional groups.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of legislation in relation to clients of the Transplant Surgery services, and of relevant mental health legislation.
- Experience
Experience of working within Transplant Surgery environments, delivering evidenced based psychological interventions
- Experience
Experience providing pre-surgical screening assessments
- Experience
Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Qualifications
Training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological relevance (e.g. staff training, research methodology, and / or other fields of applied psychology)
Job overview
Post: 0.28WTE Band 8A Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical/Counselling/Health) in Heart/Lung Transplant - Maternity leave cover
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic HCPC registered practitioner psychologist to work as part of our Transplant Psychology team. You will be delivering high quality psychological care for the patients of the Heart / Lung Transplant Unit, Wythenshawe Hospital. This will involve direct clinical work with inpatients in cardiothoracic critical care and our transplant Jim Quick ward. The outpatient aspects of the role will include virtual and in person clinics. The role will also involve indirect work, offering consultation to the multidisciplinary surgery team. Supervision from will be provided from a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, as well as peer supervision with a fellow 8A Clinical Psychologist.
We welcome interest from candidates who are soon to qualify/recently qualified. If successful, they would be appointed at Band 7 and supported to develop towards Band 8a.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will join an established psychology service within Transplant Surgery where they will provide high quality and evidence-based psychological care at Wythenshawe Hospital (MFT). They will aim to support the ongoing improvement of psychological care provided for (adult) patients, families and carers, under the care of the Transplant Surgery MDT. The post holder will carry an appropriate clinical caseload, as well as offering expert consultation and teaching/training/supervision to other members of the wider Multidisciplinary team working in Transplant Surgery.
You will have the opportunity to get involved with relevant projects e.g. groups/training etc. Opportunities to participate in service development will be available, as well as ensuring key performance targets are achieved.
The post holder will be expected to be ward based for at least half of the working week, as a core member of the Transplant surgery multi-disciplinary team.
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
- fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)
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 Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist (Heart/Lung Transplant) with Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 per annum pro rata. The contract type is 11 months (Fixed term runs from Oct 2026 - Aug 2027). The application deadline is 19 Oct 2026.
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