# Practitioner Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/practitioner-psychologist/f6aa5f50-2949-41de-a50f-d474b2897351 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/practitioner-psychologist/f6aa5f50-2949-41de-a50f-d474b2897351.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Manchester - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 9 months (Maternity Cover) - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (Happy to discuss flexible working.) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-01T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-17T07:01:37.566Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Warrington/Greater_Manchester_Mental_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychologist/Psychologist-v7949144 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7949144?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking a dedicated psychologist to cover maternity leave, primarily at HMP Risley with one day at HMP Thorncross. This is a well-established role and is integral within the multi-professional mental health team. Men at HMP Risley and Thorncross are provided with the equivalence of care received within the community, as such you will be joining a large team of professionals who work across the prison establishment providing mental health and well-being support. Psychological and formulation driven intervention is offered across all areas of a stepped care model, including self-help, short term intervention, medium to longer-term therapies, MDT care planning and preventing unnecessary hospitalisations. The post holder will work alongside all staff but most closely with our psychological wellbeing practitioners and psychological therapists providing intervention and therapy at Step 2 and 3, and our nurses and psychiatrists offering Step 4 provision. The post holder will also be expected to contribute to the reflective, compassionate and trauma informed culture within the mental health team. ### Main duties of the job To work within the integrated mental health and contribute to the psychological care provided to service users at HMP Risley and HMP Thorncross. To work with individual service-users and others involved in their care to support improved psychological health and well-being. To carefully consider service-user’s interpersonal interactions, management of emotional regulation, past traumatic experiences and develop detailed assessments and formulations to consider how this is linked to their mental health and behavioural presentation within custody. To provide individual therapy, which is driven by a strong working formulation and is evaluated. To contribute to the development of psychologically informed ways of working and support staff within the mental health team and the wider establishment to consider psychologically informed interactions. To provide psychological advice and psychological opinion within a range of multi-disciplinary and professional forums. To provide supervision and line management to Assistant Psychologists. To contribute to clinical, operational and referral meetings and attend relevant HMPPS and partnership meetings where directed. To provide monthly outcome data and contribute to Annual reporting. To participate in line management and clinical supervision and use reflective practice to develop a strong awareness of abilities, strengths and limitations. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities See attached detailed 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 ## Job Details We are seeking a dedicated psychologist to cover maternity leave, primarily at HMP Risley with one day at HMP Thorncross. This is a well-established role and is integral within the multi-professional mental health team. Men at HMP Risley and Thorncross are provided with the equivalence of care received within the community, as such you will be joining a large team of professionals who work across the prison establishment providing mental health and well-being support. Psychological and formulation driven intervention is offered across all areas of a stepped care model, including self-help, short term intervention, medium to longer-term therapies, MDT care planning and preventing unnecessary hospitalisations. The post holder will work alongside all staff but most closely with our psychological wellbeing practitioners and psychological therapists providing intervention and therapy at Step 2 and 3, and our nurses and psychiatrists offering Step 4 provision. The post holder will also be expected to contribute to the reflective, compassionate and trauma informed culture within the mental health team. ## Job Description To work within the integrated mental health and contribute to the psychological care provided to service users at HMP Risley and HMP Thorncross. To work with individual service-users and others involved in their care to support improved psychological health and well-being. To carefully consider service-user’s interpersonal interactions, management of emotional regulation, past traumatic experiences and develop detailed assessments and formulations to consider how this is linked to their mental health and behavioural presentation within custody. To provide individual therapy, which is driven by a strong working formulation and is evaluated. To contribute to the development of psychologically informed ways of working and support staff within the mental health team and the wider establishment to consider psychologically informed interactions. To provide psychological advice and psychological opinion within a range of multi-disciplinary and professional forums. To provide supervision and line management to Assistant Psychologists. To contribute to clinical, operational and referral meetings and attend relevant HMPPS and partnership meetings where directed. To provide monthly outcome data and contribute to Annual reporting. To participate in line management and clinical supervision and use reflective practice to develop a strong awareness of abilities, strengths and limitations. ## Responsibilities See attached detailed 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 ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - MDT working - Psychological therapy and intervention with complex presentations **Desirable** - working in prison or secure - providing supervision to others ### Doctoral training **Essential** - Postgraduate doctorate in clinical or counselling psychology, or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996, or the equivalent Stage 2 British Psychological Society (BPS) training for forensic psychologists **Desirable** - Additional postgraduate academic masters or doctoral-level qualifications ### HCPC Registration **Essential** - Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist **Desirable** - Awaiting HCPC registration/in final year of training ### Knowledge and application **Essential** - awareness and application of treatments for those presenting with complex presentations **Desirable** - working within Stepped care / experience of triage ## Documents - [8apracpsychrisleymat_jd (pdf, 152.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10247653) - [8apracpsychrisleymat_ps (pdf, 152.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10247654) - [important candidate information (pdf, 2.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=931) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.