Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Principal Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join the Central Manchester Mental Health Liaison Team (MHLT). The postholder will be responsible for providing and clinically leading a high-quality psychology service within the team for people experiencing mental and physical ill-health.
You will join a well established, multi-disciplinary service, providing a service to anyone presenting with a suspected or actual mental health difficulty in either the Emergency Department or on the acute hospital wards. We work closely alongside our acute colleagues to ensure that any patient receives a high quality level of care for their mental health, alongside any physical health difficulties.
Main duties of the job
Provide direct face-to-face clinical sessions in which they will carry out highly specialist psychological assessments, leading to the co-development of formulations to guide signposting and/or subsequent short-term interventions and contribute to the team-based care planning and change focused work. The post holder will be expected to provide one-to-one, family and group intervention work as appropriate.
Support the implementation of trauma informed ways of working by facilitating the development of MHLT colleague’s psychosocial intervention knowledge and skills. This may also be by the provision of co-working opportunities, supervision, consultation and liaison sessions, as well as formulation sessions, in house training events, reflective practice sessions and de-briefs, and staff-focused well-being initiatives.
Contribute to maintaining a culture of person-centred care and personal recovery within the team by liaising with colleagues across organisations, attending MHLT MDT meetings, and other MDT and professionals meeting as required.
Close co-working with MHLT senior colleagues will be key, and the postholder will be expected to contribute to service development initiatives and their evaluation by audit and research work as required to support and enable the service’s adaptation to future changes to delivery as required.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the 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 Principal Clinical/Counselling Psychologist with Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester, North West, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £66,582 - £77,368 Per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 11 Jun 2026.
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