# 'Principal Practitioner Psychologist or Psychological Therapist' > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/principal-practitioner-psychologist-or-psychological-therapist/55d7752c-1810-463f-a8f0-10c618784447 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/principal-practitioner-psychologist-or-psychological-therapist/55d7752c-1810-463f-a8f0-10c618784447.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** North View - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £66,582 - £77,368 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Happy to discuss flexible working) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-12T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-29T11:00:39.793Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Salford/Greater_Manchester_Mental_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychology_Services/Psychology_Services-v8402303 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8402303?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are excited to invite applications for the role of 'Principal Practitioner Psychologist or Psychological Therapist' to lead the psychology offer within the Salford Neighbourhood Mental Health Team (NMHT; previously Living Well). Salford NMHT is an integrated partnership between Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH), Six Degrees, Mind in Salford, Wellbeing Matters, and START. Guided by the principles of co-production, trauma-informed care, and strengths-based practice, we deliver a humanistic, person-centred community mental health service in collaboration with service users and local communities. We are seeking an innovative, responsive, and adaptable Principal Psychologist / Psychological Therapist to lead the psychology service, drive service development, support the wider team, and promote collaborative, team-based ways of working that deliver high-quality care and positive outcomes for service users. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will be employed by GMMH and will provide clinical and strategic leadership for psychological provision across the NMHT. They will be responsible for the supervision, professional leadership, and line management of psychological therapists from a range of modalities, whilst leading the continued development of psychologically informed practice within the team. Working in partnership with GMMH and Six Degrees, the post holder will contribute to the ongoing development of an integrated psychological service that meets the needs of both service users and staff. They will provide expert psychological assessment, formulation, consultation, and intervention, and play a key role in the continued development of the Psychological Therapies Hub and the wider transformation of community mental health services. The successful candidate will be trained/accredited, or willing to undertake training/accreditation, in one of the six core therapeutic modalities: Structured Clinical Management (SCM), Mentalisation-Based Therapy (MBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis and Bipolar Disorder (CBT-P&B), Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT), or Behavioural Family Therapy (BFT). ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached job description and person specification for detailed job description and main responsibilities. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of a trauma informed approach to distress and the value and purpose of therapeutic relationships as a tool for intervention ### Experience **Essential** - Demonstrable significant post-qualification experience of specialist psychological work with adults with complex needs within a secondary care setting and MDT - Demonstrable experience of providing clinical supervision and consultation to psychologists, psychological therapists, or other core health professions and non-therapists - Experience of leadership (e.g. clinical leadership, teaching/training, leading service development, chairing meetings) ### Qualifications **Essential** - qualification - - clinical or counselling psychologist registered with the HCPC OR a core health professional (nurse, social worker, occupational therapist) with training and accreditation in NICE recommended therapy (CBT,CAT, EMDR) **Desirable** - Completion of further post qualification training within psychological therapies (e.g., CAT, CBT, EMDR etc.) ## Documents - [jd / ps (pdf, 279.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10733851) - [8b psychologist jd & ps (pdf, 279.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10733850) - [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.