Principal Psychologist

Job overview

GMMH are seeking a Principal Clinical Psychologist with the passion, expertise, and leadership skills to shape the training experience of our trainee clinical psychologists.

We are recruiting a Principal Clinical Psychologist to work closely with the Chief Psychological Professions Officer and senior GMMH clinical psychologists to ensure high‑quality training, support, and development for GMMH‑employed trainee clinical psychologists.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a small, supportive team of senior clinical psychologists and administrative colleagues, acting as a practice educator and champion for clinical psychology training within the Trust. We are looking for someone with strong clinical leadership experience, a solid understanding of clinical psychology training, and the confidence to guide and support trainees throughout their training journey. The postholder will play a pivotal role in helping GMMH meet its responsibilities under the NHSE education agreement and in maintaining a safe, inclusive, and effective learning environment.

If you are passionate about developing future clinical psychologists and want to make a meaningful impact on training within a large and diverse mental health Trust, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties of the Role

The postholder will:

• Provide line management support to GMMH‑employed trainee clinical psychologists on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology Programme.
• Ensure GMMH meets its obligations under the NHSE education agreement.
• Support trainees who require reasonable adjustments, ensuring equitable access to training.
• Promote and maintain a positive, psychologically safe learning culture within GMMH clinical psychology training.
• Work closely with trainees, the University of Manchester Programme team, and GMMH clinical psychologists who offer training placements.
• Contribute to the development and coordination of high‑quality training experiences across the Trust.

Training, ongoing supervision, and support from senior GMMH colleagues will be provided where needed.

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)

Our GMMH Trust Values and behaviour framework are part of what makes us different. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. The appointee will be expected to embrace the values and behaviour framework and embed these into the learning environment they support.