Principal Psychologist

Job overview

Wigan Community Mental Health services are going through an exciting period of change in line with Community Transformation. We have an 8b psychology vacancy within the current Living Well team (soon to be Neighbourhood Mental Health Team) but with a view to expanding the psychology provision across all community teams including Specialist CMHT and Older Adult CMHT in the future.

Main duties of the job

Living Well Neighbourhood is an integrated secondary care team, made up of several partner organisations, we have key principles we all share, such as no hierarchy, no wrong door, trauma informed, strengths-based working, lived experience at the heart of the model and community engagement.

The post holder will be responsible for the promotion and management of a high- quality psychology provision.

The post holder will be an innovative and agile strategic leader who is proficient in working within and leading multi-disciplinary teams and with other partnerships. The post holder will be responsible for the development and management of a team of psychological therapists from a range of modalities to support Living Well Neighbourhood diverse staff teams through supervision, consultation, joint assessment, group work and staff training and will be future planning and evaluating need and creatively using the resource to ensure the psychological provision within Living Well meets the need.

The Post holder will create a strategic vision in partnership with VCSFE organisations and GMMH for an integrated psychological provision that will continue to support the needs of the Living Well Neighbourhood staff and a population that are ever changing therefore responsive and flexibility are key. The Living Well  Neighbourhood population are often a cohort of people who are often perceived as not suitable, too complicated for the current structures or fall though the gaps.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

Staff benefits

• Pay Enhancements:

• 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
• Genie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)