# Senior Clinical / Counselling Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinical-counselling-psychologist/c3bb2ae6-c0e5-44b8-ae15-972203e92347 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinical-counselling-psychologist/c3bb2ae6-c0e5-44b8-ae15-972203e92347.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** North View - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent: 3 days / 22.5 hours per week (0.6 WTE) - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 22.5 hours per week (Happy to discuss flexible working) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-30T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-16T10:21:32.625Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Wigan/Greater_Manchester_Mental_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychology/Psychology-v8219761 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8219761?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Applications are invited from Clinical / Counselling Psychologists wishing to work in the Wigan Mental Health Liaison Team, based at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary. This well-established multi-disciplinary team supports service users within the hospital who are experiencing an interaction of physical health problems and mental health crises. You will be joining our existing 8b Psychologist and Assistant Psychologist, as well as becoming part of a well-established network of psychologists within our in-patient and urgent care teams. Clinical work will involve conducting psychological assessments, formulation and interventions. Applicants will need to have experience and passion for working with people with experiences of trauma and mental health needs. Experience of working within multidisciplinary environments will be an advantage. The post holder will need to contribute actively to team and multi-disciplinary working, so a high standard of written and verbal communication is required. Indirect work will involve the provision of consultancy, supervision and training to others. Regular clinical supervision will be offered by the Wigan MHLT Principal Clinical Psychologist. This post is available on a permanent contract. Flexible working would be considered. Applications would be welcomed from more recently qualified psychologists who are interested in a Band 7-8a development post. ### Main duties of the job The postholder is required to collaborate and respond flexibly to a variety of clinical and service-level demands involving: - Undertake rapid and highly specialist psychological assessments and formulations to guide the management and safe discharge of patients with mental health experiences including dementia, especially those who frequently attend the emergency department or are admitted to the acute hospital. - Participation in multi-disciplinary decision-making regarding patients with psychological difficulties who are admitted to the acute hospital wards and emergency department. - Development of the psychological elements of the Mental Health assessment of patients who are physically unwell. - Delivery of appropriate brief psychological interventions as appropriate. - Provision of appropriate information and education to families, carers and the care system. - Use of psychological formulations to support resilience and reduce vulnerability in order to decrease the risk of repeated future crises. - To deliver a continuing programme of training to Liaison service staff in psychological understanding of crises, assessment, formulation and interventions, as needed. - To offer consultation and supervision to mental health liaison team staff in the development and utilisation of psychological and psycho-social formulations and in the delivery of any specific psychological or psycho-social interventions. ### 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 ### 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 ### Skills and abilities **Essential** - Experience of using complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management and their application within crisis situations/states and within community and/or inpatient contexts. - Experience of risk assessment, formulation and management - Experience supporting staff exposed to distressing situations **Desirable** - Leadership and Management Experience - Experience working with clients across the lifespan - Experience of consultation and indirect working - Experience working within Urgent Care or other relevant settings ### Training & Qualifications **Essential** - 1. Doctoral level (or equivalent) qualification in Clinical Psychology. - 2. Current registration with HCPC or appropriate professional body. **Desirable** - Additional postgraduate advanced training in one or more relevant therapy approaches e.g. Cognitive Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution Focussed Therapy. - Supervision Training ## Documents - [important candidate information (pdf, 2.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=931) - [wigan 8a clinical psychologist (pdf, 408.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10528175) - [person specification wigan mhlt 8a psychologist (pdf, 472.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10528176) ## 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.