Clinical Lead - Principal HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist

Gmmh; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 67,000 - 77,000; Part time

Job summary

GMMH is recruiting a Clinical Lead - HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist to lead psychological therapies within the Military Veterans Service. The role involves detailed assessments, complex formulations, and supervising others within the stepped-care model.

Based in Greater Manchester, the post requires a commitment to leadership, multidisciplinary collaboration, and delivering high-quality mental health care for veterans.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist with clinical/forensic/counselling designation.
• Experience as a senior clinician with complex cases.
• Knowledge of military veterans service or similar settings.

Responsibilities

• Conduct detailed psychological assessments and integrate data from multiple sources.
• Provide bio/neuro-psycho-social formulations and recommendations for service users.
• Supervise and provide clinical supervision within the MDT framework.

Skills

HCPC registration

Clinical leadership

Psychological assessment

Formulation development

Supervision

Education

Doctoral or Masters in Psychology

Job description

Clinical Lead - Principal HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist

Band 8b

Main area Mental Health Grade Band 8b Contract 12 months (Fixed Term/Secondment) Hours Part time - 11.25 hours per week (Must be able to work a Monday) Job ref 437-8299548

Site GMMH - Military Veterans Service Locations Merseyside (excluding Liverpool) & Chesire based clinics Town Merseyside (excluding Liverpool) & Chesire based clinics Salary £66,582 - £77,368 n/a Salary period Yearly Closing 16/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

GMMH Specialist Service CareGroup arelooking torecruita committed and dynamic HCPC psychologist to work within the Military Veterans, multi-disciplinary psychological therapy service as a Clinical Lead , toprovidepsychologicalleadershipaspartoftheMilitary Veterans Service within the Psychological therapies provision.

The post holder, whilst working at the Military Veterans service, will be expected to carry out detailed assessments to develop specialist formulations and recommendations for ongoing multi-disciplinary support and management and provide therapeutic advice or intervention. They will also oversee and support the psychologicaltherapyprovisionprovidedacrossthestepped-caremodelofmentalhealthdelivery within Military Veterans Service, including providing clinical supervision to other professionals working within the psychologicaldeliveryofcare.

Main duties of the job

To complete detailed and thorough psychological assessments including the interpretation and integration of complex psychological data from a variety of sources.

To provide appropriate bio/neuro-psycho-social formulations considering a range of factors. To consider the neurodevelopmental presentations and identify those that may require additional assessment. To consider those that mayrequereferraltotheexternal agencies or crisis pathwaysandmakereferralstoappropriate services.

Toprovideconsultationandadvicebaseduponanalysesoftherangeof available psychological information concerning service users.

To exercise responsibility for implementing a range of psychological interventions with service users and supporting and supervising others to do so, including reformulation, monitoring and follow up.

To contribute to the multi-disciplinary team's psychological understanding of serviceusersandofferguidanceandsupervisiontoothersinvolvedin the care and management of a service user to improve mental health outcomes.

ToattendweeklyMDT meetingstoinform appropriate allocation and to offer psychologically informed decision making.

Tosupervise,thedeliveryofpsychologicalinterventionsaspartofmulti-disciplinarycareplanning.

Working for our organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see above and please see attached Job Description and Person Specification relevant to the role.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Current HCPC registration as practitioner psychologist (clinical, forensic, counselling psychologist)
• Additional training in therapeutic modality such as EMDR or DBT

Experience

• Have experience of working with a wide variety of service user groups presenting with complexity and risk.
• Demonstrable considerable post-qualification experience of working as a senior clinician.
• Experience of providing psychological assessment and formulation with clients presenting with complex needs.
• Experience in a military veterans service, forensic or Health and Justice or Talking Therapies.
• Evidence of wider contribution to service development.

Knowledge

• Doctoral / masters level knowledge of applied psychology theory.

Important Information about working for GMMH:
All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org

The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.

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Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – click here .

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

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Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

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