Consultant Practitioner Psychologist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Prestwich; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave + bank holidays

Excellent pension

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Wellbeing programme

Blue Light Card discounts

FuelGenie fuel cards

Job summary

The Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant Psychologist for the Women’s Secure Blended Service, a forensic unit at the Riverside Centre touching two wards. The role emphasizes strategic leadership, psychological practice, staff development and clinical evaluation.

We seek trauma-informed, gender-sensitive care with extensive forensic service experience and HCPC registration. Supervisory training is essential for this post.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate training in supervision.
• HCPC registration.
• Forensic service experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert psychological leadership within the WSBS, contributing to strategic planning and service transformation.
• Provide professional leadership for psychological provision, with governance that ensures safe and quality care.
• Lead complex psychological assessment, formulation and interventions that are evidence-based, trauma-informed and gender-sensitive.
• Advise on risk assessment, formulation and management, integrated into multidisciplinary decision-making.
• Provide consultation, supervision and training to professionals across Adult Forensic Services.
• Assist with implementation of the National Women's Transformation Work and embedding best practice standards.
• Lead service evaluation, research, clinical audit and quality improvement initiatives.
• Develop and maintain partnerships with commissioners, carers and community services.
• Work with multidisciplinary and senior leadership teams, patients and their family members.
• Collaborate with the Lead Consultant Psychologist on Adult Forensic Services-wide work.

Skills

Systemic leadership

Clinical complexity handling

Forensic psychology

Staff development

Job description

A Consultant Psychologist post in the Women's Secure Blended Service, an 18-bed forensic service across two wards at the Riverside Centre, part of Adult Forensic Services, run by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. The work centres on strategic and clinical leadership, shaping service transformation, psychological practice, staff development and clinical evaluation. It stands out for the gender-sensitive, trauma-informed clinical model being introduced and for a remit that extends across Adult Forensic Services alongside the Lead Consultant Psychologist. Candidates need HCPC registration, postgraduate supervision training and forensic service experience.

What the job involves

• Provide expert psychological leadership within the WSBS, contributing to strategic planning and service transformation
• Provide professional leadership for psychological provision, with governance that ensures safe and quality care
• Lead complex psychological assessment, formulation and interventions that are evidence-based, trauma-informed and gender-sensitive
• Advise on risk assessment, formulation and management, integrated into multidisciplinary decision-making
• Provide consultation, supervision and training to professionals across Adult Forensic Services
• Assist with implementation of the National Women's Transformation Work and embedding best practice standards
• Lead service evaluation, research, clinical audit and quality improvement initiatives
• Develop and maintain partnerships with commissioners, carers and community services
• Work with multidisciplinary and senior leadership teams, patients and their family members
• Collaborate with the Lead Consultant Psychologist on Adult Forensic Services-wide work

Qualifications

• Postgraduate training in supervision

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration

Experience

• Forensic service experience
• Supervision and management experience of qualified psychologists
• Substantial leadership and clinical experience

Skills & knowledge

• Working with systemic and clinical complexity

What’s offered

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 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