Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist - IBPS

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization is seeking a Practitioner Psychologist to join their team at Manchester Royal Infirmary. The successful candidate will provide psychological support to patients affected by contaminated blood products. Experience in physical health settings is essential. This role offers extensive training, collaborative work within multidisciplinary teams, and a variety of staff benefits including generous annual leave and pension.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Excellent pension

Cycle to work scheme

Wellbeing programme

Blue Light Card Discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in providing evidence-based psychological therapies.
• Training in evidence-based therapies for physical health difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Form and sustain good collaborative working relationships.
• Work flexibly with other disciplines.
• Contribute to service evaluation and research.
• Involve in developing psychological care for haematological work.

Skills

Collaborative working relationships

Communication skills

Creativity in treatment approaches

Education

Relevant psychological qualifications

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

8A Practitioner Psychologist (0.7WTE)

We are excited to advertise this post that will join a small, but experienced, team of practitioner psychologists providing the NHSE-funded Infected Blood Psychological Services (Greater Manchester). The post will be based within the Haematology department at Manchester Royal Infirmary. This role would be suitable for applicants with previous experience of working within physical health settings e.g. a medical or surgical MDT such as Haematology or HIV. You will join the team supporting patients accessing care at the MRI who have been directly affected or infected as a result of contaminated blood products, and you will have support from two clinical psychologists already in post, as well as the support of other Haematology team members and linking with the national IBPS workforce. The role includes the possibility of training and other indirect approaches to increasing psychological approaches and skills within the wider workforce.

Responsibilities

• Post-holder must be able to form and sustain good and collaborative working relationships, using skills for formulation to help inform patient care, as well as the MDT approach.
• Work flexibly and creatively with physical complexity, at times aligning therapeutic approach with other disciplines
• Direct and indirect working, as well as contributing directly into particular difficulties faced by groups of patients within the service as they arise.
• Ability to communicate and inform care beyond the immediate MDT to support patients in their pathways with other services (including mental health services) due to physical complexity/comorbidities.
• Opportunities for service evaluation/audit/research, in partnership with regional/national IBPS approaches
• The service also offers ‘in-house’ teaching/education sessions which the post-holder will be supported to attend and contribute to
• You may be involved in scoping and developing psychological care for other aspects of haematological work within the department e.g. gene therapy.

About GM Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

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 places to live and work, with a great northern welcome and opportunities to learn and develop skills.

Qualifications

Essential

• Has required qualifications

Training

• Essential - Has training in relevant evidence based psychological therapy following physical health difficulties.

Experience

• Essential - Has experience of providing evidence based psychological therapies
• Desirable - Experience of working within acute hospital environments and liaising with hospital staff/MDTs

Please see attached job description and person specification

Staff benefits

• Pay Enhancements:
  • Band
  • Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8pm and before 6am
  • All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)
  • Time plus 47%
  • Time plus 94%
  • Time plus 41%
  • Time plus 83%
  • Time plus 35%
  • Time plus 69%
  • Time plus 30%
  • Time plus 60%
• 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)

This advert closes on Tuesday 4 Nov 2025