Principal Clinical / Counselling Psychologist HBT North

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional mental health service provider based in Manchester is seeking a Clinical / Counselling Psychologist to join their Home Based Treatment Teams. Responsibilities include assessing acute mental health needs and supporting decision-making in a multi-disciplinary team. Suitable candidates should have relevant experience in risk formulation and a flexible approach to mental health challenges. The position offers 27 days holiday, excellent pension, and ongoing professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Pay enhancements

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Excellent pension

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Wellbeing programme

Blue Light Card Discounts

fuelGenie Fuel Cards

Qualifications

• Enthusiasm for working in a culturally diverse environment.
• Experience of formulating risk and managing complex mental health problems.
• Professional development with supervision and access to CPD.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to urgent assessments of acute mental health needs.
• Promote psychological understanding during decision-making.
• Participate in audits, research, and teaching.

Skills

Understanding of acute mental health needs

Flexible and integrative approach

Experience in risk formulation

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

This is an exciting opportunity to work as a Clinical / Counselling Psychologist in a multi-disciplinary team that warmly welcomes psychological ideas and practices. We are seeking to appoint an 8b Clinical / Counselling Psychologist to work in our Home Based Treatment Teams (HBTT) based in North Manchester (0.5 w.t.e.).

With a significant focus upon multi-disciplinary team working, the post will require a strong contribution to MDT meetings to support HBTT clinicians in decision making and care planning. The team focuses upon urgent assessments of acute mental health needs, comprehensive risk formulations, promoting psychological understanding of crises and supporting the guidance of service users into appropriate referral pathways. Participation in audit, research, service development initiatives and teaching and training will be encouraged and supported.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of the Home Based Treatment Teams (HBTT) in North Manchester, contributing to urgent assessments of acute mental health needs.
• Provide or contribute to comprehensive risk formulations and the promotion of psychological understanding of crises.
• Support HBTT clinicians in decision making and care planning through active participation in MDT meetings.
• Participate in audit, research, service development initiatives and teaching and training as encouraged and supported.

Qualifications and Experience

• Psychologists with enthusiasm and an appreciation of the challenges and rewards of working within a culturally diverse inner city environment.
• Experience of formulating risk and working with complex and enduring mental health problems is essential to this post.
• Suitable for a clinical / counselling psychologist who can apply a flexible and theoretically integrative approach to a wide range of mental health needs and risks presented to the team.
• Professionally managed with supervision, access to CPD and annual appraisals; strong links to regional Doctoral Clinical Psychology Training Courses and host placements for Trainee Clinical Psychologists.

About Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust

• GMMH Foundation Trust employs over 7,000 staff across more than 122 locations.
• Provides inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, plus a wide range of specialist services across Greater Manchester and beyond.

Location and Schedule

The post is based in North Manchester HBTT with a 0.5 whole time equivalent commitment.

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
• fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)

Please note This advert closes on Monday 6 Oct 2025