Principal Practitioner Psychologist | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Pennine Care NHS FT; Ashton-under-Lyne; Vor Ort; GBP 59.000 - 69.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is advertising a permanent 1.0 WTE Principal Practitioner Psychologist post for the adult acute inpatient service at Tameside General Hospital. The role covers Clinical, Counselling and Forensic pathways, with flexible working and potential for job-share or part-time arrangements.

The post involves providing high-quality psychology input within the acute inpatient setting, leading a multidisciplinary team, and supporting the transformation of inpatient care in

Qualifikationen

• To provide clinical leadership and direction in developing and delivering a high-quality psychology service within the adult acute inpatient service.
• To support transformation of acute inpatient care in line with national direction.
• To hold a clinical caseload including assessment, formulation and intervention (individual and/or group).
• To provide specialist psychological support and guidance to other professionals.

Aufgaben

• Lead and supervise the acute pathway psychology team with support from a Consultant Clinical Psychologist.
• Ensure access to a psychologically-based framework for understanding and caring for service users through advice and dissemination of research.
• Undertake risk assessment and contribute to risk management within the inpatient setting.
• Support inpatient colleagues through supervision, reflective practice and post-incident spaces.
• Contribute to audit, policy/service development and research within the service.

Jobbeschreibung

Principal Practitioner Psychologist | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

We are excited to advertise a permanent 1.00 WTE Principal Practitioner Psychologist post (Clinical, Counselling, Forensic, grade 8b) to work in Tameside and Glossop's adult acute inpatient service. We are committed to flexible working and welcome applications from candidates wishing to job share or work part time. Job-share arrangements, such as 0.5 WTE x 2, will be actively considered.

The two adult acute wards, Saxon and Taylor, are based at Tameside General Hospital and provide specialist assessment, care and treatment for men and women aged 18 to 65 years old with a variety of mental health needs. People will often be admitted via A&E, Liaison, Home Treatment Team, a Mental Health Act Assessment within the community or from an outpatient clinic and are often experiencing distress, a mental health deterioration and/or may be in crisis.

Saxon and Taylor are friendly, dynamic ward teams who are keen for a full MDT to help them provide the best possible care they can. We are looking for a skilled and compassionate Practitioner Psychologist to join us and provide high-quality psychology input within our acute inpatient services. The post holder will be part of an acute pathway psychology team with a network of colleagues around them and will supported and supervised by a Consultant Clinical Psychologist.

As outlined in the job description, the main duties include:

• To provide clinical leadership and direction in the continual development andprovision of a high quality specialist psychology service within the adult acute inpatient service, embedding trauma informed care
• To support with the transformation of acute inpatient care, in line with national direction
• To hold a clinical caseload undertaking evidence-based psychological assessment, formulation, and intervention (individual and/or group). This may include a range of mental health difficulties at the point of crisis including experiences of psychosis, depression and/or Complex Emotional and Relational Needs (CERN)
• To provide specialist psychological support, consultation and guidance to other professionals contributing directly to the assessment, formulation and intervention plan
• To ensure the team have access to a psychologically-based framework for understanding and caring for the service user, through the provision of advice, consultation and the dissemination of psychological research and theory
• To undertake risk assessment and risk management and to provide general advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management
• To support inpatient colleagues through the provision of supervision, reflectivepractice and post-incident reflective spaces
• To contribute to audit, policy/service development and research. To propose andimplement policy changes within the areas served

Our acute and crisis pathway provides an evidence-based, high quality service across adult acute wards, Home Treatment Teams and Mental Health Liaison teams covering half of Greater Manchester. The Trustwide acute pathway psychology team meets regularly for team meetings, CPD and a facilitated reflective group and has leadership from a dedicated 8c consultant clinical psychologist and clinical lead for the acute pathway.

We are passionate about staff well-being and compassionate leadership. Our staff survey results support this. In the latest national NHS Staff Survey (2024) Pennine Care was ranked as the best mental health and learning disability trust in the North .

We support staff to work flexibly and recognise and respect the roles our colleagues hold outside of working hours. This focus helps us to retain staff and ensure people are happy in their place of work.

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the top of our agenda. We know a diverse, inclusive and engaged culture is vital; that everyone's value should be recognised and respected.

There are also opportunities to link with local higher education providers and the research & innovation (R&I) team to engage with related research projects.

For a more detailed overview of the roles job description and main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and personal specification.

This advert closes on Sunday 11 Oct 2026