Principal Psychologist - Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team

PENNINE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced clinical psychologist to lead the psychological provision within a crisis resolution team. This role requires a doctorate in psychology and HCPC registration, alongside substantial experience in mental health. The successful candidate will provide specialist assessments and interventions for adults in crisis, contribute to service development, and promote trauma-informed care practices, all within a collaborative multidisciplinary team environment. Excellent training and career progression opportunities are available.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Flexible working opportunities

Access to Continued Professional Development

Health and Wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Experience working with adults with complex mental health difficulties.
• Ability to deliver evidence-based interventions.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and direction in applied psychology for home treatment team services.
• Deliver specialist psychological assessment and interventions for adults in crisis.
• Lead psychologically informed care planning and risk assessment.
• Support service development, audit, research, and policy changes.
• Provide teaching and supervision to psychologists and trainees.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Specialist assessment

Trauma-informed care

Research skills

Consultation

Education

Doctorate in clinical or counselling psychology

HCPC registration

Job description

Overview

This role involves leading the psychological provision within the CRHTT, providing specialist assessment, formulation, and interventions for a clinical caseload, and supporting the development of psychologically informed care across acute and secondary services. You will work closely with the CRHTT multidisciplinary team, managers, and external partners, and contribute to service development, audit, research, and training. Based within Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, you will be part of a skilled MDT, collaborating with acute and community services. We offer excellent training, career progression, mentoring, and continuous professional development. You'll be empowered to lead, innovate, and shape the future of crisis mental health care in our communities.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and direction in applied psychology for home treatment team services.
• Deliver specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and interventions for adults in crisis.
• Offer advice, consultation, and supervision to colleagues and other professionals.
• Lead psychologically informed care planning, risk assessment, and trauma informed practice.
• Support service development, audit, research, and policy changes.
• Provide teaching, training, and supervision to psychologists, trainees, and non-psychologists.
• Promote user and carer involvement in care planning, recruitment, and service evaluation.
• Provide consultation and formulation to staff within the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team (CRHTT).
• Provide a qualified specialist psychology service for people referred to the CRHTT care pathway.
• Provide psychological leadership to the CRHTT care pathway and work systemically across services to develop a psychological understanding for other professionals, service users and carers.
• Lead the psychological CRHTT provision within borough and support the Trust-wide acute pathway when needed to help ensure equity in provision and service.
• Work with CRHTT MDTs to support the development of individual care planning underpinned by psychological formulation and informed by trauma-informed care principles.
• Propose and implement evidence-based practice, utilising research skills for audit and service developments.
• Enhance psychological understanding and skill set through training, supervision and reflective practice, including links with local universities and providing placements for trainee psychologists.
• Be an integral part of local and national initiatives to improve care quality.

Qualifications

• Doctorate in clinical or counselling psychology.
• HCPC registration.
• Significant experience working with adults with complex mental health difficulties.
• Experience providing specialist assessment, formulation, and evidence-based interventions.
• Ability to offer psychological leadership, consultation, and trauma-informed care to colleagues.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance.
• Access to Continued Professional Development.
• Involvement in improvement and research activities.
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service.
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel.