Principal Practitioner Psychologist | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 29 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £62,215 - £72,293 pa pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 28 June 2025 |
| Location: | Oldham, OL1 2JH |
| Company: | Pennine Care NHS FT |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7214871/311-O663-25 |
Summary
We are excited to advertise a permanent 0.8 WTE (4 days) Principal Practitioner (Clinical, Counselling, Forensic) Psychologist post (grade 8b) to work in Oldham Mental Health Liaison Team. This marks increased investment in our acute and crisis pathway in Oldham as we are recruiting psychology colleagues both in MHLT and Oldham's Home Treatment Team (HTT).
The MHLT is based at Forest House at Royal Oldham Hospital. The team deliver high quality, safe, effective and evidence based assessments and support for patients in A&E and on medical wards.They also have a frequent attenders, alcohol liaison and police joint car response pathway.
This is a friendly, dynamic team who are keen for a full MDT and areworking towards Psychiatric Liaison Accreditation Network (PLAN) accreditation.
You will lead on the provision of psychology input to clients referred to the team via A&E and the wards. The role will draw on psychology skills across mental and physical health and across the lifespan.
There will be opportunities to be part of Trust initiatives (e.g. joining the 'Alternatives to Admissions' steering group) and support the leadership and development of the psychological provision, including embedding trauma informed care, in Oldham's acute and crisis pathway.
The successful post holder will have a network of psychology and non-psychology colleagues around them both in borough and across the Trust.
• To provide a high quality, trauma-informed and specialist psychology service for people referred to the MHLT from the acute trust
• Undertaking psychological assessment, formulation, brief intervention and onward care planning of people with a range of complex physical and mental health needs and their families in consultation with the MHLT MDT. This includes both functional and organic illnesses of later life in addition to younger people
• Providing psychological consultation, contributions at team meetings and bringing a psychological perspective/understanding to presenting distress through shared formulations, contributions to risk assessments, risk formulations etc
• Providing specialist training on psychological understandings, formulation and evidence-based practice and improving the quality of service
• To provide psychological leadership to Liaison care and acute pathway
• To work systemically across services to develop a psychological understanding and context for other professionals, service users and carers
• Support the development of individual care planning underpinned by psychological formulation and trauma informed care principles
• Propose and implement evidence-based practice, utilising research skills for audit, outcomes, policy/service developments and research
• Provide clinical supervision, reflective practice and post incident support where appropriate. This will include within the team and making links with local universities and providing placements for Trainees
Our acute and crisis pathway is experiencing growth as we move towards providing a comprehensive, high quality and effective service across adult acute wards, Home Treatment Teams and Mental Health Liaison teams covering half of Greater Manchester. An 8c Consultant Psychologist has recently joined to lead the acute pathway and the Trustwide acute psychology team, who meet regularly. There are also clear links with other Psychological Practitioners working within the borough.
We are passionate about staff well-being and compassionate leadership. Our staff survey results support this. In the latest National Survey (2023) Pennine Care was ranked as the best mental health and learning disability trust in the North West.
We support staff to work flexibly and recognise and respect the roles our colleagues hold outside of their 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 believe that 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.
We are committed to staff development and have an extensive psychological therapies training programme. Our psychology colleagues have fedback that this is a particular strength within the Trust.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details and to support your application for this post.
This advert closes on Thursday 12 Jun 2025