Principal Practitioner Psychologist | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 02 Chwefror 2026 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £64,455 - £74,896 PA, pro rata |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 04 Mawrth 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Tameside, OL6 9RW |
| Cwmni: | Pennine Care NHS FT |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7709012/311-P097-25 |
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We are delighted to announce an exciting opportunity for a permanent Principal Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical, Counselling, Forensic) to join our Tameside and Glossop Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team, based at Tameside General Hospital.
This is a 0.8WTE Band 8b position, offering a key leadership role within our dynamic and supportive service. The vacancy forms part of significant new investment in the crisis pathway, supporting the transformation of our existing Home Treatment Teams into Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams (CRHTTs). The successful candidate will join a Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist as part of expanding psychology provision.
Our CRHTT provides intensive home‑based assessment, intervention, and support as an alternative to hospital admission. The team works with adults experiencing acute mental health crisis, often presenting with high levels of distress, risk, and complexity. The service plays a crucial role in admission avoidance, early intervention, and supporting safe discharge from inpatient care.
The successful candidates will join committed and experienced MDTs, working closely with medical, nursing, occupational therapy, and support staff to deliver psychologically informed crisis care.
This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a growing and evolving service, influence the development of psychologically informed crisis pathways, and make a meaningful difference to service users and their families during some of the most challenging moments in their lives.
As outlined in the job description, the main duties of the job include:
• To provide consultation and formulation to colleagues within the CRHTT.
• To provide a qualified specialist psychology service for people referred to the CRHTT care pathway.
• To provide specialist assessment, formulation and interventions for a clinical caseload.
• To provide psychological leadership to the CRHTT care pathway and work systemically across services (e.g., acute services and secondary care) to develop a psychological understanding and context for other professionals, service users and carers.
• To lead the psychological CRHTT provision within borough and support the Trust wide acute pathway when needed, to help ensure equity in provision and service.
• The post holder will propose and implement evidence-based practice, utilising research skills for audit and service developments.
• The post holder will enhance psychological understanding and skill set through the delivery of training, supervision and reflective practice. This will include within the current CRHTT team but also making links with local universities and providing placements for trainee Psychologists.
• To be an integral part of local and national initiatives to improve care quality. For example (but not limited to) inpatient transformation, community transformation care in the community and reducing admissions.
Our acute pathway provides an evidence-based, high quality service across adult acute wards, PICUs, Home Treatment Teams and Mental Health Liaison Teams covering half of Greater Manchester. The Trustwide acute psychology team meets regularly for team meetings, CPD and facilitated reflective group and has leadership from a Consultant Clinical Psychologist/Clinical Lead.
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
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.
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.
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.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
• 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
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 15 Feb 2026