Principal Psychologist - Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	02 February 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£64,455 - £74,896 PA, pro rata
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	04 March 2026
Location:	Tameside, OL6 9RW
Company:	Pennine Care NHS FT
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7709012/311-P097-25

Summary

We are seeking an experienced, compassionate, and highly skilled Principal Psychologist to join our Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team (CRHTT). You will have a doctorate in clinical or counselling psychology, HCPC registration, and significant experience working with adults with complex mental health difficulties. You should be confident in providing specialist assessment, formulation, and evidence based interventions, and able to offer psychological leadership, consultation, and trauma informed care to colleagues. The ideal candidate will be resilient, adaptable, and committed to delivering high quality, person centred care in acute settings.



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.

· 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.



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.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

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

Job Summary
To provide consultation and formulation to staff within the Crisis Resolution Home
Treatment Team (CRHTT).
To provide a qualified specialist psychology service for people referred to the CRHTT
care pathway.
The post holders will 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.
Operating in an integrated and inclusive style you will work closely with the CRHTT
MDTs to support the development of individual care planning, that is underpinned by
psychological formulation and informed by trauma informed care principles.
The post holders 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


This advert closes on Sunday 15 Feb 2026