Principal Psychologist - Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team

Pennine Care; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 64,000 - GBP 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is hiring a Principal Psychologist for their Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team. The role requires a doctorate in clinical or counselling psychology and significant experience with adults facing complex mental health challenges. Responsibilities include delivering psychological assessments, leading the team, and supporting service development. The salary range is between £64,455 and £74,896 per annum, and the role offers numerous development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Flexible working opportunities

Access to professional development

Health and wellbeing activities

Staff discounts

Qualifications

• Must have a doctorate in clinical or counselling psychology.
• Significant experience working with adults with complex mental health difficulties.
• Confident in providing specialist assessment and evidence-based interventions.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and direction in applied psychology for home treatment team services.
• Deliver specialist psychological assessment for adults in crisis.
• Support service development and provide teaching and supervision.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Psychological assessment

Crisis intervention

Trauma-informed care

Teaching and supervision

Education

Doctoral level training in clinical psychology

Current registration with HCPC

Post qualification training in psychological therapies

Job description

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Principal Psychologist - Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Main area Principle Psychology Grade NHS AfC: Band 8b Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 30 hours per week Job ref 311-P097-25

Site Tameside Town Tameside Salary £64,455 - £74,896 PA, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 15/02/2026 23:59

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our#PennineCarePeople

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.

Main duties of the job

• 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.

Working for our organisation

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#PennineCarePeopleand 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology (including specific models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychological assessments, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan development psychology as accredited by the BPS or postgraduate training in Forensic Psychology or Counselling Psychology)
• Current registration as a Clinical, Forensic or Counselling Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council
• Completion of further post qualification training within psychological therapies (e.g., DBT, CBT, CAT, CFT, MBT etc)
• Completion of further post qualification training in supervision

Experience

• Demonstrable post-qualification experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of adult clients experiencing psychological difficulties.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
• Demonstratable post-qualification experience of working with complex mental health problems, including distressing psychosis, problems associated with complex relational and emotional needs and severe depression, anxiety and trauma.
• Demonstratable experience of working with people experiencing a suicidal crisis
• Experience of Clinical Leadership
• Experience of audit and service evaluation within psychological therapy services
• Demonstratable experience of the application of psychological therapy in diverse cultural and ethnic contexts

Knowledge

• Understanding of the national and regional legislation, guidance and policy directives in relation to the development and delivery of psychological therapies within acute services
• Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies and approaches for adults with complex mental health problems

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to work with service users, carers and families to engage with their needs and provide them with appropriate psychological support and intervention

🌍 Sponsorship Information - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship.You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.

📬 After You Apply - Once your application is submitted, you’ll receive updates via email. Shortlisting is based on how well you meet the criteria outlined in the person specification. Only shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview, and invitations will be sent by email.

✅ If You're Offered the Role - If successful, the hiring manager will contact you directly with a verbal offer. They will then notify the Recruitment Team and submit the necessary paperwork. You’ll receive a formal conditional offer via email

🔍 Pre-Employment Checks - To confirm your suitability for the role, we will carry out pre-employment checks in line with NHS Employment Check Standards . These include:

• Identity verification
• Right to work check
• Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
• Professional registration and/or qualification check
• Occupational health assessment
• Employment history and reference validation

All applicants external to Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust will be required to provide their HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years employment. This information will used to validate employment history andreferences.

If you require sponsorship, we will assess your eligibility based on current government guidance. If the role is not eligible and you cannot demonstrate your right to work, your conditional offer may be withdrawn.

🚀 Once Checks Are Complete -

The Recruitment Team will coordinate with you and the hiring manager to confirm a start date. You’ll be booked onto a Trust Welcome Session and receive your Pennine Care NHS Terms and Conditions.

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds to help us grow, innovate, and improve.

If you wish to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the role.

If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact us on 0161 716 3181 as early as possible so we can support you.

Please note:

• We do not accept unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Hiring managers should not be contacted directly.
• We may close vacancies early if we receive a high volume of applications. To ensure your application is considered, please apply as soon as possible.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Shreya Nair Job title Team Manager Tameside Home Treatment Team Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07928740845