Senior Clinical Psychologist

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Job summary

A regional mental health service in Manchester is seeking a Senior Clinical Psychologist to work with older adults. This role involves providing specialist psychological assessments and interventions, particularly for clients with dementia. Ideal candidates must hold a doctorate qualification and demonstrate experience with older adult mental health challenges. The position offers opportunities for training and consultation in a supportive and interdisciplinary team. The successful candidate will benefit from generous annual leave and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Increase to 29 days after 5 years

33 days after 10 years

Qualifications

• Experience with older adult clients suffering from severe mental health issues.
• Experience in neuropsychological assessment and MDT working.
• Evidence of continuing professional development post-qualification.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychological assessments and interventions for older adults.
• Develop psychological approaches to understanding distress.
• Support quality improvement initiatives within the team.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Consultation skills

Professional autonomy

Teaching and training abilities

Education

Post-graduate doctorate in clinical psychology

Eligibility for Health and Care Professions Council

Accredited modules for Doctoral Clinical Psychology Course

Job description

Employer Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Humphrey Booth Resource Centre Town Swinton, Manchester, Salary £47,810 - £62,682 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 07/01/2026 23:59

Senior Clinical Psychologist

7/8a

Job overview

Clinical Psychologist – Older Adult Specialty Band 7/8a - 1.0 wte

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a clinical psychologist with interest in working with older people to join the Salford Older Adult Community Mental Health Team.

We are seeking an enthusiastic individual to provide specialist psychological assessments, formulation and interventions to older people and their families. The successful candidate will also support team interventions for individuals living with dementia. There will be opportunities for consultation work and training, and involvement in developments and audit.

The service has strong links with local Clinical Psychology Training Programs, the wider Trust OA psychology service and Northwest FPOP.

The Psychology resource in the service currently consists of a Senior Clinical Psychologist and an assistant psychologist

Applicants must be eligible for registration as Chartered Clinical Psychologists with the British Psychological Society and registration with the HCPC

We are pleased to be able to offer this post as a preceptorship for suitably experienced candidates and would welcome applications from those who are recently qualified. We would offer the post as a band 7 preceptorship until the necessary experience and competencies are met, upon which the post would move to an 8a.

The post involves community work and home visiting, so applicants must be able to demonstrate ability/offer a strategy to undertake visits safely and efficiently.

Main duties of the job

Direct clinical work with older people with a range of organic and functional difficulties. This will include, delivering evidence based therapies, carrying out complex assessment and developing shared formulations.

Working with the team to develop psychological and trauma informed ways of understanding distress.

Supporting and developing research, audit and quality improvement.

Working for our organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctorate in clinical or counselling psychology, (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996), as accredited by the BPS.
• Eligibility to register as a practitioner psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council.
• Completion of relevant modules of Accredited Doctoral Clinical Psychology Course: Introduction to Supervision Courses.
• Candidates will be trained and accredited in one of the following modalities; CBT-psychosis and bipolar, Behavioural Family Interventions, Structured Clinical Management, Mentalisation Based Therapy, Cognitive Analytic Therapy, EMDR

Experience

• Experience of specialist psychological & assessment and treatment of older adult clients with moderate to severe mental health problems
• Experience of neuropsychological assessment
• Experience of MDT working
• Evidence of post-qualification CPD

Skills and abilities

• Well developed, effective communication skills, both orally and in writing,
• Skills in providing consultation (including formulation) to other professional and non-professional groups
• Ability to work at a high level of professional autonomy and responsibility
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials

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.