Clinical Psychologist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 24/08/2026
- Closes
- 07/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for an enthusiastic and motivated Clinical Psychologist to join the Greater Manchester Primary Care Mental Health Treatment Requirement service. You will support vulnerable adults in the criminal justice system by providing assessments, formulations, and interventions. The position involves managing a caseload, supporting risk management, and collaborating with external agencies like probation. You will also provide supervision to assistant psychologists and contribute to service development.
Key responsibilities
- Hold a caseload, providing assessment, formulation and intervention to people who have been sentenced to a primary care MHTR.
- Support and develop risk formulation and support the risk management of people accessing the service.
- Work with other agencies, predominantly those working in the criminal justice system.
- Deliver supervision to assistant psychologists in the team, with the potential for offering trainee placements.
- Deliver training both internally and externally.
- Support ongoing development of the service through taking part in or leading on audits, service development projects and advise the Care Group leadership team on areas that will enhance service delivery.
Essential criteria
- Qualified psychologist with HCPC registration
- Experienced in assessment, formulation and delivering psychologically informed treatment
- Experience of adopting a trauma informed approach
- Experience of conducting high quality risk assessments and implementing risk management plans
- Experience of providing high quality clinical supervision to psychological staff
- Experience of teaching and training other people in the principles of psychologically informed care
- Ability to liaise with professionals and wider servcies
- Demonstrate understanding of interaction between mental health and offending behaviour
- Evidence of continuing CPD
- Effective communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Use of supervision
- Sharing and receipt of sensitive information and record keeping
- Ability to travel
Desirable criteria
- Post qualification training in a specialised area of psychological practice. e.g. EMDR, DBT, CAT
- Registered with the BPS
- Experience of providing supervision to other professionals
- Experience of working within forensic settings or within the criminal justice system e.g. prison, probation, secure forensic facilities
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for people's psychological care and treatment
- Group delivery skills
- Experience of working within a multi cultural framework and useing interpreters
- Experience of working with neurodivergent people and implementing reasonable adjustments
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Psychologist
The closing date is 07 September 2026
Job summary
The Greater Manchester Primary Care Mental Health Treatment Requirement service has a new and exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated qualified Clinical Psychologist. The MHTR service support vulnerable adults in contact with the criminal justice system and provide a meaningful alternative to short custodial sentences, through addressing vulnerabilities that underly offending behaviour. We work closely with external agencies including probation to support a systemic approach to mental health difficulties in this population.
As the team provide support across all areas of Greater Manchester the ability to travel across the whole footprint is required, and you will need to apply for an enhanced DBS certificate and HMPPS clearance is an additional requirement of this position.
Follow the link for a short video that explains Mental Health Treatment Requirements https://youtu.be/dvot-SGIpfI?si=aOGBL-AMJfpV0Duz
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to hold a caseload, providing assessment formulation and intervention to people who have been sentenced to a primary care MHTR
You will be involved in supporting and developing risk formulation and support the risk management of people accessing the service
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