Consultant Clinical Psychologist, CERN Lead

Overview

Permanent, full-time, Consultant Clinical Psychologist to lead the Complex Emotional & Relational Needs (CERN) pathway across the borough of HMR and help transform community mental health services in line with the NHS Long Term Plan.

You will join a team of structured clinical management (SCM) practitioners, secondary care colleagues, DBT, MBT and DTC services, and colleagues across four boroughs who also lead CERN pathways, working with a range of professionals to shape service delivery.

Main duties

• Take a strategic clinical lead within HMR for policy and service developments relating to adults (including older adults) with complex emotional and relational needs and / or a diagnosis of personality disorder.
• Provide expert leadership and supervision to MDT colleagues across inpatient, community and specialist services.
• Support the Trust Lead for CERN at a GM level and contribute to strategic development of services for people with complex emotional and relational needs.
• Lead the development of multi-agency leadership teams with inputs from experts by experience, carers and other stakeholders to develop pathways and networks.
• Work with existing networks to develop service-user involvement schemes for people with CERN within the Trust.
• Carry a small specialised clinical caseload and lead the development and provision of specific psychotherapeutic programmes for CERN, including Structured Clinical Management.

About us

We provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, inpatient and community-based, across five Greater Manchester boroughs : Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop. Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and for our staff to deliver the very best care. We are proud of our #PennineCarePeople and strive to be a great place to work.

We encourage applications from all individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership. We also welcome applications from individuals with lived experience of mental illness, either as a service user or as a carer.

What you will get

Details

Date posted : 15 September 2025

Pay scheme : Agenda for Change

Band : Band 8c

Salary : £76,965 to £88,682 per annum

Contract : Permanent

Working pattern : Full-time

Reference number : 311-R378-25

Job locations : Birch Hill Hospital, Birch Road, Wardle, Rochdale, OL12 9QB

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further detail and to support your application for this post.

Our trust values are : Kindness, Fairness, Ingenuity, Determination

If this sounds like you, we’d love you to join us. For informal enquiries please contact Dr Miranda Budd, Associate Network Director for Psychological Therapies, at Miranda.budd@nhs.net, 07745 741681.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications – Essential :

Experience – Essential :

Knowledge – Essential :

Skills and Abilities – Essential :

Work related circumstances – Essential :

Disclosures

Disclosure and Barring Service Check : This post requires a DBS check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.

Certificate of Sponsorship : Applications from job seekers requiring Skilled worker sponsorship will be considered; guidance available at UK Visas and Immigration. UK registration : Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

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