Job summary
0.4wte Band 8B Principal Practitioner Psychologist - Allergy
Available from 1 April 2026
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced practitioner psychologist to work in partnership with Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) to contribute at a senior level to the ongoing delivery of high quality, psychologically informed care to service users under a specialist Allergy MDT based at Wythenshawe Hospital. Integral to the role will be supporting the experienced MDT to ensure they are able to continue providing excellent biopsychosocial care to those affected by conditions such as food/drug/vaccine allergies, anaphylaxis etc.
This is a well-established service with the current postholder (who has resigned) having been in role since 2016.
You will be well supported through a professional group of other practitioner psychologists working in associated specialities such as severe asthma and cystic fibrosis. Supervision (both professionally and clinically) is integral to this post.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have experience of and enthusiasm for working within Acute Hospital settings and will provide a service of specialist assessment, consultation and intervention, working with a team of multidisciplinary staff. There are excellent opportunities within the service to become involved with service developments and with audit and research projects. The service has close links with Lancaster and Liverpool Doctorate Training Programmes and is the Host Trust for the Manchester Doctorate Programme.
About us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification attached to understand more about this role and the main job duties and responsibilities that would be expected from this post
Please see attached job description and person specification
Staff benefits
Band
Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8pm and before 6am
All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)
1
Time plus 47%
Time plus 94%
2
Time plus 41%
Time plus 83%
3
Time plus 35%
Time plus 69%
4 9
Time plus 30%
Time plus 60%
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
- fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification attached to understand more about this role and the main job duties and responsibilities that would be expected from this post
Please see attached job description and person specification
Staff benefits
Band
Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8pm and before 6am
All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)
1
Time plus 47%
Time plus 94%
2
Time plus 41%
Time plus 83%
3
Time plus 35%
Time plus 69%
4 9
Time plus 30%
Time plus 60%
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
- fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctorate in Clinical/Counselling/Health Psychology (or equivalent for those trained before 1996) as accredited by the BPS
- Clinical/Counselling/Health Psychologist registered with the HCPC
- Training in supervision skills
Desirable
- Training in management skills
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological relevance (e.g. within physical health).
Experience
Essential
- Considerable experience of working as a practitioner psychologist, in relevant settings and services (e.g. Respiratory Medicine specialisms).
- Experience in assessment and therapeutic work with adults with mental health/psychological needs in the setting of physical health problems
- Experience of working with NHS managers, other professional colleagues and other agencies
- Experience of maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, within the context of multidisciplinary care.
- Experience of representing practitioner psychology in multidisciplinary settings
- Experience of providing supervision (professional / clinical), teaching and / or training.
Desirable
- Experience of developing and evaluating services
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the life span and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, in-patient.
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex and specialised methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
- Highly developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professionals and non-professional groups
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team and to liaise effectively with other professionals
Desirable
- The ability to supervise junior staff, maintaining records and adhering to Trust policies as required
Other
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctorate in Clinical/Counselling/Health Psychology (or equivalent for those trained before 1996) as accredited by the BPS
- Clinical/Counselling/Health Psychologist registered with the HCPC
- Training in supervision skills
Desirable
- Training in management skills
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological relevance (e.g. within physical health).
Experience
Essential
- Considerable experience of working as a practitioner psychologist, in relevant settings and services (e.g. Respiratory Medicine specialisms).
- Experience in assessment and therapeutic work with adults with mental health/psychological needs in the setting of physical health problems
- Experience of working with NHS managers, other professional colleagues and other agencies
- Experience of maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, within the context of multidisciplinary care.
- Experience of representing practitioner psychology in multidisciplinary settings
- Experience of providing supervision (professional / clinical), teaching and / or training.
Desirable
- Experience of developing and evaluating services
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the life span and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, in-patient.
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex and specialised methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
- Highly developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professionals and non-professional groups
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team and to liaise effectively with other professionals
Desirable
- The ability to supervise junior staff, maintaining records and adhering to Trust policies as required
Other
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
