Band 8a Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Job overview

Full Time – Band 8a Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Spelthorne Community Mental Health Recovery Service (new Neighbourhood Team)

1.0WTE (37.5hrs per week)

Bases: Staines and Chertsey

Surrey and Borders Partnership Trust is undergoing an exciting transformation of community mental health services to develop integrated neighbourhood mental health teams. We are committed to providing robust clinical pathways and ensuring that people using our services have timely access to high quality, evidence-based psychological interventions. We are looking for a senior clinical or counselling psychologist to join our Adult Neighbourhood Community Mental Health Services across Surrey.

About the Role

This role will primarily sit within the Complex Needs, SMI and Recovery pathway, offering psychological assessment and interventions to adults experiencing complex, severe, and enduring mental health problems. The post holder will also contribute across the Integrated Neighbourhood Team, supporting collaborative and flexible working where required. The successful applicant will work closely with partners across the Integrated Neighbourhood Team, including voluntary and community organisations, local councils, and NHS providers, helping to deliver coordinated, person-centred care. The role will support the aims of the Community Mental Health Framework and the Fuller Stocktake report, focusing on prevention, reducing inequalities, and improving access to personalised support.

Main duties of the job

As a Trust we pride our-selves on our innovative and collaborative approach to providing the highest quality, person-centred care: As part of our transition to a neighbourhood model of care, we are developing integrated clinical pathways across primary, secondary care and crisis and emergency service.

Our pathways embody strong partnership working with a wide range of statutory and VCSE providers and people with lived experience. Each of the advertised roles is key to ensuring therapies pathways are high quality, effective and accessible across the adult age range, and that psychosocial interventions are embedded in wider service delivery.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a full breakdown of the Job Role and Responsibilities please find the Job Profile attached to this job listing.

Applicant requirements

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.