Clinical or Counselling Psychologist Band 8a

Job overview

Shape the Future of Community Mental Health

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. To support delivery of our clinical pathways we are investing in a range of psychological roles. We are recruiting to a Psychologists posts (Band 8a) to join our Farnborough & Yateley Neighbourhood Team.

About the Role

These role will sit within and in some cases work across our new community neighbourhood teams, supporting the delivery of integrated, person-centred care.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a major transformation programme shaping the future of community mental health
• Work within innovative, multidisciplinary neighbourhood teams
• Access professional development opportunities and supervision
• Contribute to improving access and outcomes for local communities

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. This role 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.

Unless 8a competencies are met at the time of application, the successful candidate will commence in post at band 7 and then work towards individualised competencies as discussed with the Sector Manager and Psychology Lead.

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.