Job overview
Are you passionate about transforming lives and delivering specialist psychological interventions to people with complex emotional needs?
Our specialist Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Service has been establish for over 10 years. Recognising the significant benefits to people who access DBT, we are significantly increasing the team’s resources, so that it can have a greater impact across the Surrey and North-East Hampshire area.
Due to expansion and service growth, we are expanding our team and are looking for 3 x Band 7 Psychologists or DBT Therapist to cover
West Surrey East Surrey Trust wide
Why Join Us?
- Be part of a specialist service with over 10 years of DBT expertise.
- Help shape and develop an expanding service with ambitious plans for the future.
- Work alongside skilled, experienced and supportive multidisciplinary colleagues.
- Access regular supervision, consultation and excellent professional development opportunities.
- Make a genuine difference to the lives and opportunities of people with complex emotional needs.
Come and Grow With Us
This is an exciting time to join a thriving service that values innovation, clinical excellence and teamwork. If you're looking for a role where you can use your expertise to make a real and lasting impact, while being part of a supportive and ambitious team, we'd love to hear from you.
Join us and help shape the future of DBT provision across Surrey and North East Hampshire.
Main duties of the job
- To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the psychological needs of people using our services.
- To mentor, supervise and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students
- Promote a psychological perspective both within teams and sharing with other colleagues
- Work collaboratively with team managers/ Clinical leads in the development and delivering of effective services
- Supporting specific service development projects
- The postholder will be expected to work flexibly within the service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please check the job description document for more information on the requirements and main responsibilities for this job.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people from across the life span with a range of mental health issues and cognitive profiles.
- Experience across a range of psychological models including systemic, behavioural and individual therapeutic
- Candidates should demonstrate experience of working with individuals with complex emotional needs
- Experience of supervising assistant and trainee clinical psychologists (Psychologists)
- Demonstrable post registration/clinical experience and competency relevant to this care group.
- Ability to manage difficult situations with service users that have complex presentations and/or behaviours that challenge, and to manage a demanding and complex caseload
- Demonstrable ability to remain calm and compassionate when faced with highly distressing situations.
- Knowledge and Experience of delivering DBT (DBT Therapist)
- It is essential to have a driving license and access to a vehicle for all community-based post where travel across sites and/or client visits are a significant part of the role
Registration
Essential
- DBT Therapist - PG Dip in DBT and core professional training (e.g. Nursing, Social work, OT), registered with appropriate professional registration body
Qualifications
Essential
- Psychologist - Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
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This advert is for Clinical Psychologist (Band 7) with Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Leatherhead, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £51,657 - £58,785 Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata.. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 26 Jul 2026.
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