Clinical Psychologist - CRHT

Job summary

We're looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist to join our Mental Health Liaison and Crisis Resolution Home Treatment (CRHT) teams on the Isle of Wight.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting people experiencing acute mental health crises, helping them access timely assessment, treatment and support when they need it most. You will work as part of a compassionate and skilled multidisciplinary team that is committed to improving outcomes for service users and their families.

As a Clinical Psychologist, you will provide both clinical and professional leadership across the Mental Health Liaison and CRHT teams. You will support colleagues through supervision, mentoring, and day-to-day guidance, while maintaining a strong clinical presence and leading by example. Working alongside nursing, medical, and allied health professionals, you will contribute to service development, promote best practice and help ensure the highest standards of care for those accessing our services.

Main duties of the job

You will have experience of working with adults experiencing mental health crises and be confident working in partnership with families, carers, and partner agencies with a person-centred approach. Strong communication skills, clinical judgement and a commitment to supporting people through their recovery and transition back into the community is essential.

This role offers the opportunity to make a genuine difference, helping shape and develop crisis and liaison services across the Isle of Wight while supporting the professional growth of teams around you.

• To provide high quality specialist assessment, formulation, individual and group psychological therapy to patients of the Isle of Wight Community Mental Health Teams, working within professional guidelines and the organisational structure of the Service's policies and procedures.
• The characteristics of the core population include people with enduring mental health needs and complex emotional needs who may find it difficult to:
• Make or maintain relationships, connect with other people, including friends, family or work colleagues
• Manage and control their emotions
• Cope with life and difficult feelings
• Control their behaviours and impulses
• Duties will also include working with other people involved in individuals' care (eg family or named carers). A recovery-focused approach is essential.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Details

• Date posted: 19 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 7
• Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year Based on full time hours
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
• Reference number: 348-IOW-12824
• Job locations: Newport Health and Wellbeing Centre, 62 High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1BA, United Kingdom, East Cowes Medical Centre, Church Path, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO32 6RP, United Kingdom, Ryde Health and Wellbeing Centre, Pellhurst Road, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 3DT, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).