Clinical Psychologist

Job overview

Band 7 Clinical Psychologist (0.8 WTE, Fixed Term for 6 Months)

We are seeking an enthusiastic Band 7 Clinical Psychologist to join our Adult Mental Health Crisis and Inpatient Teams on a 6-month fixed-term contract (0.8 WTE).

This is an excellent opportunity to work within a psychologically led service, supporting adults with trauma, severe mental health difficulties, and complex needs. The role involves providing specialist psychological assessment and intervention across inpatient wards and the crisis pathway, alongside delivering stabilisation work, group interventions, reflective practice, and team formulations.

You will work closely with Practitioner and Assistant Psychologists, with support and supervision from senior psychology colleagues. The post also offers opportunities to contribute to service development, quality improvement, teaching, and evaluation projects.

We are ideally looking for someone who is able to commence the role as soon as possible.

Secondment Opportunity: Applicants must obtain approval from their substantive line manager before applying and provide evidence of this as part of the application process.

Please note: This vacancy does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa. Therefore, Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is unable to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

Main duties of the job

• Delivering systematic provision of specialist psychological assessments, joint assessments, formulation, care planning and individual/ group interventions within the inpatient setting, by providing strong, effective professional direction, ensuring the delivery of evidence based psychological interventions and practice.
• Working autonomously and within a supportive team, you will provide clinical guidance and advice with evidence based and bespoke psychological care to the service users.
• To contribute to the planning and organisation of inpatient services.
• To provide clinical supervision and to offer advice and consultation on service users' psychological care and risk management to non-psychologist colleagues and to other non-professional carers.
• To provide support for staff development including training, group supervision, team formulation sessions, reflective practice and to play an active role within the MDT meetings.
• Staying connected to your colleagues professionally and ensuring you are supported through regular attendance at Inpatient Psychology Hub meetings, AMH Specialty meetings, Trustwide Psychology CPD days, CPD, SIGs, group supervision, your clinical, managerial and professional supervision.
• Being active in your own clinical and professional development which we will actively support you with.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

With regards to this vacancy, please refer to the job description and person specification for further information.

Please see additional document for further information on the post, the specialty and the wider service.

We would very much welcome a discussion with you about the post and contact details are within the additional document attached to the advert.

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.