# Highly Specialist Clinical / Counselling Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/highly-specialist-clinical-counselling-psychologist/504e52a4-4923-41c2-9d63-9511065e301d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/highly-specialist-clinical-counselling-psychologist/504e52a4-4923-41c2-9d63-9511065e301d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Leeds - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 pa pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 26.25 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-11T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-01T13:30:49.675Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8049216 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8049216?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for an enthusiastic and compassionate clinical/counselling psychologist to join the MDT within a well-established Leeds Gender Identity Service (Leeds GIS). We are committed to robust professional leadership, equality, diversity and inclusion and supporting staff wellbeing and CPD. Our Psychological Professions Strategy outlines our vision. The service provides a supportive environment and brings together a wide range of experience into a highly specialised MDT which aims to address the needs of patients presenting with difficulties arising from gender dysphoria/incongruence. The team includes consultant clinical psychologists, mental and physical health nurses, speech and language therapists, a consultant psychiatrist, specialty doctors, consultant endocrinologists, GPs, gender outreach workers and doctoral level trainee clinical/counselling psychologists. The role will be fully supported by Clinical Psychology within the team. Experience of working with a gender diverse population is preferred, in particular those who have completed specific training in gender identity practice e.g. PGCert or PGDip in Gender Identity Healthcare Practice or those with lived experience. Applicants without direct gender-identity related experience will be considered and supported to complete training central to gender identity healthcare practice. ### Main duties of the job The candidate will be providing services to service users in Leeds GIS as a highly specialist clinical/counselling psychologist.  To fulfil this role within the Leeds GIS, there is a requirement from the highly specialist psychologist to be able to provide independent assessment, diagnosis, formulation and treatment recommendations for gender affirming hormones. In addition to this, the candidate will be expected to provide extended assessment and short-term therapy. The role offers the chance to utilise leadership skills in terms of providing supervision, consultation and facilitating formulation sessions for the multi-disciplinary team (MDT). The successful candidate may be asked to contribute to projects that are in line with service development priorities. The role offers the chance to utilise skills in terms of providing supervision to trainees, consultation and facilitating formulation sessions for the multi-disciplinary team (MDT). The successful candidate may be asked to contribute to projects that are in line with service development priorities. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The Leeds GIS staff were surveyed in  2024 for a Learning, Culture, and Leadership (LCL) Framework Assessment. Results revealed particularly high ratings from staff of their experience of leadership, communication, teamwork and continuous learning within the team, although all conditions for quality were rated highly.  The role would be well-suited to a candidate who values team working highly. We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued. All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team \[email protected\] Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application. If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments. To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply. ## Job Details We are looking for an enthusiastic and compassionate clinical/counselling psychologist to join the MDT within a well-established Leeds Gender Identity Service (Leeds GIS). We are committed to robust professional leadership, equality, diversity and inclusion and supporting staff wellbeing and CPD. Our Psychological Professions Strategy outlines our vision. The service provides a supportive environment and brings together a wide range of experience into a highly specialised MDT which aims to address the needs of patients presenting with difficulties arising from gender dysphoria/incongruence. The team includes consultant clinical psychologists, mental and physical health nurses, speech and language therapists, a consultant psychiatrist, specialty doctors, consultant endocrinologists, GPs, gender outreach workers and doctoral level trainee clinical/counselling psychologists. The role will be fully supported by Clinical Psychology within the team. Experience of working with a gender diverse population is preferred, in particular those who have completed specific training in gender identity practice e.g. PGCert or PGDip in Gender Identity Healthcare Practice or those with lived experience. Applicants without direct gender-identity related experience will be considered and supported to complete training central to gender identity healthcare practice. ## Job Description The candidate will be providing services to service users in Leeds GIS as a highly specialist clinical/counselling psychologist. To fulfil this role within the Leeds GIS, there is a requirement from the highly specialist psychologist to be able to provide independent assessment, diagnosis, formulation and treatment recommendations for gender affirming hormones. In addition to this, the candidate will be expected to provide extended assessment and short-term therapy. The role offers the chance to utilise leadership skills in terms of providing supervision, consultation and facilitating formulation sessions for the multi-disciplinary team (MDT). The successful candidate may be asked to contribute to projects that are in line with service development priorities. The role offers the chance to utilise skills in terms of providing supervision to trainees, consultation and facilitating formulation sessions for the multi-disciplinary team (MDT). The successful candidate may be asked to contribute to projects that are in line with service development priorities. ## Responsibilities The Leeds GIS staff were surveyed in 2024 for a Learning, Culture, and Leadership (LCL) Framework Assessment. Results revealed particularly high ratings from staff of their experience of leadership, communication, teamwork and continuous learning within the team, although all conditions for quality were rated highly. The role would be well-suited to a candidate who values team working highly. We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued. All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team \[email protected\] Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application. If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments. To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and current issues that may impact on mental health. ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse. ### Values Based **Desirable** - Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue. - Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help. - Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent prior to 1996), HCPC registration and formal training in supervision of others. ## Documents - [job description (docx, 126.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10338366) - [employee specification (docx, 51.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10338367) - [reasonable adjustments (pdf, 296.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2928) - [guide to values based recruitment (pdf, 498.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2929) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.