# Lead for Psychological Interventions MH Needs for Older Adults > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-for-psychological-interventions-mh-needs-for-older-adults/79087121-7a07-4f80-96c5-1c3cf2fc98fe - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-for-psychological-interventions-mh-needs-for-older-adults/79087121-7a07-4f80-96c5-1c3cf2fc98fe.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust - **Location:** Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust Headquarters - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £79,504 - £91,609 pro rata per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-22T22:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-08T09:46:18.712Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Herefordshire/Worcester/Herefordshire_Worcestershire_Health_Care_NHS_Trust/Older_Adult_Mental_Health_Psychology/Older_Adult_Mental_Health_Psychology-v8351960 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8351960?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.hacw.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We have an exciting opportunity for a consultant psychologist to join us 3 days a week in mental health services for older people. The role is central to leading our Mental Health Needs strategy and vision across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Building on existing plans you would be working closely with operational colleagues and our psychology lead for Structured Clinical Management. You would be joining a supportive wider team of psychological professions staff embedded in their clinical teams across both our dementia and Mental Health Needs pathways. In addition to strategic leadership you would be offering sessional time to an Older Adult Mental Health/locality team, offering consultation, training and MDT work. Psychology is highly valued across both counties and we would actively support the person in developing their career. To find out more please contact Dr Andy Ashley (Andrew.ashley@nhs.net; Consultant Clinical Psychologist) This is a part time post working 22.5 hours per week. Applicants must read the attached guidance notes before submitting your application for full understanding of Trust requirements. ### Main duties of the job Providing strategic leadership, working alongside and taking a lead in the West Midlands and nationally around developments in mental health needs for older people Helping empower and develop the capability and expertise of psychological professions staff and staff from other disciplines working in our older adult teams Using research, audit and evaluation to support, embed and develop the evidence base for therapeutic work for older people Providing complex assessments and interventions for people with Mental Health Needs. Interventions may involve family members and carers and include liaison and consultation. To develop multi-disciplinary training plans for staff working within our Mental Health Needs pathway with support from the service leads ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For full detail of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of working with a wide variety of patient groups across the full range of clinical severity and complexity, in a range of settings **Desirable** - Strategic planning, development and commissioning of psychological services within and across organisation ### Experience **Essential** - Experience required specific to the role and clinical area - Experience in developing research and development programmes within psychology therapy services - Experience in teaching and training of trainee and post-qualification psychological therapists, and of non-psychological staff - NHS/Leadership experience 􀂱 managing or providing professional leadership to a range of qualified psychological therapy staff (including recruitment, appraisal, performance management and clinical supervision) - Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for the application of multi-theoretical psychological assessment, intervention and evaluation with a range of common and complex mental health needs - Experience working within multidisciplinary services **Desirable** - Experience of representing psychological services in local and regional policy forums - Experience of influence at strategic levels within and outside the organisation ### Qualifications **Essential** - BSc/BA Honours degree at 2:1 or above in psychology. - Post-graduate doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) - Post-graduate level or above training and qualification in NHS leadership/management or equivalent leadership/ management experience - Eligible for registration as a Chartered Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) by the BPS - Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist ### Additional Criteria **Essential** - Able to meet the travel requirements of the role **Desirable** - Record of having published research/review papers in peer reviews, academic, or professional journals, and/or books ## Documents - [dbs policy (pdf, 645.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3075) - [job description (pdf, 205.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10677437) - [applicant guidance notes (pdf, 672.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3076) - [health and wellbeing support (pdf, 361.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3086) ## 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.