# Senior 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/senior-clinical-counselling-psychologist/528116f7-701e-4ba4-b4af-92226515e62b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinical-counselling-psychologist/528116f7-701e-4ba4-b4af-92226515e62b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** St Mary's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Salary:** £57528.00 to £64750.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-02T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-18T11:06:55.352Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8306375 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8306375?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the CONNECT: West Yorkshire Adult Eating Disorder service as an inpatient psychological professional. As a senior psychologist you will be responsible for leading aspects of psychological therapies delivery within the team, support psychological and trauma-informed thinking and enhance psychological safety within the multi-disciplinary team. The role will be fully supported by the Consultant Clinical Psychologist and, as such, presents an ideal opportunity for someone hoping to make the transition from a Band 7 role into a more senior position. The role offers the chance to develop leadership skills by providing supervision, consultation and facilitating formulation sessions for the multi-disciplinary team (MDT), whilst also offering direct clinical work, providing specialist assessment, formulation and intervention to service users. There are various exciting projects within the team, and you will be encouraged to contribute to areas of interest that are in line with service development priorities. The role will offer opportunities for training, and you will be supported to develop within the role. You should have a highly specialist level of skill and knowledge in models of psychological therapy and ideally be familiar with models recommended for use with people with eating disorders. ### Main duties of the job - Offer advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, external agencies and to family/ carers. - Enhance psychological and trauma-informed thinking within the MDT and support the psychological health of the team. - Provide highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy for individuals with eating disorders who are accessing inpatient treatment with CONNECT. - Offer clinical supervision to psychological therapists and other members of the MDT, including assistant psychologist and Trainee Clinical Psychologists. - Liaise with other services as appropriate and work closely with the wider CONNECT service to enhance - Working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the trust and service policies and procedures. - Utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development within the area served by the team/service. - To provide a key role in psychological aspects of service development. - To contribute to service improvement projects across the service as appropriate ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You should be able demonstrate the ability to be flexible and adaptable in your approach as well as being innovative, dynamic and enthusiastic in working collaboratively with a skilled and experienced MDT. This role is based on site at ward 6, Newsam Centre, Seacroft Hospital. We are committed to robust professional leadership, equality, diversity and inclusion and supporting staff wellbeing and CPD. Our Psychological Professions Strategy outlines our vision. We are proud that 100% of LYPFT psychological professionals recently surveyed reported they felt supported by colleagues. 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 recruitment.lypft@nhs.net 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. Informal enquiries to: Annie Sollom (Consultant Clinical Psychologist/ 07790977003 / annie.sollom@nhs.net Michelle Leary-Simmons (CTM) / 0113 855 6466 / m.leary@nhs.net ### 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 ### Training **Essential** - Additional significant post qualification training relevant to the service and job role outlined in the job summary. Eg training in a specific therapeutic modality - Formal training in supervision of others. ### Experience **Essential** - Significant post qualification experience in an area of practice relevant to the service specified in the job summary, to include assessment of risk. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent prior to 1996) and HCPC registration as Practitioner Psychologist. ## Documents - [job description (docx, 120.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10626239) - [employee specification (docx, 51.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10626240) - [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.