# Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Rochford Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Psychologist
- **Grade:** Band 8
- **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Job share, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-03T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-20T10:20:42.637Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/SouthendOnSea/Essex_Partnership_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/This_role_is_an_excellent_opportunity_senior_ClinicalCounselling_Psychologist_newly_qualified_psychologist_keen_be_supported_with_career_progression_from_band_with_an_associated_development_plan/This_role_is_an_excellent_opportunity_senior_ClinicalCounselling_Psychologist_newly_qualified_psychologist_keen_be_supported_with_career_progression_from_band_with_an_associated_development_plan-v8379124
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8379124?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.eput.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Senior Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (8a). Band 7 to 8a development post can also be supported). Full time 37.5 hours per week. Part time or job share opportunities.

### Main duties of the job

The post holder will join a friendly and highly skilled service to provide respected specialist psychological therapy to the specialist community mental health team in Southend. Psychologists provide direct clinical contact in the form of assessment and treatment (providing both group interventions and individual therapy) with people with complex mental health needs. As a highly regarded member of the multidisciplinary team you will also be required to offer consultation, supervision and teaching to other professionals. Embedding psychologically informed thinking and formulation across MDT practice is key to psychological services working in teams. The service is keen to expand choice and accessibility of therapy models so we are particularly keen to receive applications from clinicians who can take up funded training programmes for DBT, CAT or MBT.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This role is an excellent opportunity for a senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or a newly qualified psychologist keen to be supported with career progression from a band 7 to 8a with an associated development plan.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Further qualification in a specialised area of psychological practice e.g. EMDR, schema therapy, CAT, DBT
- High level knowledge of psychological therapies and the application of current models of practice, specialist assessment tools and outcomes frameworks in own specialist area of practice

**Desirable**

- Knowledge of policy and standards related to training in the psychological professions.

### Education/Qualification

**Essential**

- Recognised highly specialist formal applied psychology training to Doctoral or Masters Level or equivalent. To include recognized model of therapy (ie CBT, schema, EMDR, CAT, MBT, DBT).
- Evidence of completing training and/or CPD in clinical and/or research supervision.

**Desirable**

- Evidence of research publications
- Further qualification in a specialised area of psychological practice e.g. EMDR, schema therapy, CAT, DBT

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