# Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Bolton NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-clinicalcounselling-psychologist/0d938756-c9e4-407a-821a-d451b138a6ae - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-clinicalcounselling-psychologist/0d938756-c9e4-407a-821a-d451b138a6ae.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Bolton NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Clinical Health Psychology, Great Lever Health Centre - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 per annum pro rata. Band 7 preceptorship offered. - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 34 hours per week (Possible to work 4 long days.) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-01T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-18T11:20:43.878Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Bolton/Bolton_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Clinical_Health_Psychology/Clinical_Health_Psychology-v8191331 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8191331?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.boltonft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Band 8a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist (0.91WTE/34 hour per week) - Clinical Health Psychology Would you like to develop your skills and experience in Clinical Health Psychology? We are looking to welcome a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to our Clinical Health Psychology Service at Royal Bolton Hospital, based at Great Lever Health Centre. We are a friendly and supportive team of psychologists who provide specialist input for people with a range of physical health conditions using approaches including ACT, CBT, CFT & EMDR. You will have the opportunity to work with cardiac, gastroenterology, dermatology, respiratory, ICU follow-up (outpatient), oncology and palliative care referrals as well as provide input to the MDT persistent pain management service. The post is 0.91WTE (34 hours) and permanent. Flexible working is supported wherever possible, including the opportunity for some remote working in line with the needs of the service and applicant. Experience of working in clinical health psychology is desirable. However, we are also keen to hear from applicants working in other specialties with valuable transferable skills to bring to the role. If you would like to know more about the role please contact Dr Deb Anderson, Clinical Psychologist on 01204 390045 or deborah.anderson@boltonft.nhs.uk for further details. Band 7/8a Preceptorship considered – we welcome applications from newly qualified or soon to be qualified psychologists ### Main duties of the job Main duties of the job To work as a member of the clinical health psychology team and the persistent pain management MDT. To provide assessment and intervention to patients with a range of physical health conditions, including persistent pain. To facilitate a pain management group programme in conjunction with MDT colleagues. To provide advice and consultation to MDT colleagues and medical teams. To promote psychological thinking with non-psychology colleagues. To participate in teaching, training, audit, and service development. To provide clinical supervision to psychology and non-psychology colleagues (where appropriate). ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role. ### 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 ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of NHS care settings, including supervised post-qualification experience. - Experience in the psychological assessment, management and treatment of a variety of client groups, across the whole life course, with a range of presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity. - Experience of risk assessment & management. **Desirable** - Post-qualification experience in clinical health psychology or related client group. - Clinical experience working with persistent pain. ### Qualifications & Professional Registration **Essential** - Post-graduate Doctorate in clinical or counselling psychology as accredited by the BPS - HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist. **Desirable** - Completion of clinical supervision training as provided by doctoral training courses for the supervision of psychology doctoral trainee placements ## Documents - [open letter (pdf, 235.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2681) - [applicants with a disability (pdf, 207.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1983) - [welcome to bolton nhs foundation trust (pdf, 774.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3041) - [specialist clinical/counselling psychologist band 8a (clinical health psychology & pain management) (pdf, 32.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10496042) - [specialist clinical/counselling psychologist band 8a (clinical health psychology & pain management) (pdf, 632.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10496041) ## 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.