Band 7-8A Psychologist/Counselling Psychologist

Cheswold Park Hospital; Castleford; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Band 7-8A Psychologist/Counselling Psychologist to join their supportive CAMHS Team. In this role, you will provide expert psychological assessments and interventions tailored to young people's unique needs. You will work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring high-quality, evidence-based care. This position offers opportunities for professional growth, including regular supervision and a comprehensive induction program. If you're passionate about making a difference in mental health, this is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking organization committed to community well-being.

Qualifications

• HPCP registered Senior Psychologist/Counselling psychologist.
• Experience in psychological assessments and interventions.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert psychological assessments and complex formulations.
• Collaborate with a specialist therapies MDT and other agencies.

Skills

Communication skills

Psychometric Assessment

Teamwork

Empathy

Clinical Psychology

Education

Hons. Degree in Psychology

Doctoral qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology

Job description

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Job Summary

1 x 37.5 hours per week - Band 7/Band 8A depending on experience

Join a Supportive, forward-thinking CAMHS Team passionate about working collaboratively with young people and the adults around them.

Job Summary

1 x 37.5 hours per week - Band 7/Band 8A depending on experience

Join a Supportive, forward-thinking CAMHS Team passionate about working collaboratively with young people and the adults around them.

We are looking to appoint a HPCP registered Senior Psychologist/Counselling psychologist to join our MDT. Close collaboration with experienced colleagues will be encouraged. This includes within service and across other agencies. Complex formulations guide all our work and our understanding of need. These feed into innovative, inclusive, high-quality evidence-based care, within a trust that values research and evaluation to support these aims.

This role will involve working across the Wakefield District, with opportunities to see children in various community settings, as well as within CAMHS bases. A flexible approach to travel is required to meet the needs of the service.

Informal visits and enquires are strongly encouraged by contacting Karl Senior, Team Manager on 01977 735900 or Dr Steven McGovern, Consultant Clinical Psychologist 01924 735900.

At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a passionate and skilled Senior Psychologist/Counselling psychologist to join our CAMHs team. Playing a key role in providing expert psychological assessments, complex formulation and interventions that are both evidence-based and tailored to the individuals unique needs and context.

Collaborative working is central to this role, as you will be part of a specialist therapies MDT, working closely with other agencies and across CAMHS pathways. Strong communication and teamwork skills are essential to building effective relationships and sharing psychological knowledge.

Providing consultation, delivering training, and offering supervision will be part of this role. Help in shaping the services approach to care and improvement another.

We are committed to supporting professional growth, with opportunities for regular supervision, a comprehensive induction programme, and annual appraisals.

You will maintain clinical records in accordance with Trust policy.

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. We strongly discourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.

About Us

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Date posted

01 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£46,148 to £60,504 a year Band 7/Band 8A depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9378-W1279

Job locations

Airedale Health Centre

The Square

Castleford

West Yorkshire

WF10 3JJ

Job Description

Job responsibilities

For both the Band 7 and Band 8A job description, person specification and full details of the role please see the supporting documents attached.

Job Description

Job responsibilities

For both the Band 7 and Band 8A job description, person specification and full details of the role please see the supporting documents attached.

Person Specification

Personal Attributes

Essential

• BAND 7
• Caring.
• Team Player.
• Commitment to supervision and support.
• BAND 8A
• Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role.
• To transport Psychometric testing equipment.
  
  

Desirable

• BAND 7
• Flexible.
• Committed to client group.
  
  

Qualifications

Essential

• BAND 7
• Hons. Degree in Psychology.
• Doctoral qualification clinical or counselling psychology.
• Appropriate safeguarding training.
• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist.
• BAND 8A
• Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology.
• Significant Post qualification experience in a Setting relevant to the post.
• HCPC Registration as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist.
  
  

Desirable

• BAND 7
• 2:1 min.
• Eligible for chartered status.
  
  

Special Knowledge/Skills

Essential

• BAND 7
• Communication skills.
• Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role
• IT Literate.
• BAND 8A
• Good Psychometric Assessment skills.
• Experience of assisting in training of Post Graduate Clinical Psychology Trainees.
• Exceptional communication skills in verbal, non verbal and written modes.
• Ability to empathise and develop good therapeutic alliance
• Ability to Formulate Complex processes.
• Capacity to conduct Psychometric Assessment.
• Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role
• Keyboard skills.
• Manual Dexterity for conducting tests.
  
  

Desirable

• BAND 7
• Research skills.
• Knowledge of adult & child protection legislation.
• Awareness of legislation relevant to the clinical area of practice.
• BAND 8A
• Working with people in Crisis.
• Working on an in-patient Psychiatric ward.
  
  

Physical Attributes

Essential

• BAND 7/BAND 8A
• Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
  
  

Experience

Essential

• BAND 7
• Completion of supervised clinical practice in the NHS.
• Ability to work within two models of psychological assessment, formulation and intervention.
• BAND 8A
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
• 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.
• Frequent, protracted sustained and intense concentration.
• Show respect and treat people with dignity.
• Be able to give bad news sensitively.
• Be able to sustain empathy in difficult situations.
• Be aware of all interviewees in any situation.
  
  

Desirable

• BAND 7
• Experience in working with service users in the clinical area of the post
• Different theoretical approaches.
• Work with other disciplines.
• Work with people who have disabilities.
• BAND 8A
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of groupwork.
  
  

Training

Essential

• BAND 8A
• Completion of formal training to meet eligibility as clinical supervisor of Doctoral Trainee Clinical Psychologists.
  
  

Person Specification

Personal Attributes

Essential

• BAND 7
• Caring.
• Team Player.
• Commitment to supervision and support.
• BAND 8A
• Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role.
• To transport Psychometric testing equipment.
  
  

Desirable

• BAND 7
• Flexible.
• Committed to client group.
  
  

Essential

• BAND 7
• Hons. Degree in Psychology.
• Doctoral qualification clinical or counselling psychology.
• Appropriate safeguarding training.
• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist.
• BAND 8A
• Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology.
• Significant Post qualification experience in a Setting relevant to the post.
• HCPC Registration as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist.
  
  

Desirable

• BAND 7
• 2:1 min.
• Eligible for chartered status.
  
  

Special Knowledge/Skills

Essential

• BAND 7
• Communication skills.
• Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role
• IT Literate.
• BAND 8A
• Good Psychometric Assessment skills.
• Experience of assisting in training of Post Graduate Clinical Psychology Trainees.
• Exceptional communication skills in verbal, non verbal and written modes.
• Ability to empathise and develop good therapeutic alliance
• Ability to Formulate Complex processes.
• Capacity to conduct Psychometric Assessment.
• Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role
• Keyboard skills.
• Manual Dexterity for conducting tests.
  
  

Desirable

• BAND 7
• Research skills.
• Knowledge of adult & child protection legislation.
• Awareness of legislation relevant to the clinical area of practice.
• BAND 8A
• Working with people in Crisis.
• Working on an in-patient Psychiatric ward.
  
  

Physical Attributes

Essential

• BAND 7/BAND 8A
• Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
  
  

Essential

• BAND 7
• Completion of supervised clinical practice in the NHS.
• Ability to work within two models of psychological assessment, formulation and intervention.
• BAND 8A
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
• 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.
• Frequent, protracted sustained and intense concentration.
• Show respect and treat people with dignity.
• Be able to give bad news sensitively.
• Be able to sustain empathy in difficult situations.
• Be aware of all interviewees in any situation.
  
  

Desirable

• BAND 7
• Experience in working with service users in the clinical area of the post
• Different theoretical approaches.
• Work with other disciplines.
• Work with people who have disabilities.
• BAND 8A
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of groupwork.
  
  

Training

Essential

• BAND 8A
• Completion of formal training to meet eligibility as clinical supervisor of Doctoral Trainee Clinical Psychologists.
  
  

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Airedale Health Centre

The Square

Castleford

West Yorkshire

WF10 3JJ

Employer's website

https://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Airedale Health Centre

The Square

Castleford

West Yorkshire

WF10 3JJ

Employer's website

https://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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