Band 8a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

www.healthjobsuk.com - jobboard; Frimley Ridge; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as a Band 8a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist and contribute to mental health services in Surrey. In this role, you will work within a supportive team, managing psychological assessments, mentoring staff, and contributing to innovative care pathways. Opportunities for further training and development are available, promoting both personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Excellent health and wellbeing support

Free parking

Qualifications

• Experience working with diverse mental health issues.
• Demonstrable post-registration clinical experience.
• Experience contributing to clinical development and projects.

Responsibilities

• Assess and evaluate the psychological needs of service users.
• Mentor and supervise staff and students.
• Develop expertise in complex cases.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Team collaboration

Supervisory skills

Education

Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology

Completion of clinical supervision course

Job description

Employer Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Theta Building, Lyon Way Town Frimley, Camberley, Surrey Salary £55,877 - £62,626 (Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS) per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 15/07/2025 23:59

Band 8a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trust to work for. This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Trust (SABP) and work within Surrey Heath Community Mental Health Recovery Service (CMHRS).

The post offers a diverse range of experience working with people with complex mental health difficulties. You will join a friendly and supportive group of psychologists in the locality and there will be opportunities to develop your knowledge and skills through CPD.

The trust has an enviable care pathways system which values psychology, psychotherapy and the arts psychotherapies and there are opportunities to train in CBT for psychosis, family interventions, CBT for personality disorders, compassion-focussed supervision, EMDR and structured clinical management. Employees are also able to access leadership and management as well as coaching and mentoring specific to psychologists and additional supervisors training.

As a Trust we pride our-selves on our innovative and collaborative approach to providing the highest quality, person-centered care. We have a comprehensive primary care personality disorder services as well as established primary care MH teams working alongside GP practices. We are continuing to develop integrated care pathways across primary and secondary care.

The candidate must have a full and valid driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes.

Main duties of the job

• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the psychological needs of people using our services.

• To mentor, supervise and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students.

• Promoting a psychological perspective both within teams and sharing with other colleagues.

• Work collaboratively with team managers/ Clinical leads in the development and delivering of effective services.

• The postholder will be expected to work flexibly within the service.

• To lead on complex and challenging cases and develop expertise within area of specialism.

• Participating in the recruitment and selection of staff.

Working for our organisation

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.

Person specification

• Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
• Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course to enable supervision of trainees
• Experience of working with people from across the life span with a range of mental health issues and cognitive profiles
• Experience across a range of psychological models including systemic, behavioural and individual therapeutic
• Demonstrable post registration/clinical experience and competency relevant to this care group.
• Experience of contributing to clinical practice/service development / project work.

We are seeking to enrich the diversity of our Trust to better reflect demographic needs of the populations we serve and to enhance the skills of our workforce. We actively encourage applicants with underrepresented personal characteristics to apply for this role if you match the job description. Please note that you are not restricted from applying for this role if you do not identify with these characteristics and all applicants will be considered fairly against the job description.

As a flexible working and friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or any other flexible working patterns.

Women in our Trust are under-represented in some senior grades. We are therefore encouraging women to apply for posts at 8A and above.

Sponsorship

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.