Clinical Associate Psychologist

NHS; Havant; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking a qualified Clinical Associate Psychologist to join their Community Mental Health Team in Havant. The successful candidate will provide psychological therapy and work independently under supervision, contributing to service development and research. This role requires a Master's degree in Clinical Associate Psychology and registration with BPS. This position offers a competitive salary ranging from £38,682 to £46,580, alongside opportunities for hybrid working and professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience working with people with complex mental health problems.
• Ability to deliver supervised interventions.
• Knowledge of psychometric tools.

Responsibilities

• Undertake psychological assessment and interventions.
• Provide consultation and training within the team.
• Administer clinical interventions for patients.

Skills

Experience in CBT

Development of psychologically informed practice

Group and 1:1 approaches

Research skills

Psychological assessment

Education

Master's degree in Clinical Associate Psychology

Registered with BPS as a Clinical Associate Psychologist

Job description

Go back Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Associate Psychologist

The closing date is 28 December 2025

Open only to applicants from Hampshire & Isle of Wight NHS system, which is limited to: Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare FT, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, University Hospital Southampton FT, South Central Ambulance Service or Hampshire Hospitals FT.

We are looking for a qualified Clinical Associate Psychologist to join our Community Mental Health Team, who will already have experience of working with people with complex mental health problems and developing psychologically informed practice within a multi-disciplinary team. This is a great opportunity to deliver supervised interventions using CBT, ACT and Compassion focused approaches and formulation lead interventions.

As a member of the CMHT Psychology service, you will work independently under supervision through group and 1:1 approaches. You will also work to provide consultation, supervision, training and service development within the scope of your CAP role.

This is an excellent opportunity for the right person to help build psychological skills within a well-established team. There is the opportunity for hybrid working. The post-holder will contribute to shaping the vision and delivery of group interventions across Portsmouth and South East Hampshire. There is an opportunity to provide supervision to other professionals in the CMHT and represent psychological services in Multidisciplinary meetings. This role will also enable you to build on your service evaluation and research skills.

Main duties of the job

You will be professionally, and line managed by a Clinical Psychologist. You will be part of the Portsmouth & Southeast Hampshire Psychological Services, which is comprised of 20 Psychologists and Psychological Therapists with expertise in CBT, DBT, CAT, Art Therapy, IPT, ACT, CFT and EMDR.

• To undertake psychological assessment, formulation, psychological therapy and other types of clinical intervention appropriate to your level of qualification with patients in 2 community Mental Health Teams with the possibility of working on line across the whole Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Division.
• To offer advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.
• To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
• To carry out other clinical work, research activity and training as agreed with the Lead Psychologist.
• To work cohesively with the Multidisciplinary Team in shaping their psychological understanding.
• To administer psychometric tools when appropriate (e.g. neuropsychological assessments and screenings).
• To contribute to our group programme, providing formulations and administrating appropriate group interventions, and delivering these interventions alongside the wider psychological services team across the whole division.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Clinical Associate Psychology – Adult Lifespan
• Registered with BPS as a Clinical Associate Psychologist

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.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearPlease note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata