Clinical Associate Psychologist

Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; Southampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Clinical Associate Psychologist to join the At Risk Mental State (ARMS) Service, helping to implement psychosis prevention and early intervention strategies for young people and adults aged 14–35.

You will deliver psychologically informed interventions and assessments, including CAARMS, under supervision, and work with families to develop personalised care plans, contributing to MDT decisions and service improvement.

Qualifications

• First degree in Psychology and registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the BPS (Masters level 120 credits).
• Understand British Psychological Society (BPS) Professional Code of Conduct and related policies.
• Knowledge of behavioural change models and health behaviour theories.

Responsibilities

• Undertake specialist assessments (e.g., CAARMS).
• Deliver low-intensity CBT and family interventions under supervision.
• Develop personalised care plans with service users, carers and families.
• Contribute psychological perspectives to MDT discussions and decision-making.
• Collaborate with EIP, CAMHS, Talking Therapies and community teams.
• Support service evaluation, audits and quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

BPS code of conduct understanding

Behaviour change models knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Psychology

Masters level 120 credits

Job description

Job summary

Help Shape the Future of Early Intervention in Mental Health

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Clinical Associate Psychologists to join our At Risk Mental State Service. The ARMS Service is an evolving and innovative specialist pathway that is central to delivering national priorities for psychosis prevention and early intervention.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a specialist service supporting young people and adults aged 14 to 35 years who are experiencing symptoms associated with an increased risk of developing psychosis.

As a Clinical Associate Psychologist, you will play a key role in delivering psychologically informed interventions and assessments to individuals and their families, helping people to achieve their goals whilst reducing the likelihood of transition to psychosis.

Main duties of the job

What You’ll Be Doing

• Undertake specialist assessments, including the Comprehensive Assessment of At Risk Mental States (CAARMS).
• Deliver evidence-based, formulation-driven psychological interventions under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist.
• Provide low-intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) interventions and family interventions.
• Work collaboratively with service users, carers and families to develop personalised care plans.
• Participate in multidisciplinary team discussions and contribute psychological perspectives to clinical decision-making.
• Work closely with colleagues across Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP), CAMHS, Talking Therapies, Primary Care, Community Mental Health Teams and voluntary sector partners.
• Support outcome measurement, service evaluation, audit and quality improvement initiatives.

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

Details

Date posted: 14 October 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 348-MNH-12783

Job description

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

Essential

• First degree in Psychology. Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the BPS. Demonstrate study at masters level 120 credits

Desirable

• See JD

Experience

Essential

• Understand British Psychological Society (BPS) Professional Code of Conduct, local and national policies and procedures that define scope of practice
• Understand the range of behavioural change models including health belief models to synthesise best practice in the absence of a strong evidence base, or existence of clinical practice guidelines

Desirable

• See JD

Additional Criteria

Essential

• See job description

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:

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address:

Tatchbury Mount, Calmore, Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 2RZ, United Kingdom

Employer's website:

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Hiring Manager, Olivia Partridge, [e-mail]