Clinical/Counselling/Health Practitioner Psychologist (Renal) Band 8a

NHS; Salford; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Salford is seeking a Band 8a Clinical/Counselling/Health Practitioner Psychologist to deliver specialist psychological services to renal patients. The role involves conducting psychological assessments, managing caseloads, and collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams. Applicants should possess doctoral training in relevant psychology fields and experience in health psychology. This position offers a competitive salary and a flexible working environment.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for health and wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in Clinical, Counselling or Health Psychology.
• HCPC registration is required.
• Demonstrated experience working within Clinical Health Psychology Services.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychological assessments and formulate therapy plans.
• Manage referrals and maintain own caseload.
• Provide recommendations to medical colleagues regarding patient management.

Skills

High level of written and verbal communication skills

Experience of working in Clinical Health Psychology Services

Training in approaches like ACT, CFT, EMDR

Education

Doctoral level training in Clinical, Counselling or Health Psychology

HCPC registered

BSc Psychology or equivalent

Job description

Go back Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical/Counselling/Health Practitioner Psychologist (Renal) Band 8a

The closing date is 17 December 2025

We are excited to be recruiting a 0.6WTE Band 8a Clinical/Counselling/Health Practitioner Psychologist

The successful applicant will join existing psychology teams in the provision of highly specialist psychological services to Renal Medicine at Salford Royal Hospital as part of the Clinical Health Psychology Department within Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.

This role will involve highly complex psychological assessment, formulation, and treatment of patients on an individual and group basis, multi-disciplinary working, consultancy work, liaison, research, teaching, training/supervision of trainee/assistant psychologists, nursing staff, and others. The role also includes assisting the Clinical Leads in service design and development of clinical pathways. You will do this by working in an evidence-based way, considering the link between both physical and mental health and according to best practice and professional guidelines

A preceptorship (band 7>8a) will be considered depending on candidate experience

Main duties of the job

• Work individually with outpatients including psychological assessment, formulation, design, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of therapeutic interventions for patients with complex medical and psychological needs, including high levels of long-term risk assessment and management. This work will be both face to face and remote (telephone/video).
• Manage referrals and own caseload, making autonomous clinical decisions regarding the choice of assessment tools, psychological therapies and the design of individualised therapy programmes within level of expertise.
• Make recommendations to surgical, medical and nursing colleagues regarding current and future psychological and clinical management.
• Facilitate groups based on CBT and ACT principles if required.
• There may be a requirement for inpatient work.
• Complete live donor psychological assessments and provide recommendations on suitability for proceeding with live kidney donation.
• Work indirectly including liaising with colleagues and other professionals to promote a psychological perspective regarding patient care.
• Provide consultancy, including liaising with multi-disciplinary colleagues, attending MDT meetings, and inter-agency working including attending multi professionals meetings.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS Trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and collaborating closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we are always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications / Accreditation

• Doctoral level training in Clinical, Counselling or Health Psychology.
• HCPC registered
• BSc Psychology (or equivalent recognised by BPS) and post-graduate doctorate training or statement of equivalence from BPS.

Experience

• Experience of working in Clinical Health Psychology Services.
• An interest in working with people with chronic health conditions, especially renal diagnoses.
• In addition to routine CPD and clinical supervision, the post holder must demonstrate working towards the 'Highly Specialist' criteria for further training and experience*.
• Ability to effectively manage a workload of clinical cases and other professional responsibilities (teaching, MDT input, service development etc.).
• High level of written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to adapt communication for various audiences and convey complex or sensitive information.
• Training in approaches particularly valuable in health settings, such as ACT, CFT, EMDR, clinical hypnotherapy, including group-based approaches where appropriate.
• Research experience or further doctoral training.
• Experience of developing services and taking on other roles of increasing responsibility such as supervision of trainee clinical psychologists and development of specialist areas of working*.
• Prior experience of research activity.
• Understanding of risk assessment in medical settings, including assessment of risk in relation to medical non-compliance
• Familiarity working with patients in a variety of ways including face to face and remotely.

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.

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

£47,810 to £62,682 a yearPro Rata Per Annum