Clinical/Forensic Psychologist

NHS; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Sheffield is seeking a Clinical/Forensic Psychologist to join their inpatient rehabilitation team. In this role, you will work with a supportive team focusing on delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to individuals facing complex mental health issues. Responsibilities include conducting psychological assessments and ensuring clinical effectiveness through service development and leadership. This position requires specific qualifications in clinical psychology and registration with HCPC.

Benefits

Training and education opportunities

Supportive health and well-being environment

Qualifications

• Experience working with a wide variety of service user groups across the whole life course.
• Experience in inpatient and/or AMH rehabilitation.
• Registration with HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessment and evidence-based interventions.
• Support staff in clinical decision-making and offer supervision.
• Ensure clinical effectiveness through research and development activities.

Skills

Experience with complex mental health difficulties

Clinical leadership

Evidence-based care

Effective in multi-disciplinary teams

Education

Post-graduate, doctoral level training in clinical psychology

Registration with HCPC

Forensic Masters Degree/Supervised Practice

Job description

Clinical/Forensic Psychologist

The closing date is 05 January 2026

An exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Clinical/Forensic Psychologist to join our inpatient rehabilitation team at Forest Close. You will work with a supportive therapy team of psychologists, CAPS, assistant psychologist and music therapy across three wards at Forest Close. The role requires a candidate with experience and interest in working with people with complex mental health difficulties within an MDT. You will support and implement compassionate, high‑quality, evidence‑based care, with opportunities to be innovative and influential. The post involves direct clinical work, service development, and leadership.

For full details please read the Job Description document.

Main duties of the job

• Provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and evidence‑based short‑term interventions for individuals and families/carers with complex and distressing psychological problems, including psychosis and complex trauma.
• Provide clinical leadership and contribute to a trauma‑informed and least restrictive environment by supporting staff in decision‑making and offering indirect support through team formulation, reflective practice, and individual supervision.
• Undertake Supervisor Training and Recognition (STAR) qualification and offer clinical supervision to others.
• Ensure clinical effectiveness of own practice and of service functioning by undertaking research and development activities relevant to inpatient rehabilitation settings.

About us

We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support. We are looking for people who share this passion. Our staff, service users, carers and families come from diverse backgrounds, and your work will make a difference to people’s lives each day. You will have access to training, education opportunities, apprenticeships, research and development, and a supportive, health‑and‑wellbeing focused environment.

For full details please read the Job Description document.

Person Specification - Qualifications

• Post‑graduate, doctoral level training in clinical psychology as accredited by the HCPC/BPS.
• Registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist, or imminently due to qualify and register.
• Forensic: BPS accredited Masters Degree/Supervised Practice in Forensic Psychology to doctoral level.
• Has a DClinPsy and HCPC registration or due to qualify and register by October.

Person Specification - Experience

• Experience of working with a wide variety of service user groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
• Experience of working with service users presenting with complex psychological difficulties.
• Evidence of being able to work effectively in multi‑disciplinary settings and teams.
• Experience working in inpatient and/or AMH rehabilitation.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service. The check ensures there are no past criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration with HCPC or be imminently expecting this if still undergoing training. For further information, see NHS Careers website.

Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust