Clinical Psychologist

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust; Bradford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Bradford is seeking a dedicated Senior Clinical Psychologist to lead a team of psychological therapists. This role involves providing clinical leadership, overseeing specialist psychological assessments and therapies, and training trainee clinical psychologists. The ideal candidate will have significant experience with complex mental health needs and a passion for supporting service users. Flexible working arrangements and a variety of benefits are included.

Benefits

Increased mileage rates

Health and wellbeing support

Development and learning opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in managing complex mental health presentations.
• Ability to provide clinical supervision and training.

Responsibilities

• Lead the psychological therapists' team.
• Provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy.
• Supervise and train trainee clinical psychologists.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Evidence-based psychological assessment

Supervision and training

Trauma-informed approach

Education

Postgraduate degree in Clinical Psychology

Job description

Position Overview

We are really excited to invite compassionate, dedicated applicants for a 1.0 WTE post for an 8a Senior Clinical Psychologist to lead our S and W CMHT psychological therapists. The team supports service users with complex mental health presentations associated with a high level of intersectional difficulties. We are looking for a highly motivated, experienced candidate who is passionate about making a difference for our service users with complex mental health needs, working closely with all members of the multidisciplinary team, families and service users, and who uses a trauma‑informed approach to working with service users.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Team Managers to provide clinical leadership for psychological therapists in the S and W CMHT including managing waiting lists, supervising assistant psychologists, recruitment, reflective spaces, training, and representation at locality leadership meetings.
• Provide supervision and training for trainee clinical psychologists from the Leeds Doctorate programme.
• Provide specialist evidence‑based psychological assessment, formulation & therapy, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.
• Provide clinical leadership, supervision, consultation and advice on psychological therapies.
• Provide clinical consultation and advice to healthcare professionals across all localities.
• Support adherence to relevant NICE guidance and clinical governance arrangements.
• Ensure the clinical effectiveness of own practice and of service functioning by undertaking research and development activities relevant to the service area.
• Work with the Team/Clinical Manager on service development, leading research and development activities.

Our Core Values

• We Care – We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference.
• We Listen – We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs.
• We Deliver – We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners.

Flexible Working and Benefits

We offer a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including increased mileage rates for > 3500 km, a wide range of health and wellbeing support packages, a range of internal and external development and learning opportunities, and many more.

Employment Conditions

The Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. For any individual who requires a visa, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. Applicants must confirm their right to work and reside in the UK and must notify their manager of any changes to their right‑to‑work status.