Lead/Principal Psychologist - Clinical/Counselling

NHS; Chertsey; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Une opportunité passionnante pour un psychologue clinicien de rejoindre une équipe dynamique au sein du Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Vous serez responsable de la planification et de la livraison de services psychologiques spécialisés pour des patients à haut risque, tout en supervisant les stagiaires et en contribuant au développement des services. Cette position offre un environnement de travail collaboratif et un engagement à améliorer la santé mentale des communautés locales.

Qualifications

• Doctorat en Psychologie Clinique ou équivalent.
• Expérience clinique post-qualification dans un cadre pertinent.
• Expérience de supervision de psychologues et de stagiaires.

Responsibilities

• Planifier et livrer un service psychologique spécialisé.
• Assurer le leadership et le développement de l'équipe.
• Développer et mettre en œuvre des politiques et des protocoles.

Skills

Leadership

Supervision

Psychological assessment

Therapeutic interventions

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Clinical supervision course

HCPC registration

Job description

Job summary

£3000 New Hire Bonus is applied to this role for external candidates. Please see further terms and conditions attached.

Surrey and Borders Partnership Foundation Trust are proud to provide outstanding Forensic Mental Health services to the population of Surrey.

Often, people who have a forensic profile feel that they are overlooked. Our Forensic Outreach and Liaison (FOLs) seek to redress this balance, to advocate for this group of people enthusiastically and inclusively. We pride ourselves on working collaboratively with the people who use our services and their carers to ensure that people receive care as close to home as possible and that they don't spend a day longer in secure placements than is necessary.

We are seeking a passionate and committed lead psychologist to join our FOLs team - you will be working with friendly and supportive multi-disciplinary teams who greatly value the skills and expertise of our Clinical / Counselling Psychologists. You will be working with high risk, complex mental health difficulties, offering supervision to colleagues and be part of a leadership team committed to developing the therapeutic offer of the service.

Main duties of the job

1. To plan and deliver a highly specialist psychology service (in leadership or advanced therapy role) and to oversee its clinical governance.
2. To be responsible for the professional leadership and continued development of a team and/or service area.
3. To be responsible for the development and implementation of appropriate policies, protocols and care pathways.
4. To ensure that the needs of people with protected characteristics are addressed within local services and future developments.
5. To demonstrate highly specialist expertise and specialist psychological skills such as specialist psychological assessments, formulation, therapeutic interventions and consultation to support people with complex needs.
6. To act as supervisor/teacher in teaching, facilitating and supporting pre-registration students and junior personnel and to participate in the audit of educational placements. To participate in new staff induction.
7. To research national best practice and enable services to benchmark practice against nationally recognised standards - in partnership with people who use services and carers.
8. To lead in developing and conducting clinical audit and research, maintaining current knowledge of research findings and development within the relevant area of practice.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Job details

Date posted: 19 May 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 8b

Salary: £64,337 to £74,415 a year Incl 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 325-6782123-SS-C

Job locations: Forensic Outreach Liaison Service - Unither House, Curfew Bell Road, Chertsey, KT16 9FG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent
• Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course to enable supervision of trainees
• HCPC registration

Desirable

• Additional academic clinical qualification relevant to area of work
• Additional leadership/management study

Experience

• Extensive post qualification clinical experience in relevant clinical setting
• Experience of leading in clinical practice, service development or project work
• Experience of supervising trainees, assistant psychologists, qualified clinical/counselling psychologists and others providing psychological therapies
• Experience of implementing change following audit and service evaluation
• Demonstrable experience of developing complex formulations drawing on multiple psychological models
• Experience of advising other professionals on complex psychological issues and risk

Additional requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is required.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further details, see the NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Forensic Outreach Liaison Service - Unither House, Curfew Bell Road, Chertsey, KT16 9FG

Employer's website: https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us