Lead Psychologist

Sterling Cross; England; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A respected health and social care provider in the UK is seeking an experienced Lead Psychologist to join its senior clinical team. This full-time, permanent role emphasizes clinical leadership and trauma-informed care, allowing for flexible working hours to support work-life balance. The ideal candidate will have strong experience with complex needs and hold relevant professional qualifications. Benefits include generous annual leave, a pension contribution, clinical supervision, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Employer pension contribution

Employee Assistance Programme

Regular reflective practice and clinical supervision

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Life assurance and optional health-related benefits

Leadership development and progression pathways

Qualifications

• Strong experience working with complex needs or forensic populations.
• Confident clinical leader with the ability to influence practice and culture.
• Commitment to trauma-informed, person-centred care.

Responsibilities

• Shape care pathways and risk management within a psychologically led service.
• Prioritize recovery, dignity, and long-term outcomes for service users.
• Ensure reflective practice and multidisciplinary collaboration.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical insight

Person-centred care

Reflective practice

Collaboration

Education

Relevant professional qualification

HCPC registration

Job description

Ready to lead, influence, and shape psychologically informed care?

A highly respected, values-driven health and social care provider is seeking an experienced Lead Psychologist to join its senior clinical team.

This organisation is recognised for delivering specialist, trauma-informed services to individuals with complex needs, using evidence-based models that prioritise recovery, dignity, and long-term outcomes.

You’ll work within a psychologically led service where clinical insight genuinely shapes care pathways, risk management, and organisational culture. The service places strong emphasis on reflective practice, multidisciplinary collaboration, and giving clinicians a real voice in service design and improvement.

Investment in staff wellbeing, supervision, and leadership development is a core part of how the service operates — not an afterthought.

This is a full-time permanent Lead Psychologist role, offering the opportunity to combine clinical leadership with meaningful, purpose-driven work in a setting that values autonomy and professional judgement.

Flexible working hours are available to support a healthy work–life balance.

Person Specification

• Relevant professional qualification and HCPC registration
• Strong experience working with complex needs or forensic populations
• Confident clinical leader with the ability to influence practice and culture
• Commitment to trauma-informed, person-centred care
• Reflective, resilient, and values-driven approach

Benefits

• Generous annual leave, increasing with length of service
• Employer pension contribution
• Employee Assistance Programme, including counselling support
• Regular reflective practice and clinical supervision
• Access to retail and lifestyle discounts
• Life assurance and optional health-related benefitsClear leadership development and progression pathways