Practitioner Psychologist

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Guildford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in Guildford is seeking a qualified psychologist to join their team. The role involves providing clinical supervision, conducting psychological assessments, and ensuring high standards of patient care. Applicants should have a strong background in psychological practices and be committed to adapting their working arrangements to support diverse needs. The position offers opportunities for professional growth in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Free parking

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Professional and legal accountability for clinical work.
• Experience with psychological assessments and interventions.
• Skills in advocating and involving individuals in care plans.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical supervision for junior staff.
• Conduct psychological assessments and implement interventions.
• Support optimization of patient care within the team.

Job description

Job Overview

The post holder will contribute to the delivery of service provision across all treatment pathways, including outpatients, the enhanced treatment team, and flexibly, when needed, day care. They will be joining the service during an exciting period of development and transformation with the scope to develop specialisms within the field. The post holder will receive clinical supervision from an AEDS Principal Clinical Psychologist and will work closely with the AEDS psychological therapies team.

Responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for providing clinical supervision for junior members of staff (qualified and trainees). They will also be expected to provide psychological assessments, formulations, therapeutic interventions (individual and group), and consultation to support people with complex presentations and needs, ensuring early access to assessment and evidence‑based therapy. Furthermore, the post holder will contribute to the generic work of the team to support the optimisation of patient care where needed.

• Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of clinical work and care; maintain high standards of care in accordance with the HCPC Code of Conduct, professional guidelines, and Trust policies and procedures; act within the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act (2005); and be aware of and implement safeguarding and child protection policies and legislation.
• Carry out comprehensive psychological and cognitive assessments and formulation; plan, implement, and evaluate the delivery of psychological interventions and consultations to support people with specific needs.
• Actively involve people in developing and agreeing their own care plan, advocate for them, and ensure proper regard for their dignity, choice, self‑esteem, racial, cultural, sexual, and religious needs and preferences.

For more information please see the attached job description.

Diversity and Flexible Working

We are seeking to enrich the diversity of our Trust to better reflect the demographic needs of the populations we serve. We actively encourage applicants with under‑represented personal characteristics to apply, but all applicants will be considered fairly against the job description. As a flexible working and friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement, whether that is job share, part time or any other flexible pattern.

About the Trust

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high‑quality care that is delivered at the right time and as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

When you join us you will be part of an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

We reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received. Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.