Principal Applied Psychologist

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

The North Yorkshire and York Perinatal Mental Health Team is seeking a Principal Applied Psychologist for a 12-month fixed-term position. The role involves working in a multi-disciplinary team, focusing on supporting women and birthing individuals throughout their perinatal journey. Essential qualifications include a doctoral level in relevant psychology, registration with HCPC, and significant experience in mental health interventions.

Qualifications

• Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.
• Significant experience in psychological interventions.
• Competencies in evidence-based psychological therapy.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct clinical work and promote psychological thinking.
• Supervise and support staff wellbeing; provide training.
• Contribute to clinical leadership and service development.

Skills

Clinical Psychology

Counselling Psychology

Forensic Psychology

Evidence-based Therapy

Mental Health

Education

Post-graduate training in Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychology

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Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

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Harrogate, United Kingdom

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18.06.2025

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02.08.2025

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Job summary

The North Yorkshire and York Perinatal Mental Health Team are looking to appoint a band 8b Principal Applied Psychologist to work as part of our multi-disciplinary team on a 12-month fixed-term/secondment basis covering maternity leave.

The perinatal team supports women and birthing people from conception up to 12 months post-natal. The team covers a large geographical area; based clinically within the Harrogate, Hambleton and Richmondshire cell, but also offering leadership skills and support into the wider York and North Yorkshire Team. Independent travel is essential in this role.

Applicants will be required to have post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical / counselling / forensic psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS and be registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC. Significant experience and competencies in delivering and supervising evidence-based psychological intervention for SMHP is also essential.

Main duties of the job

A key part of the role is to provide direct clinical work, promote psychological thinking with all members of the team by helping staff to develop formulations for clients, offering supervision and joint work with the team, supporting staff wellbeing, and providing training in psychological theory and its implementation.

The successful candidate will have significant experience of working psychologically with people who experience severe mental health problems and competencies in an evidence-based psychological therapy for SMHP. They will contribute to the collective clinical leadership of the service. They will be responsible for the provision of specialist psychological assessment and formulation, and the delivery of evidence-based psychological therapy and clinical supervision. The post holder will contribute to service development and improvement within the locality and the professional leadership of psychological professions.

About us

We provide excellent opportunities for peer support/supervision, CPD, teaching/training, and research and audit in line with strategic developments. There are also strong links to the local Hull and Teesside D Clinical Psychology Programme as we are key providers of academic and clinical experience components both in terms of teaching and supervision.

Psychologists & Psychological Therapists provide key leadership roles within the Trust. To support this, we have developed leadership profiles for each psychology band, and the profile card associated with this post is attached on NHS Jobs. You can find more information about the NHS Leadership Academy's Healthcare Leadership Model and the profiles at their website. We encourage you to look at these resources as they will play a part in the interview process.

Details

Date posted

13 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£62,215 to £72,293 a year pro-rata, per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

346-NYA-093-25-A

Job locations

Harrogate / Northallerton

HG1 2PW

Job responsibilities

Applicants need to be motivated, enthusiastic, flexible, and resilient. Knowledge and experience of working with people with complex mental health issues including psychosis and personality disorders are essential.

Applicants must ensure that prior to applying, they have agreement from their current line manager that they can be released on a secondment basis. In the event that permanent funding is secured for this post, the successful applicant will be confirmed in post on a permanent basis.