Principal Clinical / Counselling Psychologist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Newsham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working requests

Job summary

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Clinical Psychologist to lead a complex emotional needs pathway, integrating DBT and CAT approaches. You will supervise psychologists, provide clinical leadership, and work with a multi-professional team across Fareham and Gosport.

The post offers strategic oversight and opportunities to expand across the division, with direct clinical work alongside a dedicated therapy team and a strong emphasis on professional

Qualifications

• HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.
• Senior clinical psychology experience across the life course.
• Accredited or well-experienced in Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT).

Responsibilities

• Provide senior psychological expertise within the Community Mental Health Service.
• Lead development of the complex emotional needs treatment pathway (DBT/CAT).
• Provide management and specialist clinical supervision to psychologists.
• Deliver strategic oversight of the Complex Emotional Needs Pathway across the division.
• Offer supervision, training and reflective practice to service staff.

Skills

Clinical psychology leadership

Supervision of psychologists

DBT expertise

Team collaboration

Effective communication

Education

Doctoral clinical psychology training

Formal supervision training

DBT accreditation or extensive experience

Job description

Senior clinical psychologist role in the Community Mental Health Service at Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, covering the Fareham and Gosport teams. Core work is leading a complex emotional needs treatment pathway that joins DBT and CAT practitioners, plus managing and supervising psychologists. Direct clinical work sits alongside a dedicated therapy team, and the post can grow across the division. Applicants need HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist and accredited or well-developed DBT experience.

What the job involves

• Provide senior psychological expertise within the Community Mental Health Service
• Lead development of the complex emotional needs treatment pathway, bringing together DBT and CAT practitioners
• Provide management and specialist clinical supervision to psychologists in the Fareham and Gosport CMHTs
• Provide strategic oversight of the Complex Emotional Needs Pathway across the PSEH division
• Offer supervision, training and reflective practice to service staff
• Deliver direct clinical work alongside a dedicated therapy team
• Work with the leadership team and peer support staff to build a multi-professional therapeutic environment
• Cover gaps in other patches within the division, as agreed with the Lead Psychologist
• Ensure job planning and embed pathways in the geographical patch
• Provide performance and quality data to the Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist
• Align DBT teams across the division and support development of the complex emotional needs offer

What’s required

Qualifications

• Doctoral clinical psychology training accredited by the BPS, covering psychopathology, psychometrics, neuropsychology, two or more therapies and lifespan development
• Formal training in supervision of psychologists, or equivalent experience
• Accredited or well-experienced in Dialectical Behavioural Therapy

Registration & licences

• Registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist

Experience

• Senior clinical psychology experience across the full life course, severity range and care settings
• Full clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care within multi-professional care plans
• Teaching, training, clinical supervision and staff management
• Staying professional with highly distressing problems, verbal abuse and threatened physical abuse

Skills & knowledge

• Complex psychological assessment and intervention for severe and enduring mental health problems
• Clear communication of technical and sensitive information to patients, families and professionals
• Doctoral-level research design and complex multivariate data analysis
• Knowledge of mental health legislation and a recovery-focused approach with positive risk taking
• Managing conflict, prioritising workload and supporting staff and carers exposed to distress

Other

• Values-based conduct: compassionate care, listening, honesty, integrity, taking responsibility and delivering on commitments
• Ability to travel between sites as required

Nice to have

• Post-doctoral training in a specialised area of psychological therapy
• Accreditation as a therapist with BABCP ACAT or a similar body
• Management or leadership training

What’s offered

• Flexible working requests can be discussed as part of the interview