Principal Clinical Psychologist | Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Halifax; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider seeks a Clinical Psychologist to lead Long COVID services in Halifax. The successful candidate will manage psychological assessments and interventions, collaborating with various health professionals. Key responsibilities include shaping the psychology role and developing a specialized service for patients impacted by Long COVID. Applicants should have clinical experience in psychological care. The position offers opportunities to influence service provision and engage in patient-focused care.

Qualifications

• Experience in shaping and developing clinical psychology services.
• Ability to work with interdisciplinary teams.
• Maintain a patient-focused approach in care.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist Long COVID psychological services.
• Work closely with health colleagues for assessments and therapy.
• Strategic oversight of Long COVID service development.

Skills

Clinical experience with Long COVID syndrome

Psychological assessment and intervention

Consultation and supervision

Biopsychosocial formulation

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Psychologist to join an expanding Clinical Health Psychology Department in Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder will continue to develop and lead the Long COVID psychology service, including the provision of psychological assessment, intervention, consultation and supervision.

The post holder will work with adults whose functioning and quality of life has been impacted by Long COVID, working from an interdisciplinary perspective to offer interventions based on comprehensive biopsychosocial formulations.

Long COVID services are expected to be reconfigured to a service focussed on the management and rehabilitation of needs associated with post‑acute infection syndromes. This includes, but is not exclusive to, Post‑COVID, CFS/ME and Fibromyalgia. The post holder will contribute to local reconfiguration discussions and play a key role in shaping the role of psychology in new service models.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate would have previous clinical experience with people living with Long COVID syndrome, or other transferable skills from related long‑term conditions; plus a desire to actively shape the psychological role and remit within the reconfiguration of services for this patient group.

The post holder will continue to deliver a high quality, specialist Long COVID clinical psychology service at CHFT. They will take a specialist lead clinical role, and will work as an integral part of the Long COVID pathway providing consultation and supervision to other professional colleagues. An important element of the role is the ongoing development of the service and therefore experience in this area is important. The post holder will be a valued part of a growing Clinical Health Psychology Department and contribute to supervision, line management and trust‑wide developments as required.

About the Department

We are a growing Clinical Health Psychology Department with good relationships across CHFT. We are committed to developing excellent quality care that aims to meet the psychological needs of patients who are treated within CHFT. We develop services in a patient‑focussed way and compassionate care is at the heart of our Department. We actively encourage and support CPD, supervision, service‑related audit and research. As a newly established department, there is significant scope to work creatively in the continuation of new trust‑wide developments and be part of shaping our culture.

Please see attached job description and person specification for a full outline of the main responsibilities of this role. This includes the following:

• To provide a highly specialist Long COVID service to patients within the Calderdale and Huddersfield area.
• To work closely with colleagues in health to provide highly specialist psychological and neuropsychological assessment, formulation and therapy, taking full professional responsibility and exercising completely autonomous judgement, in matters of professional practice.
• To offer advice and consultation on patients’ psychological care to non‑psychologist colleagues and to other non‑professional carers.
• To have strategic oversight of the implementation, evaluation and measurement of the development of the Long COVID psychology service.
• To offer consultation, advice and disseminate psychological ideas to the wider Long COVID community.
• To make a contribution to the general management, governance and supervision of the wider Clinical Health Psychology Service as agreed.
• To work autonomously in the execution of these duties and within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Clinical Health Psychology Department and Trust policies and procedures.

Application deadline: Wednesday 10 Dec 2025.