Senior Clinical Psychologist

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Bradford; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Senior Clinical Psychologist to work with people affected by homelessness in Bradford. The post sits in the Clinical Health Psychology Department, collaborating with homelessness services from street outreach to hostels and inpatient wards.

The role focuses on specialist assessments, therapeutic interventions and supervision within a dynamic, socially just framework, requiring engagement with MDT colleagues across

Qualifications

• Experience of working as a qualified Clinical Psychologist within NHS.
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care within a MDT.
• Experience of delivering teaching, training and clinical supervision.
• Experience of representing Clinical Psychology within multidisciplinary care.
• Experience of working with adults with significant mental health difficulties and/or substance use issues.
• Experience of working with adults with physical health difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessments and therapeutic interventions to individual clients.
• Work closely with MDT colleagues across primary and secondary care as well as third sector.
• Provide reflective practice groups to staff.
• Support staff development through CPD opportunities.
• Place a high value on clinical supervision and informal support.

Skills

Assessment methods

Effective communication

Consultation & supervision

Support to carers

Clinical governance

Multi-media presentations

Neuropsychological assessments

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

HCPC registration

Job description

Go back Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical Psychologist

The closing date is 17 September 2026

Shortlisting to take place after closing date: 18th September 2026

Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: W/C 28th September 2026

We are genuinely delighted to be able to offer this unique role for a Senior Clinical Psychologist to work with people affected by homelessness in Bradford.

The post is based in the Clinical Health Psychology Department at BTHFT, who have specialised in working with patients with complex physical health difficulties for over 30 years, but involves working with a wide range of service providers in the homelessness sector in Bradford - from street outreach services to hostels and inpatient wards.

Main duties of the job

Above all we are looking for applicants with enthusiasm for working with people affected by homelessness and some experience and skills in working clinically with the kinds of complex difficulties they face - whether physical health problems, mental health difficulties and/or substance use issues.

In addition to providing specialist assessments and therapeutic interventions to individual clients, the job involves working closely with MDT colleagues across primary and secondary care as well as third sector, including providing reflective practice groups to staff.

The role would suit applicants drawn to complexity and systemic working, who embrace the challenges and rewards of working in dynamic contexts and for whom a commitment to social justice is a core value.

About us

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We are one team

We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

Job responsibilities

The role sits within the well-established and friendly Clinical Health Psychology Department at BTHFT with all the professional and collegial support this brings. We are keen to support staff development through CPD opportunities and place a high value on clinical supervision and informal support.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of working as a qualified Clinical Psychologist within NHS
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care and treatment, within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
• Experience of delivering teaching, training and clinical supervision
• Experience of representing Clinical Psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
• Experience of working with adults with significant mental health difficulties (i.e. complex trauma) and/or substance abuse issues
• Experience of the application of working in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of working with adults with physical health difficulties

Skills

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Highly developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation & supervision to other professional and non-professional groups
• Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
• Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
• Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
• Skills in the administration and interpretation of neuropsychological assessments

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two highly specialised psychological therapies
• Knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of applied psychology
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC.
• Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group.
• Completed post-qualification supervision training

Qualifications

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
• Registered with HCPC

Other

• Demonstrable interest in and enthusiasm for working with this specific clinical population
• Ability to identify provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
• Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
• Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
• Ability to drive within the working day between settings
• Ability to work flexibly in a range of contexts: acute hospital wards, outpatient settings, hostels, street outreach

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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