Senior Psychological Therapist

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust; Long Lee; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mileage increases

Health & wellbeing

Development opportunities

Sustainability initiatives

Job summary

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Clinical Psychologist or Psychological Therapist to join the Intensive Home Treatment Team (IHTT) at Airedale Centre for Mental Health. You will lead psychological therapies development within the team, promoting trauma-informed and neuroaffirmative care while addressing health inequalities across Bradford & Craven.

You will deliver time-limited, evidence-informed interventions, provide supervision, and act as a clinical consultant to

Qualifications

• Clinical psychologist or psychological therapist with registration is required.
• Experience in acute mental health services is preferred.
• Ability to provide assessment, formulation and time-limited therapy.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist evidence based psychological assessment, formulation & therapy.
• Provide clinical leadership, supervision, consultation and advice on psychological therapies.
• Provide clinical consultation and advice to healthcare professionals across localities.
• Support adherence to NICE guidance and clinical governance arrangements.
• Lead research and development activities with service development team.

Skills

CBT

DBT

SFT

Clinical leadership

Supervision

Consultation

Formulation-based care

Job description

We are seeking a highly motivated Clinical Psychologist or Psychological Therapist to join our Intensive Home Treatment Team (IHTT) at Airedale Centre for Mental Health.

You will be passionate about supporting people experiencing acute mental health crisis, as well as their carers & support networks. The successful candidate will lead the development of psychological therapies within the team, supporting the Care Closer to Home agenda & national guidance for psychological therapies in acute services.

You will promote psychologically informed care through formulation-based approaches to care planning & risk management. As part of a supportive network of psychologists, psychological therapists & psychotherapists working across Acute Community Services, you will contribute to improving access to trauma-informed & neuroaffirmative care and reducing health inequalities across Bradford & Craven.

Working closely with multidisciplinary colleagues, you will provide reflective practice, consultation & clinical supervision, while helping strengthen co-production with Involvement Workers & Experts by Experience.

You will deliver a range of adapted, time-limited, evidence-informed interventions. Previous training or experience in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) or Solution Focused Therapy (SFT) would be advantageous. The role includes providing specialist advice & consultation to staff supporting people in mental health crisis.

• Provide specialist evidence based psychological assessment, formulation & therapy, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice
• Provide clinical leadership, supervision, consultation and advice on psychological therapies
• Provide clinical consultation and advice to healthcare professionals across all localities.
• Support adherence to relevant NICE guidance and clinical governance arrangements.
• To ensure the clinical effectiveness of own practice and of service functioning by undertaking research and development activities relevant to the service area.
• Work with the Team/Clinical Manager on service development, leading research and development activities

Closing Date: 15th October 2026

Shortlisting Date: w/c 19th October 2026

Interview Date: TBC

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values:

• We Care – We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
• We Listen – We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
• We Deliver – We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

Benefits

• Increase mileage rates for > 4500
• A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
• A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
• Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Laura Turner
Job title: Team Leader
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 07525885303

For Further Details / Informal Visits Contact

Laura Turner - IHTT Airedale Team Leader
[e-mail]

Faye Pilling - Clinical Manager
[e-mail]

Ina Ashworth - Clinical Psychologist
[e-mail]