Specialist or Highly Specialist Applied Psychologist Progression 7/8a

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Job summary

A healthcare provider in York is seeking Specialist or Highly Specialist Applied Psychologists to provide leadership in psychology roles. The positions are open to Trainee Counselling and Clinical Psychologists in their 3rd year of training, provided they meet specified clinical competencies and supervised hours. Potential candidates are encouraged to review the leadership profiles before applying.

Qualifications

• Trainee Counselling Psychologists need clinical competencies and hours.
• Trainee Clinical Psychologists must have completed core competencies.

Responsibilities

• Provide key leadership roles within the Trust.
• Meet role criteria as detailed in job descriptions.

Job description

Specialist or Highly Specialist Applied Psychologist Progression 7/8a

Psychologists & Psychological Therapists provide key leadership roles within the Trust. To support this, we have developed leadership profiles for each psychology band. 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 on their website. We encourage you to review these resources, as they will be part of the interview process.

Please refer to the attached job descriptions in the documents section for both Highly Specialist Applied Psychologist and Specialist Applied Psychologist roles, depending on experience, for further detailed information to ensure you meet the role criteria before applying.

Trainee Counselling Psychologists are eligible to apply, be shortlisted for interview, and be offered qualified posts when they are in their 3rd year of doctoral training, having completed the following as confirmed by the university:

1. All clinical competencies.
2. 80% of the 450 supervised clinical practice hours (360 hours).

Trainee Clinical Psychologists are eligible to apply, be shortlisted, and be offered qualified posts when they are in their third year of training, as they will have completed their core clinical competencies by this stage of the course.