Clinical /Counselling Psychologist

ChangeUp Psychology; United States; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Fully remote with flexible hours

Company laptop with IT support

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Wellbeing days

Job summary

ChangeUp Psychology is a growing private practice delivering high-quality psychological services. We seek a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join on a fully remote basis (22.5hrs/week) with a start salary of £55k–£68k FTE, dependent on experience and specialisms.

The role includes tailored assessments, interventions for adults, and contributing to service development, supervision, and external consultation. Flexible hours and a supportive, low-bureaucracy culture are offered.

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology on a BPS-approved course.
• Current HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.
• Current UK residency and eligibility to work in the UK.
• Eligibility to register with private healthcare providers (e.g., BUPA, AXA, WPA).

Responsibilities

• Managing a caseload of clients.
• Providing one-off support sessions and brief interventions.
• Providing clinical supervision (internal and external).
• Providing specialist consultation to individuals and organisations.
• Creating and delivering training sessions and building referral networks.
• Accurately recording therapy notes and outcome data.
• Liaising with colleagues and the network of clinicians.

Skills

CBT delivery

Clinical assessment

Evidence-based therapy

Remote therapy

Caseload management

Education

Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology

Tools

Clinical software systems

Job description

Starting salary: £55k -£68k FTE- dependent on experience & specialisms

Hours: 22.5hrs per week (3+ days).Flexible days/hours to suit.

Department: ChangeUp Psychology & Sleep Athletic

Responsible to: Dr. Chris James, Consultant Clinical Psychologist

Clinical Supervisor: Dr. Chris James, Consultant Clinical Psychologist

Location: Fully Remote (working from home)

Client age group: Adults

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata)
• Fully remote with genuine flexibility around working hours
• Low caseload – typically 4 client sessions per day
• Low-risk client group and low -bureaucracy culture
• Company laptop plus admin support and dedicated IT support
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme with our HR partner
• 2 Wellbeing Days per year
• Positive and supportive team
• Protected time for CPD and admin
• Opportunities to help shape and grow the practice

ABOUT THE ROLE

We’re a forward-thinking, growing practice with a strong reputation for high-quality psychological services. Due to high demand, we’re looking for a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join us who shares our passion for delivering effective, compassionate, evidence-based support, and is keen to be part of our development.

The role involves providing tailored psychological assessments, interventions, and consultations for a broad range of client s, many of whom are high -functioning individuals seeking support for mild, emerging, or non-clinical issues, including personal development and performance.

You’ll also actively contribute to service development, projects, training, supervision, and external consultation work. Flexibility, creativity, and an interest in applying psychology beyond traditional clinical settings are key.

We particularly welcome applicants who:

• Are interested in sleep, ADHD, autism, adolescent mental health, or non-clinical applications of psychology
• Want to get actively involved in service growth, including social media, outreach, consultation and training

ABOUT YOU

You’re a qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologist with experience working with a broad range of clients in adult mental health/psychological therapy settings and a strong interest in neurodiversity, particularly ADHD. You’re confident in delivering evidence-based assessments and interventions, and focused on learning, growing and providing an excellent service to your clients. You bring a compassionate, client‑centred approach to your work. You’re interested in sleep and its impact on mental health, and how clinical/counselling psychology training and therapies can be applied to working with high performers and athletes. You’re flexible, collaborative, positive, energised, and keen to contribute to a growing, supportive team that values high-quality care.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology on BPS-approved training course
• Current HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
• A current full enhanced DBS certificate
• Ability to work remotely (private workspace with fast, reliable internet connection)
• Current UK residency
• Eligible to work in the UK
• Eligible to register with (or already registered with) private healthcare providers

MUST HAVES

• Extensive experience delivering CBT and other psychological therapies, supporting individuals with a wide range of mental health difficulties.
• Skilled in specialist assessment and evidence-based interventions, tailored flexibly to individual needs and using an integrative, goal-focused approach.
• Knowledge of NICE guidelines and effective use of outcome measures to inform and evaluate therapeutic work.
• Confident in assessing and managing risk within clinical practice.
• Clear and professional communicator, with experience writing concise reports and collaborating effectively with clients, colleagues, and health professionals.
• Experienced in training, supervision, and consultation, including delivering workshops and supporting staff teams.
• Technically proficient, with strong IT skills, experience using clinical software systems, and confident in delivering therapy and assessments remotely.
• Organised and reliable caseload manager, maintaining high-quality care across multiple clients, including all aspects of clinical administration, effectively managing therapeutic endings and ensuring work remains focused with clear goals and regular reviews.
• Registered or eligible to register with private healthcare providers, including BUPA (essential), AXA, WPA.
• Post-qualification specialism e.g. sleep, ADHD/autism, adolescents/families, sports/athlete mental health, or other relevant specialism that aligns with our practice.
• Committed to helping the practice and business grow, e.g. developing new services, comfortable with social media content creation, actively developing our referral network, identifying opportunities for service growth.

NICE TO HAVES

• Post-qualification experience of providing psychological support to adolescents and families
• BABCP accreditation
• Formal training or qualifications in providing clinical supervision
• Experience of delivering CBT-I
• An interest in sleep medicine, sleep science and sleep disorders
• Additional training in neurodiversity e.g. ASC/ADHD diagnostic assessments
• Knowledge and interest in performance/sports psychology
• Experience of working with high-performance individuals, e.g. athletes.

YOUR DAY TO DAY

• Managing a caseload of clients
• Providing one-off support sessions and brief interventions
• Providing clinical supervision (internal and external)
• Providing specialist consultation to individuals and organisations
• Creating and delivering training sessions to individuals and organisations, and seeking out opportunities to do so by building referral networks and outreach
• Accurately recording therapy notes and outcome data
• Liaising with your colleagues in the practice and our network of colleagues outside the practice
• Assisting with business development initiatives, marketing, social media content, and other company projects
• Leading on specific projects and service developments
• Attending supervision on monthly basis - remotely
• Attending and contributing to regular team meetings – remotely
• Attending in-person company meetings/away days (biannual)
• Maintaining CPD requirements and accreditations, including BPS, HCPC
• Actively working towards developing clinical specialisms and accreditations
• Other relevant administrative and support tasks

ABOUT US

Our clinical director, Dr. Chris James, set up the practice in 2015 and in the past two years we’ve grown into a full team including a practice manager and a digital marketing, media and communications executive.

We are a highly successful, busy private practice that is proud to provide high-quality evidence-based therapeutic interventions, specialist assessments, clinical supervision, training, consultation, and medicolegal work to a broad range of individuals and organisations all over the UK and internationally.

The company has two brands: ChangeUp Psychology, providing mental health and wellbeing support, sleep and insomnia clinic, and an ADHD assessment and support service, and Sleep Athletic, which helps professional athletes, sports teams and high-performance individuals to sleep and perform better.

OUR ETHOS AND VALUES

We very much support flexible working arrangements and encourage personal autonomy, whilst recognising that members of our team need to be adequately supported and helped to develop their skills, knowledge and experience. We also recognise the importance of still feeling like a team when working remotely. As a psychologist within our company, you will have regular meetings with Dr. Chris James and the team.

OUR CORE VALUES

• Providing compassionate care - Those who work with us should feel seen, understood and thoughtfully supported, not managed, rushed or judged.
• Containment and safety - Creating emotional, relation al and practical safety through clear structure and boundaries and a calm consistency, from first contact to ending.
• Honesty and humility – We’re transparent, accountable and clear about what we can and cannot do. We don’t overpromise and if something isn’t working, we name it.
• A commitment to excellence in practice – We hold ourselves to high clinical and professional standards across all aspects of our work , including openness to learning from our clients and their feedback, ethical care, attention to detail, and doing what we say we’ll do.
• Growth in service of meaningful positive change for our clients – We exist to support meaningful, sustainable change for the people we support and work with.