Senior Clinical Psychologist

Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are recruiting, permanently, to 1.8 wte B8a Clinical Psychologists across Older Adult Services, including Older Adult Community Mental Health Teams; Older Adult Mental Health ward; and the Older Adult Dementia ward. Exact configuration of the posts will depend on successful candidates experience and the needs of services.

The successful post-holder will work directly with older adults with SMI &/or dementia and their families; provide consultation & formulations, particularly where there are issues of risk & complexity; offer staff support & reflective practice; lead/contribute to service development initiatives.

As well as delivering a clinical psychology (both therapy & neuropsychology) service to service users across the Older Adult pathway, the post-holder will supervise psychological professionals and other members of the MDT.

As part of the Older Adult and Neurological Conditions (OA&NC) psychology department you will have access to strong psychology support & leadership. The OA&NC are a group of psychologists working into a range of settings (older adult mental health, dementia, stroke, brain injury, long term neurological conditions), allowing you access to a wealth of experience (CBT accredited supervisors, neuropsychology supervision, EMDR trained psychologists).

We welcome interest from people who are interested in B7 roles.

Main duties of the job

To provide a qualified specialist clinical psychology service to service users of Older Adult Mental Health services, both community and in-patients. To provide specialist psychological assessment, including neuropsychological assessment and therapy at the same time as offering highly specialised advice and consultation on service users’ psychological care to psychologist/therapist colleagues, non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers.

To provide clinical supervision to less experienced psychologists, assistant(s), trainee(s) or other professionals. The postholder is responsible for the co-ordination and organisation of the work of other psychologists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically informed care and treatment.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • oSkills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
  • oWell-developed, high-level skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
  • oSkills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.

Desirable

  • oKnowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific complex groups: older adults with serious mental illness and/or dementia.
  • High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.

Qualifications

Essential

  • oRegistration with the HCPC as a Clinical Psychologist
  • Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.

Experience

Essential

  • oSignificant experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of service users across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
  • oAbility to work with service users presenting with complex psychological difficulties. Ability to work with the potential of individuals or their carers becoming abusive and aggressive
  • oEvidence of being able to work effectively in multi-disciplinary settings and teams

Desirable

  • oExperience of teaching and/or training
  • oExperience of providing supervision
  • Experience of the application of clinical psychology/psychological therapy in different cultural contexts.

Other

Essential

  • oAbility to plan, prioritise and organise own workload and that of others
  • oAbility to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain own clinical practice and to contribute to that of others

Desirable

  • Experience of working within a multicultural framework.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 2 August 2026

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