Clinical Psychologist: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 85,329 to 105,342 £ / Year

States of Guernsey

Job summary

The States of Guernsey are looking for a Clinical Psychologist to be part of the Adult Disability Service.The post holder will be a UK-registered Clinical Psychologist specialising in Learning Disabilities and Autism. They will work in accordance with the standards and codes of conduct set by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the British Psychological Society (BPS), ensuring that appropriate arrangements are in place for clinical supervision and continuing professional development to maintain professional registration.

Main duties of the job

They will deliver a high-quality assessment and intervention service that is well integrated with other professional services. The service will be targeted at adults with learning disabilities who present with a wide range of psychological needs, including individuals whose behaviours may challenge services.The post holder will also be responsible for providing clinical supervision to allocated staff within the Community Learning Disability Team (CLDAT). In addition, they will facilitate regular group supervision sessions to support teams in developing psychological formulations and offering structured guidance for managing complex cases.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrate a breadth of experience working with people with Learning disability and autism
  • Current registration with HCPC as a clinical psychologist
  • The ability to evidence HSCs Care Values in practice.
  • Evidence of leadership and change management with an understanding of quality improvement methodology.
  • Extensive experience working with individuals with learning disabilities and/or autism including complex assessment, formulation, and delivery of adapted psychological intervention for high risk and multi factor cases. (Autism ADOS/ADI-R and cognitive functional assessments
  • Proven ability to lead teams or specialist pathways, contribute to strategic planning, and develop or transform services within LD/Autism care
  • Experience providing clinical supervision to qualified and trainee psychologists and delivering training to multidisciplinary teams and partner agencies.
  • Strong track record of collaborative working across health, social care and other systems, including work with families and carers.
  • Ability to apply evidence-based practice, lead or contribute to audit/service evaluation, and support continuous quality improvement.
  • Expertise in areas such as Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), autism-informed practice, and working with behaviours that challenge.
  • Excellent communication, advanced clinical judgment, leadership capability, and ability to manage complexity

Qualifications

Essential

  • Doctoral level qualification in clinical psychology recognised by HSPC

Desirable

  • Evidence of post qualification specialist training relevant to learning disability and autism
  • Adapted psychological therapies (e.g. CBT, systemic, trauma informed approaches)
  • Evidence of advanced continuing professional development (CPD) Complex risk
  • management.

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: 23 November 2026

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.