Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist: Sponsorship Available

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Job summary

As part of
the redesign of the Learning Disability (LD) CAMHS service we are looking for a
full-time Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist.

The small
LD CAMHS team prides itself on its flexibility and creativity in meeting
individuals needs and on its close collaboration with other agencies. It recently moved across to sit under the
umbrella of Learning Disability Services and this fresh start means it is a
great time to join the team and influence its future development.

The move
also means that there is now a clear learning disability psychology structure
to offer supervision and support to the postholder. This will ensure that their own professional
development remains a crucial and protected part of the role.

There will
be flexibility in terms of agreeing a working pattern and official base, with a
balance of working from home. Although
advertised as a full-time post we will consider 30 hours or more.

Please do contact
us to find out more.

Main duties of the job

The
postholder will support the Consultant Psychologist to provide clinical
leadership and oversight of the day-to-day functioning and governance of the service. They will help the team to develop in line
with national drivers and good practice and bring psychological thinking to the
changes that the team are currently going through.

They will also
provide clinical supervision to team members and help them develop their own
leadership skills. They will facilitate
the development of projects to enhance the service provided.

The
postholder will help the team to find creative ways of working within the
current national financial constraints to make best use of capacity. They will also help to bring psychological
thinking to other agencies.

Alongside
this, the postholder will hold a suitable caseload of people with learning
disabilities and a range of complex psychological needs.

We
are happy to discuss this in more detail.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc/BA Honours degree at 2:1 or above in Psychology
  • Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS)
  • Post qualification training/ experience in specific, evidence based techniques for use with clients with complex psychological presentations and/ or physical health difficulties, across the age span
  • Evidence of regular further professional training and experience as required by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the BPS
  • Eligible for registration as a Chartered Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) by the BPS
  • Eligible for registration as a Practitioner member of the BPS Division of Clinical/Counselling Psychology
  • Registered with HCPC as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
  • I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience required specific to the role and clinical area
  • A minimum of 4 years of experience working as a qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologist within the relevant area
  • Experience of leading in relation to the development and organisation of psychological interventions within a given clinical area
  • Sufficient training and experience to be recognised by the Division of Clinical/Counselling Psychology as a suitably qualified psychologist to offer clinical placements to trainee Clinical/Counselling Psychologists
  • Training and experience in the application of psychological knowledge across range of mental health presentations, including organic illness, functional mental health, and physical health
  • Experience of assessing and providing a wide range of psychological interventions to patients presenting with the full degree of clinical severity and across a range of clinical mental health presentations across the life span and care settings
  • Experience of multi-agency/ multidisciplinary working
  • Therapeutic expertise in working with carers/families/couples
  • Experience of conducting clinically relevant research

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: 1 September 2026

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