Clinical Psychologist
Job Description
Job summary
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Are you qualifying as a Clinical Psychologist this year? Are you already qualified and looking for your first Clinical Psychologist post? Are you wanting to begin your qualified journey in a caring team, experienced in supporting newly qualified psychologists in their development? If so, we want to hear from you.
We are recruiting for a Clinical Psychologist to join our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) on the Isle of Wight. Psychology sits at the heart of the service and reaches into all aspects of service delivery, working alongside mental health nurses, practitioners from social care and occupational therapy backgrounds, youth offending practitioners, family and creative therapists, psychiatrists, and senior leads.
Your role is part of the Psychology and Psychological Therapies specialism within the wider CAMHS Team. We pride ourselves in delivering high quality and innovative psychological solutions with children, young people and their families who experience difficulties with mental health.
The service offers direct therapeutic work in the form of individual therapy, group work and parent workshops. We work closely with Children's Services, education, social care, charities and voluntary agencies. The service has a comprehensive delivery model with care pathways for a wide range of mental health difficulties. These include depression and anxiety, trauma, functional and somatic symptoms, self-harming behaviours, challenging behaviours and eating disorders.
Main duties of the job
Duties of the post are varied and focus on the diversity of skill that Clinical Psychologists hold. Your post will be to deliver psychological interventions and deliver group interventions and trainings. You will support the Consultant Psychologist in developing psychological thinking within the team and undertaking service development projects. You will lead new psychological initiatives within the service and actively grow the psychological skills of other team members. You will provide clinical supervision to Assistant Psychologists and Psychological Therapists.
The Service has strong links with the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training Course at Southampton University and provides placements for Trainee Psychologists. This link offers the opportunity for the post holder to train via the University as a Clinical Supervisor and opens avenues for pursuing research and teaching interests.
We can offer flexible working hours and agile working, to enable you to have a good work/life balance. Relocation packages can be discussed and considered upon request. The NHS offers a wide range of staff benefits including pension, cycle-to-work scheme and many discounts at retail outlets.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.
Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.
Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone -- if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team -- detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
The Isle of Wight is known for its live music and festivals, sailing, walking, and cycling, as well as water sports and its fantastic beaches. Commuting links to and from the island are well-established. We are a short distance to the south coast, with London, Bournemouth, Brighton and regional airports within easy reach. If history is your thing, we have numerous heritage sites and foodies will be impressed with our selection of restaurants, bars and family-friendly pubs.
The Service recognises the importance of receiving regular supervision and of continued professional development and actively supports your training and study. The service is committed to ensuring caseloads are set at a level that enables you to have admin and preparation time for clinical sessions, supporting you to provide the highest quality of care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-Graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychological, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- Registration with the Health Care and Professionals Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner (Clinical) Psychologist.
- Professional knowledge acquired through doctoral training, supplemented by post qualification short specialist courses and further specialist training/specialist clinical experience & clinical supervision.
- Formal post-qualification training in clinical supervision of other psychologists or equivalent experience.
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
Experience
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained intense concentration alongside proactive engagement with patients, families, and other professionals.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical and clinically sensitive or highly contentious information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology
- Knowledge of broad occupational guidelines and legislation in relation to the specialist client group and mental health.
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) and knowledge acquisition as recommended by the BPS and required for registration with the HCPC.
Desirable
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g., Personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies
- Record of having published in peer-reviewed or academic journals and/or books.
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multidisciplinary care.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St. Mary's Hospital (IOW)
Parkhurst Road
Newport
Isle of Wight
PO30 5TG
