Applied Psychologist in UHS Health and Staff Psychology - Southampton - Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Description

The closing date is 31st Aug 2025

Job summary

Come and join our psychology service as a Psychologist working within University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust (UHS) which is a provider of regional and tertiary acute physical care.

The UHS Adult Psychology Service works into teams across the Trust and you will be working within the Regional Asthma Service (15 hours/week) and Staff Psychology (15 hours/week). These are established and valued roles and you will work with senior leads to work to provide psychologically informed services for patients and staff.

Balancing wellbeing with work demands and developing your professional skills are highly valued within the UHS Adult Psychology team. It offers many opportunities to develop your interest in therapeutic approaches through informal networking, facilitated reflective practice, education days and specialist supervision or discussion groups. Currently we have active interests in Systemic, Acceptance and Commitment, and EMDR therapeutic approaches but facilitate learning in other approaches.

The team can accommodate flexible working with most posts having an element of remote working.

UHS Adult Psychology are active in local and national specialist psychology groups, are developing a research strategy and have close links with Southampton University Clinical and Health Psychology courses.

Applications by newly qualified Psychologists are welcomed with the option of a preceptorship post and applications for a job share or part time working will also be considered.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The postholder will work with the Asthma service to provide a psychological service for the team, patients, and families. They will offer assessment and therapeutic interventions to patients and supervision, consultation, and training to medical teams. They will work to embed psychological principals within patient care and link to national specialist groups within clinical health psychology

The post also works into the Staff Psychology service which works with individuals offering triage, assessment and short interventions for work based difficulties. The service also offers consultation and interventions with teams to support their wellbeing and their work within the Trust.

Experience in working in an acute physical health setting and with evidence-based approaches to managing trauma is beneficial.

Postholders will connect to the wider UHS Adult Psychology team and other link with Child Psychology, Neuro Psychology, Mental Health Liaison and wider psychological services to develop pathways around patient care.

We have generic job descriptions to assist career development and gaining experience. We would encourage people to contact the team to find out more about the posts and the clinical area. We would be very happy to answer any of your questions.

If you would like to find out more information this post, please contact Dr Alison Pearce (Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist for UHS Adults) by email

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 description

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.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology

Formal training in supervision of other psychologists or equivalent experience Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist

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 Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact:

Alison Pearce

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£ to £ Yearly

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-Time, Flexible Working

Reference number

348-SSW-8964

Job locations

Southampton General Hospital

Teremona Road

Southampton

Hampshire

SO16 6YD