Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist - Basingstoke - Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic clinical, counselling or forensic psychologist with a desire to work with adults needing support through a period of crisis or who are struggling with acute mental health difficulties. You will be innovative and creative, thrive in a fast-paced environment and be able to draw on a wide range of evidence-based psychological models and approaches to inform treatment planning.

We are a friendly and supportive team of Clinical Psychologists, Creative Therapists and Assistant Psychologists, committed to providing trauma informed care. We deliver specialist psychological assessment & brief interventions individually & through group programmes. We have embedded the innovative model CCC in providing psychological therapies within acute care, alongside evidence based models. We strive to continuously evaluate our practice to maintain our learning and development.

Our service comprises of female and male acute wards, an MOD ward, a PICU and 2 CRHT teams across North & Mid Hants. We work closely with the leadership team & are fortunate to be part of a psychologically minded MDT who want to create a compassionate and resilient culture to support the recovery of adults with severe & acute mental health difficulties.

The post is a Band 8a - we would also welcome applications at Band 7 for those practitioners who consider they may benefit from a Band 7 to 8a preceptorship and those who are not yet qualified, but close to completing their training.

Main duties of the job

As member of the multi-professional team, the post holder will be required to work as an autonomous, independent practitioner responsible for their own work and interventions and for the interpretation of agreed guidelines and policies in providing a highly specialist Psychological service to individuals referred across acute wards. This may include working with families/ carers or other identified person where appropriate. Individuals will primarily present with complex psychological problems that would benefit from the services of acute and crisis care pathway.

They will undertake complex assessments, offer consultancy and provide expert advice to acute and crisis colleagues, and the wider clinical multi-professional team, other agencies and non-professional carers and provide specialist treatment for complex cases. This will require them to plan and prioritise their own clinical workload.

The post holder will provide specialist supervision for trainee psychologists and qualified and prequalification psychological therapy staff and provide psychological guidance and supervision for multi-professional clinical colleagues. They will engage in research and development, cultivate and encourage a research ethos within the wider clinical team. They will utilise research skills to contribute to policy or service development as necessary.

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.

Details

Date posted

10 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

348-SAC-9275

Job locations

Parklands Hospital

Aldermaston Road

Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG24 9RH

Job description

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.

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

Job description

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.

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

Desirable

• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
• Training in Comprehend, Cope and Connect, (CCC)
• Post-doctoral training in a specialised area of psychological therapy.

Experience

Essential

• In depth experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of people across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care and treatment, within the context of a multi-professional care plan.
• Experience of neuropsychological and psychometric Assessment

Desirable

• Lived experience of mental health problems
• Experience of working within a multicultural framework.

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

Desirable

• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
• Training in Comprehend, Cope and Connect, (CCC)
• Post-doctoral training in a specialised area of psychological therapy.

Experience

Essential

• In depth experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of people across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care and treatment, within the context of a multi-professional care plan.
• Experience of neuropsychological and psychometric Assessment

Desirable

• Lived experience of mental health problems
• 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.

UK Registration

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

Additional information

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

Parklands Hospital

Aldermaston Road

Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG24 9RH

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Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Parklands Hospital

Aldermaston Road

Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG24 9RH

Employer's website

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