Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/Psychological Therapist
| Posting date: | 03 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 December 2025 |
| Location: | 317 Trustwide, NE1 4LP |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9317-25-1543 |
Summary
Clinical Psychologist / Counselling Psychologist To provide a qualified specialist clinical psychology service to the long term conditions service including inpatients and outpatients across all sectors of care; providing specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapy. Offering advice and consultation on clients psychological care to colleagues from other disciplines and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service. Psychological Therapist Post holder will relate to the Psychology in Healthcare Service Referrals are allocated/selected. The post holder does not have standalone responsibility for a service area. Frequent intense concentration necessary in highly distressing and highly emotional circumstances, including occasional exposure to patients with severe physical and psychological trauma, aggressive/traumatised families. Managing conflicting demands upon time whilst delivering agreed objectives. Working constructively when there may be conflicting priorities within the team. High level of responsibility when working with people who are expressing suicidal ideation, or who are deliberately self-harming and/or those who could potentially cause harm to others. Ever present possibility of verbal or physical aggression. Range of clinical demands and settings e.g., organising workload to accommodate regular outpatient appointments, community-based groups and prompt responding to ward consults. Ward consults may be time-consuming, involving meetings with relevant staff as well as patients and families in order to assess the best point at which to intervene. Indirect work through staff requires flexibility to meet up around staff rotas and may require some negotiation before it is seen as an acceptable solution. Will provide signposting to other services, and act as a source of mental health expertise to non-mental health staff. Will provide training, education and support to team members. Specialisation in specific therapeutic intervention or conditions e.g., Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and depression.