Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
| Posting date: | 12 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £55,690.00 to £62,682.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £55690.00 - £62682.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 January 2026 |
| Location: | Lichfield / Stafford, ST16 3AG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9301-25-1548 |
Summary
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn. KEY RESPONSIBILTIES 1. To provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation to non-psychology colleagues and other non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.2. To use research skills in audit and policy development within the area covered by the service.3. To further contribute to the service by teaching, publishing research and providing clinical supervision to Psychologists undertaking doctoral clinical and/or counselling psychology training, assistant psychologists, community nurses and other members of the multi-disciplinary team as required. Clinical1. To provide specialist psychological assessments of service users referred to the CLDT, based on the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources. Clinical work will take place across all settings and agencies serving service users served by the team, including family homes, day or educational and residential facilities at an individual or group level.2. To formulate and implement plans for the psychological treatment and management of people with learning disabilities who may have mental health problems and/or challenging behaviours. There will be a need to adjust and refine psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.3. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings. This may involve working in hostile challenging and highly emotive environments and require the highest levels of interpersonal and communication skills. The post holder exercises autonomous professional responsibility for their psychological practice within the CLDT.4. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to service users care; and to contribute to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care, to the benefit of all users of the service.5. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for service users, and provide advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk.6. To undertake any additional clinical risk assessment training relevant to the role.7. To provide a psychological perspective to case discussion and Care Co-ordination and contribute to the decision making processes of the team for service users across all settings and agencies. To liaise with professionals, families and carers coordinating the delivery of psychological services for service users of the team.8. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment formulation and treatment plans of service users in their care and monitor progress during the course of intervention.9. To undertake complex behavioural work with people with complex behavioural needs, following the services internal PBS pathway as required.10. To maintain up-to-date clinical skills based on current best evidence and best practice for working psychologically with adults with a learning disability.