Band 8a Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Somerset

Band 8a Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Somerset

Employer:

NHS Jobs

Location:

Weston Super-mare, BS24 7FY

Pay:

£57,528.00 to £64,750.00 per year, £57528.00 - £64750.00 a year

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

07/05/2026

About this job

To provide highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy to patients and carers as appropriate to the service.

To provide highly specialist advice and consultation on clients formulation and psychological management to other non-psychologist colleagues.

To use highly specialist psychological knowledge and skills to contribute to the more effective management of patients by the various teams in the area and where appropriate outside of the area.

To clinically supervise/line manage trainee clinical psychologists, assistant psychologists, CAPs and less experienced psychology staff, and other professionals.

To contribute to audit, research, policy and service development within the areas served by the Psychological Therapies Service.

To develop and deliver training in psychological therapies for multidisciplinary staff.