Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

Overview

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is inviting applications for a 0.8 WTE Band 7 - 8A preceptorship Clinical Psychologist/Applied Psychologist to join the Acute Care pathway in North & Mid Hants. The closing date is 28 September 2025.

The acute service comprises female and male acute wards, a 6 bed Ministry of Defence ward, 1 male Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit and 2 Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment teams for Winchester and Basingstoke. You will provide a qualified highly specialist clinical psychology service to clients of the Acute Care pathway in North & Mid Hants. You will join a team of dynamic, supportive and passionate qualified & pre-qualification clinicians, committed to providing trauma informed care. You will provide specialist psychological assessment & therapy individually, through group programmes, and provide advice, reflective practice, consultation & training to staff across the pathway. The service adopts the Comprehend, Cope & Connect (CCC) model in providing psychological therapies within acute care, alongside other evidence-based models, and strives to continuously evaluate practice to support learning and development. You will work closely with the leadership team within the Acute care pathway and will join a psychologically minded multidisciplinary team creating a culture to support the recovery of adults with severe & acute mental health difficulties.

Main duties of the job

As a member of the multi-professional team, you will work as an autonomous, independent practitioner responsible for your own work and interventions and for the interpretation of agreed guidelines and policies in providing a highly specialist Psychological service to individuals referred to 16 bedded female acute ward. This may include working with families/carers or other identified persons where appropriate. Individuals will primarily present with complex psychological problems that would benefit from the services of acute and crisis care pathways. They will undertake complex assessments, offer consultancy and provide expert advice to acute and crisis colleagues, the wider clinical multi-professional team, other agencies and non-professional carers and provide specialist treatment for complex cases. This will require you to plan and prioritise your 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 and utilise research skills to contribute to policy or service development as necessary. You will place an emphasis on co-production and demonstrate an attitude which respects and values clients and their carers and the core values of the trust.

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 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 contact the Trust's Recruitment team as 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

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including 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.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust