Consultant Clinical Psychologist
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
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Salary
£0 to £61
Contract
Not specified
Hours
Part time
Closing date
Not specified
Job description
- Adjusts and refines psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
- Evaluates and makes decisions about treatment options, taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
- Assesses, diagnoses and makes clinical judgements involving a range of highly complex factors in the context of inadequate or unavailable information, equivocal research/evidence or where expert opinion differs (e.g. conflict between medical and psychological models).
- The post holder may be required to work in locations other than those specified in the job description as required by service need.
- To provide individual supervision for clinical psychologists and psychological therapists (from trainee to 8b level) across Community Directorate teams.
- Organises own workload on a day-to-day basis, prioritising work as appropriate.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical / counselling psychology (or its equivalent 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.
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist
- Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees
- Clear ongoing commitment to specialist area of expertise through post-doctoral study and experience.
Desirable criteria
- Registration with BPS
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial experience of Working as a qualified applied psychologist within the designated service including a wide variety of client groups including adult, with a range of clinical severity across care settings.
- Experience of working with adults with complex mental health needs.
- Experience of taking full clinical responsibility for clients with risk issues and range of complex psychological problems
- Liaison and joint working with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies
- Teaching, training, clinical supervision and field supervisor for doctoral theses.
- Experienced in delivering supervision to psychology and non-psychology staff.
- Experience in providing consultation to non-psychology staff including medical professionals.
- Lead in quality and service improvement initiatives.
- Lead and development of research projects
Desirable criteria
- Project Management
- Experience of management of professional staff
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level knowledge of Evidence-based practice relevant to the role
- Highly developed knowledge and skills in the care of difficult to treat groups e.g. dual diagnoses, additional disabilities or severely challenging behaviour
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health and its implications for clinical practice.
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust is an equal opportunities employer and values diversity. We offer a variety of flexible working opportunities for both full and part time staff. Job Share applicants will be fully considered and applications are particularly welcomed from current and previous service users
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PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING POINTS
- In the event of exceptionally high levels of response, we reserve the right to close the post before the date stated above in order to prevent the number of applications received being unmanageable. You are advised to submit your completed application form as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered.
- Priority will be given to NHS staff across the region who are at risk of redundancy, where the vacancy is at the same band or one below their current band and candidates meet the essential criteria for this post.
- All employees new to the Trust will be subject to a 6 month probationary period.
- All clinical staff bands 2-4 that are new to the Trust will be required to complete a Care Certificate.
Canvassing of members of the Trust or of any Committee of the Trust directly or indirectly for any appointment under the Trust shall disqualify the candidate for such appointment. The Trust does not pay travel expenses for candidates attending interviews.
ALL POSTS INVOLVING ACCESS TO PERSONS IN RECEIPT OF HEALTH SERVICES WILL BE SUBJECT TO A DISCLOSURE & BARRING SERVICE DISCLOSURE.
Please provide full contact details for all referees, especially their email addresses where possible. Failure to do may result in significant delays in your application. There may also be a requirement to provide additional referee details.
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First seen
17 September 2026
Last checked
17 September 2026
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