Highly Specialist Applied Psychologist
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Middlesbrough, TS4 3AFView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£57,528 to £64,750
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 November 2026
13 days leftJob description
We are looking for an experienced Applied Psychologist to join the Psychology staff group within the Adult Acute Inpatient service at Roseberry Park H...
The post holder will have a key role in providing psychologically informed care to individuals admitted within the service, including both indirect and direct support, including assessments as well as a therapeutic, consultative and advisory service in relation to adults and their families and carers, according to identified clinical need. In addition to direct clinical work, providing consultation and where necessary clinical supervision and training to other team members in regard to patients is an important element of the role
Psychological Professions provide key leadership roles within the Trust. To support this we have developed leadership profiles for each psychology band and the profile card associated with this post is attached on NHS Jobs. You can find more information about the NHS Leadership Academy's Healthcare Leadership Model and the profiles at their website. We encourage you to look at these resources as they will play a part in the interview process.
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical / counselling / forensic psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.
- HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Post doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice - Band 8a
- Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees
- Trained in care co-ordination
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable: - Registration with BPS
Experience
Essential
- Must have experience of: Working as a qualified applied psychologist within the designated service including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and a range of clinical severity across a range of care settings
- Exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care as a care coordinator within the context of a multidisciplinary team
- Teaching, training and clinical supervision and field supervisor for doctoral theses
- Research and development
- Quality and service improvement and evaluation
Desirable: - Experience of joint working with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies
Knowledge / Skills
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge of: Evidence- based practice relevant to the role
- Risk assessment and risk management
- Clinical governance
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- Audit and research methodology
- Social Inclusion agenda
- Knowledge of: The Trust's Quality Improvement System
- Must be able to: Communicate highly complex and highly sensitive information effectively, to a wide range of people
- Adapt creatively the evidence base for interventions in mental health for clients with communication difficulties / learning disabilities
- Provide effective teaching, training and clinical supervision for the multidisciplinary team
- Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake care co-ordination/lead practitioner responsibilities
- Undertake complex multiagency working and liaise with multiple systems
- Utilise psychometric tests competently
- Identify, provide and promote appropriate interventions / means of support for carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and challenging behaviours
- Utilise appropriate clinical governance mechanisms within own work
- Use approved breakaway techniques
- Demonstrate effective keyboard skills
- Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional, academic and public settings
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
16 October 2026
Last checked
19 October 2026
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