Senior Psychologist (Clinical / Counselling / Forensic)
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Leeds, LS14 1PPView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£57,528 to £64,750
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
2 November 2026
13 days leftJob description
Are you looking for a new challenge where you maximise all of your skills as a psychologist, working into a service which prioritises psychologically ...
- To provide specialist psychological support to the staff and service users within AOT / CRT and maintain associated records.
- To provide high-quality evidence based psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for service users.
- To conduct and support psychologically informed risk assessments.
- To attend MDT discussion spaces and contribute to the psychological understanding of services users' needs and inform rehabilitation goals.
- To support professional colleagues and promote psychologically informed approaches, through informal and formal consultation, team formulation, reflective practice and supervision.
- To contribute to and deliver staff teaching and training as required.
- To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service line policies and procedures, making appropriate decisions without opportunity to consult more widely at times.
- To undertake audit, research, and service development projects across the whole service as required.
- To engage in your own supervision and CPD activities.
As a psychologist working as part of a full MDT, you would share your expertise and commitment to working with people experiencing severe and enduring mental health difficulties emerging from trauma. An interest and skills in offering therapeutic interventions for individuals whose needs are often described as complex, as well as in supporting professional colleagues to develop and use psychological thinking in their work with service users will be a key part of these roles.
We are committed to robust professional leadership, equality, diversity and inclusion and supporting staff wellbeing and CPD.
Informal enquiries are encouraged. Please use the desirable criteria part of the application to let us know if you are applying for one (and if so which), or both positions.
Further information about the CPP and its respective teams can be found here https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/our-services/complex-psychosis-pathway/
We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for.
Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.
All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team recruitment.lypft@nhs.net
Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.
If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles(this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate level training in clinical psychology as accredited by the BPS (or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996) with HCPC registration OR Doctorate level training in Counselling Psychology with HCPC registration OR at least master's level in Forensic psychology by course accredited by the BPS and registration as a practitioner psychologist with HCPC.
- Formal training in the supervision of others.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychology assessment, formulation, and treatment of clients across a range of care settings, including outpatient, community, and in patient settings frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Knowledge
Essential
- Able to draw on a range of psychological and theoretical approaches to inform assessment, formulation, and therapy. High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
Values Based
Desirable
- Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue.
- Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help.
- Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.
Specify Role(s) applying for
Desirable
- Please confirm which of the 2 positions available you are applying for: 1 WTE permanent role within AOT / 1 WTE 12 months FTC working across CRT and AOT. Please note this will not be used for scoring candidates, just for information.
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First seen
19 October 2026
Last checked
20 October 2026
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