Senior Psychologist
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Winchester, SO23 7BT
Salary
£57,528 to £64,750
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
5 September 2026
5 days left
Job description
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Hampshire County Council are thrilled to offer an exceptional opportunity for a skille...
The post holder will
- Work as an autonomous practitioner within an MDT, providing a quality-driven, highly specialist applied psychology service to young people, their families and carers under the care of the Hampshire CAMHS service.
- Clients will be presenting with severe and complex mental health problems, requiring a range of psychological interventions in line with their needs and goals.
- The postholder will also support psychological practice within the team through consultation, formulation, supervision and training. They will participate in systematic clinical governance, including the development and delivery of clinical care pathways and the provision of supervision to assistant, trainee, and junior psychologists, as well as other staff.
- They will use research skills for audit, policy, service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
- The postholder will be expected to comment on and propose changes to policy or service development within the psychology service and team as necessary.
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 initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - 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.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Qualifications
Essential
- *Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology [or its equivalent for those trained before 1996 or outside the UK*] as approved by the HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- *For forensic psychologists working in forensic settings: a master's degree (with the award of the British Psychological Society qualification in forensic psychology or equivalent).
- *Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HCPC).
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
24 August 2026
Last checked
26 August 2026
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