Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Psychology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 20 hours per week (Working pattern to be agreed according to needs of service and postholder. Will require occasional travel to our Critical Care Service at our Frimley Park Site in Frimley, Surrey.)
- Job ref
- 325-7472011-SS
- Employer
- Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wexham Park Slough
- Town
- Slough
- Salary
- £66,653 - £77,094 Incl 5% Fringe HCAS, pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Principal Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trust to work for. This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.
Job overview
Come and join our thriving network of psychologists at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our Critical Care Rehabilitation and Follow-up Service (CCRFS) is looking for an 8B Psychologist Lead (0.53 WTE) to join their highly specialist and motivated MDT at their Wexham Park Hospital site in Slough. The vacancy has arisen due to the promotion of the current postholder.
The post would suit someone with ambition, drive, and strong team skills. This is a leadership position, with managerial and supervisory responsibilities for our 8A Clinical Psychologist working at our Frimley Park Critical Care site. Our CCRFS has recently been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ CQC rating and is a national leader within the field of critical care recovery, guiding the rehabilitation journey of adult critical care survivors from hospital to the community.
The role is suitable for an 8B lead psychologist who can work with an applied psychology model. We are passionate about inclusivity and diversity within our service and welcome applications from all candidates who bring the required competencies and experience.
We look forward to hearing from you. Please do get in touch.
Main duties of the job
You will work closely with the CCRFS Lead for both our acute sites to further develop psychology and contribute to quality initiatives. Our dynamic CCRFS team includes nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy & Intensivists. Psychology is a highly valued resource. There are exciting opportunities to work within inpatient and outpatient settings, MDT complex decision-making, embedding trauma-informed care, and supporting colleagues working in a challenging environment.
SABP and FHFT have an established partnership in the provision of clinical health psychology services across Frimley ICS. You will join a dynamic team of practitioner psychologists working across specialties offering a supportive team environment and CPD opportunities. You will be managed by one of the co-leads (Consultant Clinical Psychologist).
Working for our organisation
We prioritise career development and encourage participation in leadership and quality improvement programmes across the system. We are connected into the wider SABP Clinical Health Psychology network, which consists of a community health psychology service and specialist applied psychology in neighbouring acute hospitals. We are affiliated with the University of Surrey PsychD course, offering placements for trainees across the programme, and accessing CPD such as supervisor training.
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We provide support to a population of 1.3 million across 140 services.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Additional leadership/management study
- Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course to enable supervision of trainees
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive post-qualification experience in relevant / transferrable clinical setting(s)
- Demonstrable experience of developing complex trauma-informed formulations drawing on multiple psychological models
- Experience of leading in clinical practice, service development or project work.
- Experience of supervising trainees, assistant psychologists, qualified clinical/counselling psychologists and others providing psychological therapies
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in a physical health setting
- Experience of implementing change following audit and service evaluation
- Experience of delivering training and provision of clinical supervision within multidisciplinary teams
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Zoe Chevalier
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07712777986
- Additional information
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