Job summary
- Main area
- Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) or Psychotherapist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 389-25-7395511
- Employer
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Luke's Hospital
- Town
- Bradford
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/09/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 09/10/2025
Employer heading
Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) or Psychotherapist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
Closing Date: 24th September 2025
Shortlisting to take place after closing date: Commencing 25th September 2025
Interviews expected to take place: 9th October 2025
Based within an innovative and well-respected Staff Psychology Service, this varied and interesting role will include the provision of individual, group, and systemic interventions to support the psychological health and wellbeing of NHS staff. Our service is passionate about delivering impactful intervention and has excellent links across the organisation, which support our aim of working collaboratively, compassionately and proactively to improve staff wellbeing at BTHFT.
Main duties of the job
Following a restructure of provision, we have a vacancy to join the Staff Psychology Service which forms part of the Clinical Health Psychology Department at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This position is to provide 0.8 WTE, working as part of a warm, supportive Staff Psychology team which includes a CBT therapist and Lead Clinical Psychologist.
In the wider department we currently have 36 clinical staff including Clinical and Health Psychologists, Psychotherapists, CBT Therapists and Family and Systemic Psychotherapists, Social Workers, and it also includes Adult Health, Paediatric Health and Neuropsychology services.
Working for our organisation
Looking after those who look after others is at the heart of our staff psychology ethos, and this includes our own team, so we prioritise opportunities for connection, support and development. There will be regular opportunities to review your needs at work and we actively develop spaces for colleagues to connect through shared tasks and/or shared clinical interests. We have a budget for CPD and provide yearly appraisal with a linked development plan. You will have access to regular clinical supervision in line with recommendations for your stage of career development as well as a range of formal and informal opportunities to support professional development such as our monthly in house CPD session and support to engage in relevant professional networks.
Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:
- We value people
- We are one team
- We care
We’re keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In addition to offering specialist psychological therapy focused on ameliorating the impact of work-related stressors or trauma, the post holder will also have the opportunity to deliver group-based intervention, supervision, and teaching and training. This may include, for example facilitating reflective practice spaces, providing support to teams after highly impactful events and facilitating training to equip and empower staff in supporting their team’s wellbeing. We are therefore looking for a Practitioner Psychologist or Psychotherapist with an interest, and preferably some experience in, in working therapeutically with trauma, working with groups and an interest in systemic approaches.
The postholder will be based at St Luke’s Hospital however as in reach input is an essential aspect of service delivery regular travel to the Bradford Royal Infirmary site will be expected as well as travel to community locations.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant assessed experience in delivering psychological therapy to individuals with mental health difficulties across a range of presentations and full range of complexity and severity.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, within the context of a multidisciplinary team.
- Significant experience in facilitating psychotherapeutic groups, including planning, delivery, and evaluation
- Experience of working with the impact of trauma, including understanding trauma responses and implementing appropriate interventions.
- Experience of delivering teaching or training to other professionals.
- Experience in providing clinical supervision
Desirable criteria
- Experience in offering psychological therapy in an occupational context or for occupationally linked mental health difficulties.
- Experience of working in an acute hospital setting or with medical teams
- Experience of using psychological interventions within a multicultural context
- Experience in service development and/or service evaluation.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Skills in the use of complex methods of assessment, intervention, and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients and other professionals.
- Analytical and judgement skills with ability to understand complex facts or situations requiring analysis, interpretation and comparison.
- High level of collaborative skills in relation to both clients and colleagues across all levels. This to include the ability to form and maintain professional and productive working relationships with both clients and colleagues.
- Skills in planning, organising, and managing own workload
- Ability to work in a complex and changing environment; demonstrable ability to work under pressure and according to changing priorities and service needs.
- Ability to adapt psychological interventions to meet the needs of different client groups, including those from diverse cultural backgrounds
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and distressing clinical experiences
- Skilled in working with clients in groups and managing group dynamics in the face of highly emotive and distressing issues
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of what the NHS Constitution means to you, and your responsibilities to the public, patients and colleagues.
- In-depth knowledge of psychological theories and evidence-based practices relevant to delivering psychological interventions in an occupational context.
- Understanding of clinical governance, safeguarding, and ethical standards in psychological practice.
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of the evidence base regarding best practice in supporting staff after workplace trauma.
- Familiarity with research, audit, or service evaluation in a healthcare setting.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology or its equivalent, accredited by the BPS. Training in models of developmental lifespan psychology, psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology and two or more distinct psychological therapies. HCPC Registered. OR • Qualification in Psychotherapy with BACP/UKCP Accreditation OR • Qualification in CBT with BABCP Accreditation
- Evidence of continuing professional development consistent with requirements of accrediting or registration body (HCPC/BACP/UKCP/BABCP as appropriate
- Further training in clinical supervision, such as a completed training course in clinical supervision or accreditation to supervise qualified psychological practitioners in the relevant discipline
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of post-graduate training in a NICE recommended therapy for PTSD
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Fiona Purdie
- Job title
- Lead Psychologist for Staff Support
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01274 365176
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