Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation TrustFrimley, South East
Overview
This is a NHS role (permanent) with Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust based in Frimley. The advertised salary is £59,798 to £67,020. Applications close on 3 November 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
Lead Practitioner Psychologist (Band 8a)Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams (Complex Needs Service Line) This is an exciting time to join Surrey and Bor...
As a senior psychological professional within your Neighbourhood Team, you will be responsible for delivering specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for individuals with complex mental health needs, while also providing clinical leadership, consultation, supervision, teaching, service development, audit and research activities. The role requires working with multidisciplinary teams, service users and carers to ensureperson-centred, trauma-informed and evidence-based care while contributing to ongoing improvement and development of psychological services.
Deliver specialist psychological assessment, formulation and evidence-based interventions for individuals with complex mental health needs across community services.
Provide psychological leadership, consultation and expert advice to multidisciplinary teams, promoting trauma-informed and psychologically informed practice.
Undertake complex risk assessments and care planning, working collaboratively with service users, carers and partner agencies to support integrated care pathways.
Supervise, mentor and train assistant psychologists, trainees, junior psychological workforce and multidisciplinary staff, contributing to workforce development and professional standards.
Lead and contribute to service development, quality improvement, audit and research initiatives to enhance accessibility, effectiveness and equity of psychological services.
For a full breakdown of the Job Role and Responsibilities please find the Job Profile attached to this job listing.
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.
We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Essential: - Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent; - Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course to enable supervision of trainees (or completion within 6 months of commencement in post)
Essential: - Experience of working with people from across the life span with a range of mental health issues and cognitive profiles.; - Experience across a range of psychological models including systemic, behavioural and individual therapeutic; - Demonstrable post registration/clinical experience and competency relevant to this care group; - Experience of contributing to clinical practice/service development / project work; - Experience of supervising assistant and trainee clinical psychologists; - Demonstrable interest/skill in a relevant specialist area; - Subject to reasonable adjustments in respect of any disability, candidates must possess a valid driving licence and be able to drive and have the unrestricted use of a car or motorcycle for work at all times including community based work.
Essential: - HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist
How this role compares
We hold 1,107 NHS vacancies in South East that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £39,959. This role pays more than about 85% of them.
There are 12,320 NHS roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 1,870 of them in South East.
You have 12 days left to apply. NHS adverts we hold typically run for around 48 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has 47 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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