Specialist Clinical​/Counselling Psychologist

Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Band: 8A
Base:
Royal Berkshire Hospital & Trust sites across Berkshire (hybrid working)

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, is seeking an experienced & motivated Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join our Clinical Health Psychology Service.

This is a unique split role, offering the opportunity to work across

Gastroenterology (0.6) and ME/CFS services (0.4), delivering high-quality, safe & psychological intervention.

Working as a senior clinician you will have the opportunity to contribute to multidisciplinary teamwork & service & person-centred psychological interventions across hospital and community settings.

You will be responsible for conducting highly specialist psychological assessments, case formulations & delivering specialised evidence-based psychological interventions to service users presenting with physical health problems. You will also undertake comprehensive risk assessments, develop and implement risk management plans, and work collaboratively with partner agencies where wider case management is required.

You will work closely with psychological therapists, medical colleagues, & the wider system to develop individualised treatment plans & promote psychologically informed care across services.

If you are an experienced psychologist looking for a varied, impactful & rewarding senior role, we would welcome your application.

Deliver psychological assessment, formulation & evidence-based interventions for individuals, families & groups with complex physical & emotional health needs. Manage a specialist caseload. Provide specialist consultation & psychologically informed advice to professionals, agencies & carers. Communicate clinical findings & care plans clearly with service users, families & MDTs, promoting inclusive, culturally sensitive, trauma-informed & recovery-focused care.

Provide clinical supervision, mentoring & training to junior & trainee psychologists, other professionals & MDTs. Develop & deliver high-quality teaching materials, CPD sessions & training programmes.

Contribute to team leadership, service planning & workforce management, including work allocation & recruitment. Lead & participate in clinical governance, quality assurance & performance monitoring. Provide psychological expertise to service & policy development.

Undertake audit, service evaluation & applied research to inform best practice & service improvement. Support implementation of findings into practice & facilitate service user & carer involvement in service design & delivery.

Promote staff wellbeing & psychologically safe working environments, contributing to Trust-wide psychological support initiatives & major incident responses where required.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking…