Associate Director of Psychological Professions

Job summary

We are pleased to announce that we are recruiting for a Associate Director of Psychological Professions to professionally lead our 375 Psychological Professionals, working across specialities in a wide range of services. Following the retirement of our previous Associate Director of Psychology, we have undertaken a restructure of our psychological professions and are uniting them under one cohesive leadership structure, meaning that this is an exciting time to be joining our organisation.

We are looking to recruit a candidate who embodies our values of Caring, Learning and Growing, in all aspects of leadership and patient care. Applicants must be highly experienced psychological professionals, with significant strategic and leadership experience, with a proven track record of leading others to deliver safe and effective clinical care.

As this is a new role in the organisation, it offers the successful candidate the opportunity to shape the post, and the strategic and professional direction of the professions, in conjunction with executive colleagues.

Main duties of the job

Reporting directly to the Executive Medical Director, you will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of psychological practice across the Trust, ensuring the safe, effective, and compliant delivery of psychological care.

You will support the organisation in delivering therapeutic services in line with national guidance, regulatory standards, and best practice.

You will be accountable for quality and governance for psychological professionals, aligning this work with the Trust's professional strategy and the professional standards set by HCPC and other relevant bodies such as UKCP and BABCP.

The role requires strategic and corporate leadership, working in partnership with operational managers and executive colleagues to ensure psychological professions contribute meaningfully to service design, delivery, patient experience, and outcomes.

You will also ensure the psychological workforce is engaged, informed, and aligned with the NHS Long Term Plan and Psychological Professions Workforce Plan.

In addition to leadership duties, you will maintain a clinical caseload, provide expert consultation, and participate in the Director On-Call rota, supporting services 365 days a year, including escalation support for operational issues and liaison with partner agencies.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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