Job summary
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist to provide professional, clinical, and strategic leadership across Older People's Mental Health Services.
This is a senior leadership role for a psychologist who is passionate about advancing psychologically informed care for older adults experiencing functional mental health difficulties. The role combines advanced clinical practice, professional leadership, and service development.
The post holder will play a key role in shaping the psychological model within older people's services and ensuring that care is trauma-informed, formulation-driven, and evidence-based.
You will work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues across community and inpatient pathways, supporting psychologically informed practice and contributing to the strategic direction of older people's mental health provision across the Trust.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a senior clinical psychologist with substantial post-qualification experience in older people's mental health services who is comfortable working at both strategic and clinical levels, influencing systems while remaining grounded in psychologically informed practice.
The successful candidate will demonstrate a genuine commitment to the well being of patients, families, staff, and the wider system. They will be able to support teams to work autonomously while also providing containment, guidance, and psychological perspective when services are under pressure. We are seeking someone who can navigate the inevitable ups and downs of complex services with flexibility, resilience, and curiosity.
The successful candidate will:
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- Provide clinical and professional leadership for the Older People's Psychology Service.
- Lead the development and implementation of psychologically informed models of care across services.
- Offer consultation and supervision to Older People's Mental Health Teams across the service.
- Lead on service development, innovation, and quality improvement, ensuring alignment with national guidance and best practice.
- Contribute to strategic planning and operational leadership within Older People's Mental Health Services.
- Support research, evaluation, and outcome monitoring to enhance service effectiveness.
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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Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information please refer to the job description and person specification document attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information please refer to the job description and person specification document attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in psychology or its equivalent as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan development psychology
- Current HCPC Registration
- Expert theoretical and practical knowledge of a range of clinical interventions, procedures and practices relevant to the clinical area
Desirable
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of advanced specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with disabilities and severely challenging behaviour
Experience
Essential
- Significant assessed experience of working as a registered psychologist, to include a significant period of working/clinically specialising at a senior level in the field where the post is held
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience of working across team/organisational boundaries developing and maintaining multi-professional and multi-agency partnerships
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Be able to demonstrate leadership/management skills at an advanced level
- Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in psychology or its equivalent as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan development psychology
- Current HCPC Registration
- Expert theoretical and practical knowledge of a range of clinical interventions, procedures and practices relevant to the clinical area
Desirable
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of advanced specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with disabilities and severely challenging behaviour
Experience
Essential
- Significant assessed experience of working as a registered psychologist, to include a significant period of working/clinically specialising at a senior level in the field where the post is held
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience of working across team/organisational boundaries developing and maintaining multi-professional and multi-agency partnerships
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Be able to demonstrate leadership/management skills at an advanced level
- Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
