The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Highly Specialist psychological practitioner

The closing date is 26 September 2025

Job summary

This post is a fixed-term (up to) 9 month 0.5 wte AfC Band 8a Highly Specialist Psychological Practitioner post (or a band 7 depending on experience) working into MY Psychological Services for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Critical Care. This post offers the opportunity to develop skills in specialist psychological assessment and therapeutic intervention working with a range of presentations, including psychological trauma, appearance related concerns, and adjustment to injury, across a range of settings in two full patient pathways.

There will also be opportunity to work with and into different MDTs, offering consultation, supervision to non-psychological professionals and teaching/training. The postholder will be part of two MDTs, a wider Surgery Psychological Section and a growing MY Psychological Services department, with access to strong and supportive groups of professionals. Although working with initiative and autonomy is important to this role, you will work closely with others.

Main duties of the job

To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients (whether individuals or team-based clients), based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources.

To formulate and implement psychological intervention based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the patient's presentation, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy.

To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management.

To communicate verbally and in writing, highly complex information in a manner that is clear, understandable and appropriate to a range of settings and audiences.

To support the team in providing teaching, training and consultation.

To undertake appropriate research and participate in the routine collection of data for purposes of outcome evaluation.

To participate in regular clinical supervision and and develop skills in offering supervision to others, accessing appropriate training to support your development.

To regularly attend and participate in team meetings, away-days and other professional meetings and support the development of MY Psychological Services for Surgery.

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, car lease and home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Date posted

16 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

9 months

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours

Reference number

000658

Job locations

Pinderfields Hospital

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 4DG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Core professional qualification in one of the psychological professions (e.g. Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology, Health Psychology, CBT Therapy or equivalent).
Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 2000) as accredited by the BPS.
Accreditation or registration with a relevant professional body (e.g. HCPC, BABCP, BPS, UKCP).
Knowledge and skills in the use of psychological assessment, formulation and intervention to work with individuals and teams presenting with complex difficulties.
Experience of maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients and other professional colleagues.
Enthusiasm for the development and delivery of psychological services focused on improving the wellbeing of staff and patients.
The ability to provide effective teaching and training.
The ability to work flexibly and cooperatively as part of a team.
The ability to use own initiative and make decisions independently, whilst being aware of own limitations.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Core professional qualification in one of the psychological professions (e.g. Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology, Health Psychology, CBT Therapy or equivalent).
Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 2000) as accredited by the BPS.
Accreditation or registration with a relevant professional body (e.g. HCPC, BABCP, BPS, UKCP).
Knowledge and skills in the use of psychological assessment, formulation and intervention to work with individuals and teams presenting with complex difficulties.
Experience of maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients and other professional colleagues.
Enthusiasm for the development and delivery of psychological services focused on improving the wellbeing of staff and patients.
The ability to provide effective teaching and training.
The ability to work flexibly and cooperatively as part of a team.
The ability to use own initiative and make decisions independently, whilst being aware of own limitations.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Please click 'apply now' to view the full person specification (there is no obligation to submit an application).

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Please click 'apply now' to view the full person specification (there is no obligation to submit an application).

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.