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Senior Clinical Psychologist

The closing date is 27 July 2025

We are a friendly and innovative team looking for a like-minded Clinical Psychologist to join us at the Sutherland Centre in Dresden, Stoke-on Trent. We would gladly consider a newly qualified B7 for a preceptorship post and provide support to move to the 8a in due course. The post provides an exciting opportunity to be part of an evolving and fast paced adult community mental health service and to work with service users who have complex mental health difficulties. We have been developing services to improve our offer of psychological therapies and to embed new clinical pathways, putting us in a great position to support team members in pursuing specific areas of interest such as evidence-based interventions for psychosis or complex trauma.

Main duties of the job

On appointment, you will be a core and valued part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team, working alongside a Consultant and Principal Clinical Psychologist, as well as other psychology and therapy colleagues. There are opportunities to develop your clinical skills in a range of group and individual interventions such as CBT, CFT and CAT. In addition, the role will involve working closely with the wider MDT to develop psychological mindedness and support others to develop psychological skills and knowledge. You will have the opportunity to receive excellent supervision and there are a range of CPD opportunities. We provide access to supervision and interest groups in various models (CAT, CFT, EMDR), as well as opportunity for participation in quality innovations, research, and audit. We have strong links with the local Clinical Psychology Training course at Staffordshire University.

About us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme".

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

Job responsibilities

The role provides opportunity to cultivate skills in supervising others too, such as assistant psychologists, CAPS and MHWPs. In addition, the supervision of other professional groups in the team is valued, as are other team-based activities such as joint formulation and contributing to MDT meetings and training. We are supportive of flexible working and would welcome applications from those wishing to blend time at the office with remote working.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical / counselling psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.

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.

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

£47,810 to £62,682 a yearPro rata, per annum (salary uplift for 2025/2026)