Clinical / Counselling / Applied Psychologist

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Clinical/Counselling/Applied Psychologist to join our Early Intervention in Psychosis Service. Applications are invited for a full time Band 8a post. Applications will also be considered for a Band 7 with the offer of preceptorship to Band 8a.

The EIP service is a specialised team who offer support to people presenting with their first episode of psychosis and contributing difficulties such as trauma, substances, anxiety, low mood etc. We are committed to delivering high quality, evidence-based interventions including CBTp and family work. The post holder will join a multidisciplinary team (MDT) and provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy individually and through group programmes to service users. They will also offer clinical supervision to other psychological therapists in the team. They will be supervised and managed by a senior psychologist and will be based in the Mid & North EIP Team, covering Basingstoke, Andover, and Winchester areas.

Main duties of the job

We are keen to help our staff progress and gain a broad range of experiences and therefore once embedded in the post additional training would be considered. The post holder will be part of the wider North Area Psychological Therapies team with links to Southampton University, including the Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology. As a department, we offer a range of psychologically focused therapies. Opportunities for research and development within the post will be encouraged.

This role will provide a principal psychology service to clients of the service team, across all sectors of care; providing highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy at the same time as offering expert advice on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers; to work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures; to utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development, and research within the area served by the team/service.

Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.

With a workforce of more than 7000 and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we're committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, whilst placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.

We are currently working closely with other NHS Trusts to combine all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services, with the plan to create a new larger, more integrated and accessible organisation.

The transformation will happen in stages; Hampshire CAMHS, part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust joined Southern Health in February 2024, with Isle of Wight NHS Trust mental health and community services transitioning across in May 2024. The final combination of Southern Health and Solent NHS Trust services is expected in late 2024, when our new organisation, to be known as Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, will be formed.

Our new Trust will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, making healthcare across the county more accessible, as well as offering staff more opportunities for career development, training and partnership working.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.