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<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Psychotherapist with relevant experience to join our Home Treatmentservice in Sheffield. The teams work with a range of partner agencies, including GP's and VCSE organisations, to deliver interventions and treatment to people with a range of mental health difficulties in crisis including those with serious mental illness with a focus on reducing risk and avoiding hospital admission. The successful candidate will join a large team of supportive multi-professionals alongside clinical and forensic psychologists, psychotherapists and clinical associate psychologists within the acute, crisis and inpatient psychology team.</p> <p>This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has experience of supporting people at risk of hospital admission to receive specialist care at home. There are ongoing opportunities in the service to shape the psychology clinical pathway and the successful applicant will be actively involved in 'Home First' development. The post holder will maintain a clinical caseload, provide clinical supervision, reflective practice and debrief for staff and will actively work with the other psychology lead to deliver a highly specialist service. The psychology team is research active and has close links with Sheffield University.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>To provide highly specialist psychological assessments based a variety of sources including psychological and psychometric tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with service users, family members and others involved in the person's care.</p> <p>To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a service user's problems.</p> <p>To be responsible for implementing a range of specialist psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of different provisional hypotheses.</p> <p>To provide highly specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals.</p> <p>To contribute to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all users of the service.</p> <p>To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual service users and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.</p> <p>To provide clinical supervision to less experienced qualified clinical psychologists/therapists, counsellors, clinical associates, assistant(s), or other professionals.</p> <p>To contribute to the development, research, service evaluation and audit.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.</p> <p>What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share.</p> <p>It's important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of</p> <p>If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.</p> <p>We are all very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to have you with us.</p> <p>At SHSC, we prioritise the well-being and safety of both our service users and employees. It is our policy and a condition of employment that all employees must join the DBS Update Service. This service carries an annual fee, which employees are responsible for paying up front. However, employees may claim this cost back through the Trust's Employee Expenses Reimbursement Policy. For those requiring a Basic DBS check, it is necessary to register for a DBS Online Account.</p>       
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>27 November 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 8a</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £55,690 to £62,682 a year
      
        PA
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time,
        
      
        
          Part-time,
        
      
        
          Flexible working
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>457-25-7465839-B</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Longley Centre</p>
      <p>Northern General Hospital, Norwood Grange Drive</p>
      <p>Sheffield</p>
            <p>S5 7JT</p>
      <br>
      
        
      
    
  

      

      
  
    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Please see attached job description for a full description of the role duties and person specification.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Please see attached job description for a full description of the role duties and person specification.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Post-graduate, doctoral level training in clinical psychology and registration with the HCPC or post graduate training as a psychotherapist with BABCP registration or equivalent</li>
        
        <li>Formal training in supervision of other psychologists/ psychotherapists</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Training and qualifications in evidence based assessment and intervention</li>
          
          <li>Additional, post-qualification short courses</li>
          
          <li>Ability to work in a range of assessment and treatment modalities to meet patient needs</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Significant experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of service users across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of leading restorative interventions for staff (RP etc)</li>
        
        <li>Experience of providing clinical supervision</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of leading clinical service improvement initiative</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of representing therapeutic/psychological work within the context of multi-disciplinary care</li>
          
          <li>Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts.</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>experience of service development and evaluation</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Post-graduate, doctoral level training in clinical psychology and registration with the HCPC or post graduate training as a psychotherapist with BABCP registration or equivalent</li>
          
          <li>Formal training in supervision of other psychologists/ psychotherapists</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Training and qualifications in evidence based assessment and intervention</li>
            
            <li>Additional, post-qualification short courses</li>
            
            <li>Ability to work in a range of assessment and treatment modalities to meet patient needs</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Significant experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of service users across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of leading restorative interventions for staff (RP etc)</li>
          
          <li>Experience of providing clinical supervision</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of leading clinical service improvement initiative</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience of representing therapeutic/psychological work within the context of multi-disciplinary care</li>
            
            <li>Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts.</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>experience of service development and evaluation</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
    
  



      
  
    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
    </p>
  


 
  
    
      
        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
        </p>
      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Longley Centre</p>
      <p>Northern General Hospital, Norwood Grange Drive</p>
      <p>Sheffield</p>
            <p>S5 7JT</p>
    
  

  
    <br>
    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.sheffieldpartnership.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.sheffieldpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Longley Centre</p>
          <p>Northern General Hospital, Norwood Grange Drive</p>
          <p>Sheffield</p>
                    <p>S5 7JT</p>
        
      

      
        <br>
        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.sheffieldpartnership.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.sheffieldpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

NHS Jobs

Senior Clinical Psychologist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Clinical/Forensic Psychologistto join our inpatient rehabilitation team at Forest Close.</p> <p>You will be joining a supportive therapy team of psychologists, CAPS, assistant psychologist and music therapy working at Forest Close. The successful candidate will be based working across 3 wards at Forest Close. You will take a key role in supporting and implementing compassionate, high-quality, evidence-based care , with opportunities to be innovative and influential and will develop your formulation and consultation skills in addition to direct clinical work, service development and leadership. The post will suit a candidate who has experience and interest in working with people with complex mental health difficulties within an MDT. We will support your ongoing development in a specialty area of clinical practice core to mental health rehabilitation, through CPD, supervision and service development.</p> <p><em>For full details please read the Job Description document.</em></p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The post will suit a candidate who has experience and interest in working with people with severe, chronic and complex mental health difficulties within a multidisciplinary team and who can offer both direct and indirect work with service users, their families/carers and staff.</p> <p>You will be involved in offering team formulation, reflective practice, teaching &amp; training. Psychology roles are highly valued by the team and a positive approach and commitment to multidisciplinary teamwork is essential.</p> <p>- To provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and evidence based short term interventions for individuals and/or families/carers with service users who are presenting with complex and distressing psychological problems, including psychosis and complex trauma.</p> <p>- To provide clinical leadership and contribute to the provision of a trauma-informed and least restrictive environment through supporting the staff team in their decision making and offering indirect support through team formulation, reflective practice and individual supervision.</p> <p>- To undertake Supervisor Training and Recognition (STAR) qualification and offer clinical supervision to others.</p> <p>- To ensure the clinical effectiveness of own practice and of service functioning by undertaking research and development activities relevant to inpatient rehabilitation settings.</p> <ul>  <li><em>For full details please read the Job Description document</em></li> </ul>



  <h3>About us</h3>
   <p>We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.</p> <p>What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share.</p> <p>It's important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of</p> <p>If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.</p> <p>We are all very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to have you with us.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>12 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £47,810 to £54,710 a year
      
        per annum
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Part-time,
        
      
        
          Flexible working
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>457-25-7581126-A</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Forest Close Inpatient Rehabilitation</p>
      <p>1-4 Forest Close, Oughtibridge</p>
      <p>Sheffield</p>
            <p>S35 0JW</p>
      <br>
      
        
      
    
  

      

      
  
    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Job description Job responsibilities </p> <p>Please read the attached job description and the person specifications for more details about this post.</p> <p>Working in the Sheffield outdoor city, you will be a stone's throw from the Peak District and the city's many green spaces. Our links to the city's universities also offer you the chance to develop health workers of the future and contribute to research.</p>    Person Specification Qualifications Essential <ul>  <li>Post-graduate, doctoral level training in clinical psychology as accredited by the HCPC/BPS</li>  <li>Registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist, or imminently due to qualify and register. </li>  <li>Forensic: BPS accredited Masters Degree/Supervised Practice in Forensic Psychology to doctoral level.</li> </ul> Experience Essential <ul>  <li>Experience of working with a wide variety of service user groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity</li> </ul> Experience Essential <ul>  <li>Ability to work with service users presenting with complex psychological difficulties</li>  <li>Evidence of being able to work effectively in multi-disciplinary settings and teams</li> </ul>   Disclosure and Barring Service Check <p>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.</p> UK Registration <p>Applicants must have current UK professional registration with HCPC or be imminently expecting this if still undergoing training. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Job description Job responsibilities </p> <p>Please read the attached job description and the person specifications for more details about this post.</p> <p>Working in the Sheffield outdoor city, you will be a stone's throw from the Peak District and the city's many green spaces. Our links to the city's universities also offer you the chance to develop health workers of the future and contribute to research.</p>    Person Specification Qualifications Essential <ul>  <li>Post-graduate, doctoral level training in clinical psychology as accredited by the HCPC/BPS</li>  <li>Registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist, or imminently due to qualify and register. </li>  <li>Forensic: BPS accredited Masters Degree/Supervised Practice in Forensic Psychology to doctoral level.</li> </ul> Experience Essential <ul>  <li>Experience of working with a wide variety of service user groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity</li> </ul> Experience Essential <ul>  <li>Ability to work with service users presenting with complex psychological difficulties</li>  <li>Evidence of being able to work effectively in multi-disciplinary settings and teams</li> </ul>   Disclosure and Barring Service Check <p>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.</p> UK Registration <p>Applicants must have current UK professional registration with HCPC or be imminently expecting this if still undergoing training. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Due to qualify in D.Clin. Psy
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Has a DClinPsy and HCPC registration or due to qualify and register by October</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Clinical
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience of working with adults with complex mental health difficulties</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          clinical
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience working with MDTs</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience working in inpatient and/or AMH rehabilitation</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Due to qualify in D.Clin. Psy
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Has a DClinPsy and HCPC registration or due to qualify and register by October</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Clinical
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of working with adults with complex mental health difficulties</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            clinical
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience working with MDTs</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience working in inpatient and/or AMH rehabilitation</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
    
  



      
  
    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
    </p>
  


 
  
    
      
        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
        </p>
      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Forest Close Inpatient Rehabilitation</p>
      <p>1-4 Forest Close, Oughtibridge</p>
      <p>Sheffield</p>
            <p>S35 0JW</p>
    
  

  
    <br>
    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.sheffieldpartnership.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.sheffieldpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Forest Close Inpatient Rehabilitation</p>
          <p>1-4 Forest Close, Oughtibridge</p>
          <p>Sheffield</p>
                    <p>S35 0JW</p>
        
      

      
        <br>
        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.sheffieldpartnership.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.sheffieldpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

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