Senior Staff Psychologist

7 days ago


Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Staff Psychologist to join our team at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. As a key member of our Staff Psychology Service, you will play a vital role in supporting the emotional wellbeing of our colleagues and promoting a culture of compassionate care.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide specialist psychological advice and consultation to multidisciplinary teams, staff groups, leaders, and managers on topics related to psychological wellbeing.
  • Formulate and deliver direct clinical interventions through the application of evidenced-based psychological theories and models in individual and group work.
  • Clinical interventions may be delivered in person or online and take the form of decompression groups for staff teams following an internal incident or period of prolonged stress, providing psychoeducation and skills-based training on identified areas of emotional difficulty, or providing 1:1 psychological support for employees struggling with work-related stress or distress.
  • The post holder will need to apply knowledge of current evidence-based clinical interventions in clinical/counselling psychology and mental health when working in this setting.
  • The Staff Psychology Service is underpinned by a compassion-focused therapy (CFT) framework, and the role necessitates advanced theoretical and practical knowledge in this model and the ability to assimilate CFT ideas in an ad-hoc, flexible, and responsive way during decompression groups, consultancy, and individual work.
Person Specification
  • Post-graduate doctorate in clinical, counselling, or health psychology.
  • Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a psychological practitioner.
  • Knowledge and experience of occupational health problems and psychological aspects of work-related problems.
  • Doctoral-level knowledge and expertise in research methods for audit and evaluation to meet the clinical governance agenda, including complex multivariate data analysis as practised within the field of clinical psychology.
  • Experience in treating trauma in a therapeutic setting.
  • Knowledge of relevant government frameworks and initiatives.
  • Knowledge of current evidence-based clinical interventions in clinical psychology.
  • Knowledge of evidence-based approaches for trauma.
  • Able to work in a highly complex and pressured environment.
Desirable Qualifications and Experience
  • Training in specialist trauma interventions, such as EMDR.
  • Post-qualification training in Compassion Focused Therapy and Mindfulness.
  • Further post-graduate training, e.g., consultancy, coaching, mediation/conflict resolution.
  • Experience as a qualified/independent psychologist in formulation and delivering a range of therapeutic approaches for adults with mental health problems.


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