Clinical Associate Psychologist

The closing date is 28th Dec 2025

Job summary

We are looking for a qualified Clinical Associate Psychologist to join our Community Mental Health Team, who will already have experience of working with people with complex mental health problems and developing psychologically informed practice within a multi-disciplinary team. This is a great opportunity to deliver supervised interventions using CBT, ACT and Compassion focused approaches and formulation lead interventions.

As a member of the CMHT Psychology service, you will work independently under supervision through group and 1:1 approaches. You will also work to provide consultation, supervision, training and service development within the scope of your CAP role.

This is an excellent opportunity for the right person to help build psychological skills within a well-established team. There is the opportunity for hybrid working. The post-holder will contribute to shaping the vision and delivery of group interventions across Portsmouth and South East Hampshire. There is an opportunity to provide supervision to other professionals in the CMHT and represent psychological services in Multidisciplinary meetings. This role will also enable you to build on your service evaluation and research skills.

You will be professionally, and line managed by a Clinical Psychologist. You will be part of the Portsmouth & Southeast Hampshire Psychological Services, which is comprised of 20 Psychologists and Psychological Therapists with expertise in CBT, DBT, CAT, Art Therapy, IPT, ACT, CFT and EMDR.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

• To undertake psychological assessment, formulation, psychological therapy and other types of clinical intervention appropriate to your level of qualification with patients in 2 community Mental Health Teams with the possibility of working on line across the whole Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Division.
• To offer advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working 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.
• To carry out other clinical work, research activity and training as agreed with the Lead Psychologist.
• To work cohesively with the Multidisciplinary Team in shaping their psychological understanding.
• To administer psychometric tools when appropriate (e.g. neuropsychological assessments and screenings)
• To contribute to our group programme, providing formulations and administrating appropriate group interventions, and delivering these interventions alongside the wider psychological services team across the whole division.
• To develop skill around indirect psychological formulations for those service users who are not currently able to engage with direct, collaborative assessment
• To carry out audit and research as appropriate within the service

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Job description

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person specification
Qualifications
Essential

• First degree in Psychology
• Master's degree in Clinical Associate Psychology - Adult Lifespan
• Registered with BPS as a Clinical Associate Psychologist

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.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact:

Sara Clark

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£ to £ Yearly

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-Time, Flexible Working

Reference number

348-PSE-9890

Job locations

The Parkway Centre - Havant

51 Leigh Road

Havant

Hampshire

PO9 2BF

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