Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Lead/Principal Psychologist - Clinical/Counselling

The closing date is 25 July 2025

Job summary

Surrey and Borders Partnership Foundation Trust provide a number of clinical health psychology Services into local acute trusts and into community services .

We are currently seeking a clinical/ counselling psychologist with specialist skills and experience to join a well-established multi-disciplinary pain team at the Royal Surrey Hospital in Guildford. Psychology is highly valued as an integral part of the MDT's practice.

You will be based at the Royal Surrey County Hospital and there will be some scope for remote working.

The service is in the process of moving towards integrated care. You will be working alongside service leads to develop and evaluate strong pathways, processes and partnerships. As well as collaborating with your colleagues in the pain service you will be part of an innovative and supportive network of psychologists in physical healthcare, some of whom work in other pain services.

Main duties of the job

The focus of the role currently includes:

Consultations with patients, MDT and other healthcare professionals and teams

The development, facilitation and evaluation of online pain management programmes

The development of pathways and partnerships across services and organisations

Supervision of trainees and other professionals

The new postholder will have opportunities to shape the service in collaboration with the rest of the team and other stakeholders.

Your professional development will be supported through management and clinical and peer supervision, and access to CPD opportunities.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Date posted

02 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,337 to £74,415 a year Incl 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

325-7273234-SS

Job locations

Royal Surrey County Hospital

Egerton Road

Guildford

GU27XX

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description document attached for more information on the requirements for this job.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description document attached for more information on the requirements for this job.

Person Specification

Qualifications required

Essential

Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent
Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course to enable supervision of trainees

Desirable

Additional academic clinical qualification relevant to area of work
Additional leadership/management study

Experience

Essential

Extensive post qualification clinical experience in relevant clinical setting
Experience of leading in clinical practice, service development or project work.
Experience of supervising trainees, assistant psychologists, qualified clinical/counselling psychologists and others providing psychological therapies
Experience of implementing change following audit and service evaluation
Demonstrableexperienceofdevelopingcomplexformulationsdrawingonmultiple psychological models
Experience of advising other professionals on complex psychological issues and risk

Person Specification

Qualifications required

Essential

Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent
Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course to enable supervision of trainees

Desirable

Additional academic clinical qualification relevant to area of work
Additional leadership/management study

Experience

Essential

Extensive post qualification clinical experience in relevant clinical setting
Experience of leading in clinical practice, service development or project work.
Experience of supervising trainees, assistant psychologists, qualified clinical/counselling psychologists and others providing psychological therapies
Experience of implementing change following audit and service evaluation
Demonstrableexperienceofdevelopingcomplexformulationsdrawingonmultiple psychological models
Experience of advising other professionals on complex psychological issues and risk

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.