Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Psychologist - CAMHS Eating Disorder Service

The closing date is 03 August 2025

Job summary

We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic Psychologist to join our friendly, energetic and forward-thinking specialist CAMHS Eating Disorder Service. We are delighted to be recruiting a full time Psychologist to join our Psychology Team. Doctoral trainees in their final months of gaining their qualification are invited to apply for this post, as the role is a great post for those who are newly qualified, as well as applicants with experience post qualification who have an interest in working with young people with eating disorders and their families.

This is a great opportunity for a Psychologist to work within a specialist eating disorder service, delivering psychological informed interventions. As an integrated member of the team, you will work alongside colleagues from other disciplines, including family therapy, occupational therapy, psychiatry, nursing and dietetics. The role allows for a diverse working practice, providing family-based treatment balanced with specialist psychological interventions. Our well embedded psychology team oversees a psychology pathway that provides a variety of interventions, that are formulation led and evidenced based.

The successful post holder will receive regular high quality supervision from a senior Psychologist, as well as opportunities to deliver supervision, to Assistant Psychologists and Trainee Clinical Psychologists.

Main duties of the job

*To contribute a qualified, high-quality specialist psychology service to individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams, in line with best, evidence-based practice and trust care pathways.

*The successful applicant will be supported by colleagues within the Eating Disorder Team and encouraged to attend County Wide Psychology meetings to support understanding of wider psychology provision, as well as acting as an opportunity for networking and contribution inline with job plans and professional development.

*The successful post holder will support our multi-disciplinary team to complete specialist assessment in a community setting.

*To provide consultation to colleagues and supervision to team members of the Eating Disorder Team in relation to psychological aspects of their roles, including the provision of psychology informed interventions to service users care.

*They will be responsible for holding and managing a clinical caseload and to exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the planning and prioritising of own workload and the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients, within the bounds of the service operational policy.

*They will also use analytical and judgment skills and be responsible for taking clinical management decisions, where appropriate, in complex clinical issues.

*Utilising research skills for the purpose of service evaluation, audit, research and teaching within the team/to various stakeholders.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Date posted

14 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year Please note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

348-CFS-8051

Job locations

Avalon House

Chesil Street

Winchester

Hampshire

SO23 0HU

Job description

Job responsibilities

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology [or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or outside the UK], including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as approved by the HPC.
Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HPC)

Experience

Essential

Experience of specialist psychological working (assessment, formulation, and treatment) with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, inpatient, and residential care settings, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse, and the threat of physical abuse.
Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of applied psychology.
Knowledge and skills in neuropsychology.
Experience of the application of applied psychology in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework.
Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HPC.
Ability to travel across sites

Additional Criteria

Desirable

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology [or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or outside the UK], including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as approved by the HPC.
Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HPC)

Experience

Essential

Experience of specialist psychological working (assessment, formulation, and treatment) with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, inpatient, and residential care settings, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse, and the threat of physical abuse.
Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of applied psychology.
Knowledge and skills in neuropsychology.
Experience of the application of applied psychology in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework.
Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HPC.
Ability to travel across sites

Additional Criteria

Desirable

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 Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Avalon House

Chesil Street

Winchester

Hampshire

SO23 0HU

Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Avalon House

Chesil Street

Winchester

Hampshire

SO23 0HU

Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)