Specialist or Highly Specialist Applied Psychologist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 18/09/2026
- Closes
- 04/10/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a permanent Band 7 Applied Psychologist or Band 8a Highly Specialist Psychologist within the LD Child and Adolescent Mental Health Team in Teesside. The successful candidate will lead and deliver psychological assessments, formulations, and therapies. It involves direct clinical work, providing consultation, training, and supervision to team members and trainees. The post holder will also demonstrate leadership skills and contribute to research and development.
Essential criteria
- HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Post doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice - Band 8a
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical / counselling / forensic psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.
- Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees for 8a
- Post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical / counselling / forensic psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS- Band 7
Desirable criteria
- Registration with BPS
- Post-graduate qualification showing evidence of supervised practice in an evidence-based psychological therapeutic model
- Working as a qualified applied psychologist within the designated service including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and a range of clinical severity across a range of care settings- Band 8a
- Exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care as a care coordinator within the context of a multidisciplinary team- Band 8a
- Working with mental health/learning disability clients (depending on designated service area- Band 7
- Multi-disciplinary team working- Band 7
- Teaching, training and clinical supervision and field supervisor for doctoral theses.- Band 8a
- Research and development- Band 8a
- Quality and service improvement and evaluation- Band 8a
- Experience of CBT, DBT, Psychodynamics, systematic therapy
- Experience of research and audit
- Knowledge / Skills
- Doctoral level knowledge of: Evidence- based practice relevant to the role
- Risk assessment and risk management
- Clinical governance
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- Audit and research methodology
- Social Inclusion agenda
- Knowledge of: The Trust's Quality Improvement System
- Experience of joint working with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies
- HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Post doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice - Band 8a
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical / counselling / forensic psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.
- Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees for 8a
- Post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical / counselling / forensic psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS- Band 7
- Registration with BPS
- Post-graduate qualification showing evidence of supervised practice in an evidence-based psychological therapeutic model
- Working as a qualified applied psychologist within the designated service including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and a range of clinical severity across a range of care settings- Band 8a
- Exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care as a care coordinator within the context of a multidisciplinary team- Band 8a
- Working with mental health/learning disability clients (depending on designated service area- Band 7
- Multi-disciplinary team working- Band 7
- Teaching, training and clinical supervision and field supervisor for doctoral theses.- Band 8a
- Research and development- Band 8a
- Quality and service improvement and evaluation- Band 8a
- Experience of CBT, DBT, Psychodynamics, systematic therapy
- Experience of research and audit
- Knowledge / Skills
- Doctoral level knowledge of: Evidence- based practice relevant to the role
- Risk assessment and risk management
- Clinical governance
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- Audit and research methodology
- Social Inclusion agenda
- Knowledge of: The Trust's Quality Improvement System
- Experience of joint working with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £64,750 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist or Highly Specialist Applied Psychologist
The closing date is 04 October 2026
Job summary
We are looking to recruit a permanent Band 7 Applied Psychologist or Band 8a Highly Specialist Psychologist to join our LD Child and Adolescent Mental Health Team in Teesside covering all four localities (Stockton, Hartlepool, Redcar and Middlesbrough). The successful candidate will join a supportive and collaborative multi-disciplinary team, leading on and delivering psychological assessments, formulations and therapies within the LD Getting More Help CAMHS Team.
Applicants should ideally have experience in working within CAMHSand show strong patient-centred values. The successful applicant will be enthusiastic, motivated, and demonstrate a commitment to delivering excellent mental health care and evidence-based interventions.
The post holder will have a key role in providing both psychological assessments and psychological therapy.
This post is open to candidates who are either already meeting the essential criteria for a Band 8a Highly Specialist Applied Psychologist, or those who meet the essential criteria for a Band 7 Specialist Applied Psychologist who would be interested in undertaking this as a developmental post with a supportive plan for development and progression in due course.
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