Senior Clinical or Counselling Psychologist inNewton-On-Ouse inNewton-On-Ouse PUBLISHED 14 OCT 2024

Can you bring your passion and skills to contribute to our goal to positively promote psychological wellbeing to all staff across our organisation.
The post is suitable for a newly qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist or for a Counselling or Clinical Psychologist who has had some years of experience. Band 7-8a dependent on experience



up to 30 hours per week


We are delighted to be looking for an enthusiastic, innovative and adaptable Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join our thriving Staff Psychology Team at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust.

This fixed term post forms part of the proactive offer for emotional wellbeing support provided to all our Trust colleagues.

Some training or placement experience with staff patients in acute hospital settings would be desirable, along with familiarity of psychological assessment and formulation in health care, as well as planning and delivering psychological interventions to individuals and teams. An interest and some experience around training and teaching would be of benefit, but there will be many opportunities for ongoing development and support in key areas within this supportive team.

The base will be in York, but travel across the Trust sites such as Scarborough, Bridlington, Malton and Selby will be required.

Can you bring your passion and skills to contribute to our goal to positively promote psychological wellbeing to all staff across our organisation?

If so, we look forward to receiving your application.


If you are a current NHS employee, please seek permission from your line manager before applying for this post on a secondment basis.


The post holder will provide psychological input to individuals and teams through the provision of reflective practice, psychological skills training and consultation. There will be opportunities to lead various projects and service developments and to work with colleagues to deliver innovative staff wellbeing initiatives

You will be supported by colleagues in the Staff Wellbeing Psychology Team, which includes our Consultant Psychology Lead, as well as the wider department of Psychological Medicine, which includes the provision of regular high quality clinical supervision and management support, alongside other forms of continuing professional development

The post will involve providing individual psychological assessment, formulation and treatment to staff patients, and providing varied interventions to support staff teams throughout the Trust. The post holder will work alongside Staff Psychological Wellbeing colleagues to offer psychological insight and knowledge and advise non-psychology staff on psychological principles and psychological understanding.

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

  • Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
  • 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
  • A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
  • Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
  • NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
  • An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
  • Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Lisa Hinds Geen Job title: Principal Clinical Psychologist Email address: Telephone number:


Additional Contact Information


Ruth Bulmer

Admin

Telephone number: (
The post is suitable for a newly qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist or for a Counselling or Clinical Psychologist who has had some years of experience. Band 7-8a dependent on experience


up to 30 hours per week

We are delighted to be looking for an enthusiastic, innovative and adaptable Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join our thriving Staff Psychology Team at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust.

This fixed term post forms part of the proactive offer for emotional wellbeing support provided to all our Trust colleagues.

Some training or placement experience with staff patients in acute hospital settings would be desirable, along with familiarity of psychological assessment and formulation in health care, as well as planning and delivering psychological interventions to individuals and teams. An interest and some experience around training and teaching would be of benefit, but there will be many opportunities for ongoing development and support in key areas within this supportive team.

The base will be in York, but travel across the Trust sites such as Scarborough, Bridlington, Malton and Selby will be required.

Can you bring your passion and skills to contribute to our goal to positively promote psychological wellbeing to all staff across our organisation?

If so, we look forward to receiving your application.

If you are a current NHS employee, please seek permission from your line manager before applying for this post on a secondment basis.

The post holder will provide psychological input to individuals and teams through the provision of reflective practice, psychological skills training and consultation. There will be opportunities to lead various projects and service developments and to work with colleagues to deliver innovative staff wellbeing initiatives

You will be supported by colleagues in the Staff Wellbeing Psychology Team, which includes our Consultant Psychology Lead, as well as the wider department of Psychological Medicine, which includes the provision of regular high quality clinical supervision and management support, alongside other forms of continuing professional development

The post will involve providing individual psychological assessment, formulation and treatment to staff patients, and providing varied interventions to support staff teams throughout the Trust. The post holder will work alongside Staff Psychological Wellbeing colleagues to offer psychological insight and knowledge and advise non-psychology staff on psychological principles and psychological understanding.

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

  • Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
  • 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
  • A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
  • Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
  • NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
  • An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
  • Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Lisa Hinds Geen Job title: Principal Clinical Psychologist Email address: Telephone number:

Additional Contact Information

Ruth Bulmer

Admin

Telephone number: (


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