Specialist Applied Psychologist

Sponsorship Jobs UK; Selby; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

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# Highly Specialist Applied Psychologist(UK Visa Sponsorship)### Job Description## OverviewWe are seeking a passionate and experienced Highly Specialist Applied Psychologist to join our Access to Mental Wellbeing Team. This senior post sits within a compassionate, multi-disciplinary mental health service that supports people across County Durham & Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.This role involves delivering expert clinical psychological care, offering supervision, and contributing to service leadership and development. Applicants must hold doctoral-level psychology training and be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).### Role PurposeAs a senior applied psychologist, you will:* Provide direct clinical work with people experiencing complex and severe mental health problems.* Promote psychological thinking across the team by supporting staff to develop formulations and reflective practice.* Offer clinical supervision, training, and professional development for colleagues and trainees.* Provide specialist assessment, formulation, and delivery of evidence-based interventions.* Support staff wellbeing and contribute to service improvements.* Provide professional leadership and contribute to clinical governance.### About the TeamThe Access to Mental Wellbeing Team offers psychological supports across a range of care settings. Our philosophy emphasises recovery, collaboration, and evidence-based practice. We work with people with complex presentations including psychosis, personality-related distress, and individuals with co-occurring needs.We are connected to academic training pathways, including strong links with the local clinical psychology training programme, providing opportunities for supervision, teaching, research and service evaluation.### What We Are Looking For**Essential Qualifications & Registrations****You must have:*** Doctoral level training in Clinical, Counselling, or Forensic Psychology accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).* Current registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).* Post-doctoral training in additional specialist areas of practice.* Training in clinical supervision (including doctoral trainee supervision).**Desirable*** Experience working collaboratively across statutory, voluntary and private sectors.#### Experience & Skills**You will have:*** Significant experience working as a qualified psychologist with people with severe mental health problems.* Experience exercising full clinical responsibility as a care coordinator in a multidisciplinary context.* Demonstrated experience in training, teaching and supervising others.* Doctoral-level understanding of risk assessment/management, clinical governance, relevant legislation, and research methodology.* Knowledge of the mental health social inclusion agenda.#### Personal AttributesYou should be:* Able to engage sensitively and effectively with people in high distress.* Flexible, resilient, and professionally self-aware.* Comfortable working both autonomously and collaboratively.* Committed to ongoing professional learning and reflective practice.**Other Requirements**This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.Applicants requiring visa sponsorship are welcome. Guidance on the UK skilled worker route is available here:Overseas applicants must in for 12+ months over the last 10 years.**We offer:*** A supportive team environment with strong clinical leadership.* Opportunities for professional development and CPD.* Engagement in teaching, research and audit.* Meaningful involvement with service improvement.* A culture that values staff wellbeing and reflective practice.LocationExperience3 Year