B7/8a Clinical Psychologist

Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
B7/8a Clinical Psychologist
Date posted: 31 July 2026
Closing date: 12 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: Depending on experience
Open to B7 applicants as B7 role depending on experience.
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 457-26-8130835
Job locations: Longley Centre, Northern General Hospital, Norwood Grange Drive, Sheffield, S5 7JT

Job summary
We are pleased to be looking for a clinical psychologist to join our acute mental health team on our psychiatric intensive care ward here in Sheffield. The role is an interesting and exciting opportunity to develop clinical, leadership and service development skills.

The post will provide you with the opportunity to work closely with patients with acute mental health needs, and their families. The team is well-established, supportive. You will work as part of an MDT including CAPs to deliver patient care within an integrated model and work closely with the other acute wards to support the patient journey.

We are dedicated to providing care that is least restrictive, inclusive and collaborative. We are committed to NHS England's Culture of Care standards aimed at assuring safe, effective, compassionate care. The Trust has a strong focus on human rights and restriction reduction and you will be supported to leader in these areas.

The post will provide opportunities to take a lead in developing an evidence-based psychological service alongside a diverse acute psychology team. We have close links with Sheffield University for individuals interested in maintaining research and teaching. The post is 8a, but we would welcome applicants at B7 who would like to develop their clinical skills within a supportive team.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a qualified highly specialist clinical psychology service to service users of our psychiatric intensive care unit.
• You will work with a range of patients, and provide highly specialist psychological assessment, therapy and consultation on service users' psychological care to psychologist colleagues, non-psychologist colleagues and carers.
• The post holder will provide clinical supervision to less experienced practitioner psychologists, therapists, assistant(s), trainee(s) or other professionals. The postholder is responsible for the co-ordination and organisation of the work of other psychologists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.

The post will require

• Qualification as a practitioner psychologist and registration with the HCPC
• Experience of working with acute mental health difficulties
• A strong interest in managing risk in line with least restrictive principles
• Ability to work as part of a team around the patient and their family.
• Ability to care plan with teams to best support patients on the ward.

About us
We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.

What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share.

It's important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of

If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.

We are very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to have you with us.

Job responsibilities
For further details , please see job description attached or phone Dr Jo Varela for a discussion about the role.

Person specification
Training and registration
Essential

• Post-graduate, doctoral level training in clinical psychology (practitioner psychology) and registration with the HCPC (3)

Desirable

• Formal training in supervision of other psychologists
• Other relevant training in mental health assessment or intervention

Clinical experience and skills
Essential

• experience of working as a psychologist/ in training with patients with acute presentations of mental health problems.
• experience in a variety of clinical assessment tools and interventions for adults with acute mental health problems
• experience of working with MHA/ MCA
• experience of working with risk

Desirable

• training and experience in use of structured clinical judgement risk tools
• working in acute adult inpatient mental health

MDT working
Essential

• worked in MDT model around a patient

Desirable

• experience of team formulation/ consultation
• experience of restraint reduction/ rights based approaches

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Longley Centre, Northern General Hospital, Norwood Grange Drive, Sheffield, S5 7JT, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Consultant Clinical Psychologist Dr Jo Varela
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