Applied Psychologist

Applied Psychologist

The closing date is 19 March 2026

This is an exciting opportunity for a Highly Specialized Applied Psychologist to join our mental health services and contribute to making a meaningful impact on the lives of older people and their families. This post offers the successful candidate the opportunity to develop a range of skills both embedded in a multi‑disciplinary team and as part of a wider group of Psychological Therapies staff.

Suitable candidates should be a suitably qualified psychologist and be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council. You will contribute to the timely delivery of specialist psychological assessment and treatment, and/or neuropsychological assessments, across a range of care settings. The postholder will be based in at least one CMHT but will provide clinical input across the wider Doncaster Care Group CMHTs (as part of a wider psychology hub) and as service needs require.

We are keen to hear from anyone who has a passion for working in a trauma‑informed way with older people experiencing complex mental health challenges and/or neurodegenerative conditions, and has a collaborative, team‑orientated approach.

Deliver trauma‑informed and evidence‑based interventions, consultations, and psychological and neuro‑psychological assessments.

Provide psychological input to multi‑agency risk management / treatment plans.

Offer consultation, supervision, and training to colleagues and external agencies to promote psychological understanding.

Contribute to service delivery, development and quality improvement initiatives.

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are dedicated to the development of our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

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The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

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See attached for detailed job description and person specification.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications.

• Working as an 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 the full range of care settings.
• Exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care as a key worker/care coordinator, and leader of a multidisciplinary team
• Liaison and joint working with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies
• Teaching, training, clinical supervision and field supervisor for doctoral theses
• Research and development
• Active participation in quality and service improvement initiatives
• Commitment to multi‑disciplinary working
• Experience in the designated clinical specialism
• Project Management
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.

• Evidence- based practice relevant to the role, e.g., older adult needs, complex emotional needs, neurodegenerative conditions
• Risk assessment and risk management
• Clinical governance
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health and its implications for clinical practice
• Audit and research methodology
• Social Inclusion agenda
• Knowledge of the Trust's Quality Improvement System
• Highly developed knowledge…