Senior Clinical Psychologist

Senior Clinical Psychologist

The closing date is 01 March 2026

We are excited to offer a 0.8 WTE (30 hours) 3-year fixed-term Senior Clinical Psychologist post within the Active Together Service, supporting people diagnosed with cancer at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT). The successful candidate must be available on Tuesdays and Thursdays to meet service needs and ensure continuity of care.

In this key role, you will lead the development and delivery of the Clinical Psychology component of Active Together, an innovative programme developed in collaboration with Yorkshire Cancer Research and Sheffield Hallam University, and delivered in partnership with community and leisure providers. You will provide tailored psychological support to help patients build resilience, enhance wellbeing, and actively engage in their care before, during, and after treatment, while guiding staff to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care.

The role involves working across CHFT sites and community settings to ensure accessibility and continuity, including face‑to‑face and group sessions. While experience in physical health psychology is essential, we welcome applicants without cancer specific experience who demonstrate enthusiasm and a commitment to learning, supported by a comprehensive induction and ongoing professional development.

Interviews will take place in person at Calderdale Royal Hospital on 13th March.

To provide a specialist Clinical Psychology service to adult patients with health conditions at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust.

To work as an integral member of both the Clinical Health Psychology Department and the multidisciplinary team to provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation, therapy and support patients. This requires taking full professional responsibility and exercising autonomous judgement, in matters of professional practice.

Offer advice and consultation on patients' psychological care and functioning to colleagues and other non-professional carers.

To initiate and take part in service development and use research skills for audit and policy development.

To work closely with specialist nurses and medical staff and provide supervision, teaching and training, and consultation to the team.

Work autonomously in the execution of these duties and within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Clinical Health Psychology Department and Trust policies and procedures.

CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.

Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.

The postholder will be expected to fulfil the following:

• To provide a specialist Clinical Psychology service to patients as part of the multidisciplinary team(s)
• To undertake a range of evidenced‑based psychological interventions, drawing on a range of psychological models and employing a range of modalities (individual and family) adapted and tailored to the needs of the individual and the context and the ongoing evaluation of the outcomes of the intervention.
• To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of the patients condition, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of their difficulties, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
• To establish rapport and build effective working relationships with patients and all those involved in their psychological, emotional and behavioural…