Clinical​/Counselling Psychologist

Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

The closing date is 19 July 2026

Would you like to work with multidisciplinary mental health teams based in Southampton and South West Hants? Are you someone who wants to deliver the best possible care and be part of a service committed to supporting its staff, patients and carers? If so, then we have the job opportunity you are looking for and would love to hear from you.

Applications are invited for a Band 7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist for a fixed term, 18‑month position. The post is based in Eastleigh, though involves working across other bases across the Southampton and South West Hampshire Division. Flexible working and some working from home will also be considered according to clinical need.

You would be joining a friendly and supportive team of clinicians, who pride themselves on delivering high quality care and promoting recovery. We are committed to continuing professional development and self‑care, and ensuring staff are able to achieve the right work‑life balance. All psychological therapists within the service are embedded within clinical teams, contributing to MDT care planning and the delivery of trauma informed care, and offering psychological assessment and evidence‑based therapies.

Within the service, we offer a range of therapies, including:

• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• family interventions
• Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

To provide a qualified specialist psychological therapies service to the Community Mental Health Team’s (CMHT) in the Southwest and Southampton Division; providing specialist psychological assessment, interventions and therapy. This may include working with families/ carers where appropriate. Individuals will primarily present with complex psychological problems that would benefit from the services of the CMHT. The post holder will offer advice and consultation on individuals’ psychological care to non‑psychological therapist colleagues and to other, non‑professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.

To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service in line with service need. The post holder will place an emphasis on co‑production and demonstrate an attitude which respects and values patients’ and their carers and the core values of the trust: compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined‑up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community‑based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person’s care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute‑level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology or DCouns
  
  Psy, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and…