We are really excited to invite compassionate, dedicated applicants for a 1.0 WTE post for an 8a Senior Psychological Therapist/Clinical Psychologist post in our Assertive Outreach Team covering Bradford, Airedale Wharfedale and Craven.
The team is supporting service users with complex mental health presentations associated with a high level of disability. Service users are often having a history of high use of inpatient or intensive home based care and difficulties in maintaining lasting and consenting contact with services. Their complex needs may include a history of violence or persistent offending, significant risk of persistent self-harm or neglect, poor response to previous treatment, dual diagnosis of substance misuse and serious mental illness, and unstable accommodation or homelessness.
We are looking for a highly motivated experienced candidate, who is passionate to make a difference for our service users with complex mental health needs, is looking forwards to work closely with all members of the multidisciplinary team and is using a trauma informed approach to working with service users.
Closing – 15th July 2926
Shortlisting – 16th July 2026
Interview -23rd July and / or 24th July 2026
Responsibilities
- Provide specialist evidence based psychological assessment, formulation & therapy, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.
- Provide clinical leadership, supervision, consultation and advice on psychological therapies.
- Provide clinical consultation and advice to healthcare professionals across all localities.
- Support adherence to relevant NICE guidance and clinical governance arrangements.
- To ensure the clinical effectiveness of own practice and of service functioning by undertaking research and development activities relevant to the service area.
- Work with the Team/Clinical Manager on service development, leading research and development activities.
Core Values
- We Care – We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference.
- We Listen – We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs.
- We Deliver – We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners.
Benefits
- We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits.
- Increase mileage rates for > 3500.
- A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages.
- A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities.
- Plus many more.
The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Ina Ashworth Job title: Consultant Practitioner Psychologist Email address: ina.ashworth@bdct.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07860 749783
For further information or to arrange a discussion, please contact
Dr Ina Ashworth ina.ashworth@bdct.nhs.uk
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