Skills

Communication Risk Management Training Effective Communication Risk Assessment Agile

Job Specifications

Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing Clinical Health Psychology (CHP) team as a full-time Band 7 HCPC/BABCP accredited Clinical Psychologist/Counselling Psychologist or High intensity CBT Therapist/Psychological Therapist. The post-holder will work across health specialties providing psychological assessment, formulation and intervention to support patients presenting with a diagnosed physical health condition. The role will also involve the delivery of indirect interventions with health and social care professionals, including psychological consultation, supervision and training, as well as opportunities to contribute to wider service development.

This post can offer experience in working in a range of health specialties including outpatient Adult General Health and Psycho-oncology, as well as hospital Inpatient services.

Main duties of the job

To enhance psychologically informed care through the direct delivery of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and evidence based psychological interventions to adults with physical health difficulties and potentially their carers/families. And indirectly through providing interventions such as teaching, training and consultation with multi-disciplinary teams and non-psychologically trained practitioners.
The role may be based across a number of sites in the acute and community setting as well as some home working. The main CHP base is at Torbay Hospital.
To work autonomously, within the Trust's and the HCPC's and the BABCPS's professional guidelines, as well as liaise and work closely with colleagues and other staff who work internally and externally to the Trust.

About Us

We are a progressive service and are passionate about utilising psychological theory and techniques effectively to support patients living with a physical health condition. There are a mix of psychological professions in the team, supported by a dedicated administrative team, and we welcome individuals who are keen to embrace the strengths that this brings to our working and professional identity. The team are trained in CBT, ACT, EMDR, and Compassion-focused Therapy and there is a strong commitment to both evidence and practice based interventions.

We pride ourselves on our flexibility of working practices and our family first approach to working which allow staff to maintain healthy work-life boundaries. Our commitment to this approach includes agile working, combining remote and face-to-face interactions.

Details

Date posted

27 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9388-25-1226

Job locations

Torbay Hospital

Lowes Bridge

Torquay

TQ2 7AA

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Communication and working relationships

Maintain effective communication in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, and build effective working relationships with a range of health and social care staff across all levels, both within and outside of the organisation

Excellent written and verbal communication skills to ensure that any correspondence is of a high standard

Provide excellent, professional communication and care when representing our service

To liaise and work collaboratively with colleagues within the department. To be respectful and value the people you work with

To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, highly complex, sensitive or contentious condition specific information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients, where there may be barriers to acceptance and within highly emotive environments

To maintain and build good working relationships with senior professional staff and managers to ensure co-ordination of work in the Clinical Health Psychology service

Planning and organisation

Under guidance from supervisor or line manager be able to plan and organise daily workload

Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills to meet an ever-changing workload

Be responsive to change and able to work in an environment which has constant interruptions

Help to plan and organise any teaching/training, seminars, workshops under the direction of service lead

Analytical and judgement

To monitor and evaluate progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care

To make skilled and complex assessments, formulations and decisions about treatment options considering a range of options which draw on both theoretical and therapeutic models

To undertake risk assessment and risk management for relevant individual clients and to provide both general and specialist advice for psychologists and other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management

To provide clinical consultation to other health and social care staff and foster reflective practice in teams

Responsibility and Accountability

Act with integrity and professionalism, ensuring that you are