Band 8a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Bristol


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£57,528 to £64,750 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Bristol, BS4 2UH
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	5 Oct 2026
Closing date:	19 Oct 2026

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Summary

To provide highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy to patients and carers as appropriate to the service. To provide highly specialist advice and consultation on clients formulation and psychological management to other non-psychologist colleagues. To use highly specialist psychological knowledge and skills to contribute to the more effective management of patients by the various teams in the area and where appropriate outside of the area. To clinically supervise/line manage trainee psychologists, assistant psychologists, CAPs and less experienced psychology staff, and other professionals. To contribute to audit, research, policy and service development within the areas served by the Psychological Therapies Service. To develop and deliver training in psychological therapies for multidisciplinary staff. To provide a highly specialist psychology assessment/treatment and consultation service to children and young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties and their families who are referred to CAMHS. To provide clinical skills in a particular area of expertise such as neurodevelopmental disorders including ASC and ADHD, CBT, Trauma or Eating Disorders. To provide consultation and advice in area of specialism to colleagues in the team and other agencies. To support the CAMHS team with service evaluation and audit to include supporting the service in becoming more accessible and inclusive to the diverse local population served by this CAMHS team. To provide training as needed to other members of the multidisciplinary team on psychological assessment, formulation and treatment for young people in CAMHS. Please see Job Description for full details

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