Clinical Psychologist
Location
Stoke-On-Trent, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
7/17/2025
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Description
Clinical Psychologist (band 7 leading to 8a on completion of preceptorship) – Adult Learning Disabilities
We are recruiting a clinical psychologist to join our friendly and supportive Learning Disability Service covering North Staffordshire. The role will sit across our inpatient service and Intensive Support Team with some opportunities to work within other settings in order to develop skills and areas of interest.
This post may suit someone at the start or early stage of their career (including those qualifying in Autumn 2025) and offers a preceptorship pathway from Agenda for Change Band 7 to 8a (to be reviewed within the first 18 months).
The team offers highly specialist assessment, support and interventions to people with complex learning disabilities and mental health difficulties. We have a broad range of psychological models represented within the service and we encourage and support supervision and continuing professional development.
The psychology team has a close relationship with the local training courses and offer both core and research placements. The wider MDTs consist of Nursing, Occupational Therapists, Speech & Language Therapists, Healthcare Support Workers & Psychiatrists.
We are looking for clinicians with excellent clinical skills and a commitment to collaborative MDT working to support our work. We are keen to recruit clinicians who are passionate about the field of learning disabilities.
To deliver psychologically informed assessment and intervention services (within inpatient/community settings as the post requires).
The postholder will work independently, with supervision from senior Clinical Psychology colleagues.
The postholder is accountable for their own professional practice in the delivery of highly specialist psychological care to patients with learning disabilities who have highly complex physical and mental health conditions which may include challenging behaviours that place themselves and others at risk.
The post holder may be required to work with clients who are highly distressed and anxious.
To be compassionate in meeting the needs of patients, their carers’ and family members.
To provide clinical supervision and training to less experienced colleagues within the service and to multidisciplinary colleagues.
To contribute to formal and informal research as an integral part of the post.
To be proactive in continual service improvement within own service area.
To promote at
As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.
We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.
We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our “Proud to be Green” engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme”.
The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Rachel Stretton Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 0300 123 1535
We are recruiting a clinical psychologist to join our friendly and supportive Learning Disability Service covering North Staffordshire. The role will sit across our inpatient service and Intensive Support Team with some opportunities to work within other settings in order to develop skills and areas of interest.
This post may suit someone at the start or early stage of their career (including those qualifying in Autumn 2025) and offers a preceptorship pathway from Agenda for Change Band 7 to 8a (to be reviewed within the first 18 months).
The team offers highly specialist assessment, support and interventions to people with complex learning disabilities and mental health difficulties. We have a broad range of psychological models represented within the service and we encourage and support supervision and continuing professional development.
The psychology team has a close relationship with the local training courses and offer both core and research placements. The wider MDTs consist of Nursing, Occupational Therapists, Speech & Language Therapists, Healthcare Support Workers & Psychiatrists.
We are looking for clinicians with excellent clinical skills and a commitment to collaborative MDT working to support our work. We are keen to recruit clinicians who are passionate about the field of learning disabilities.
To deliver psychologically informed assessment and intervention services (within inpatient/community settings as the post requires).
The postholder will work independently, with supervision from senior Clinical Psychology colleagues.
The postholder is accountable for their own professional practice in the delivery of highly specialist psychological care to patients with learning disabilities who have highly complex physical and mental health conditions which may include challenging behaviours that place themselves and others at risk.
The post holder may be required to work with clients who are highly distressed and anxious.
To be compassionate in meeting the needs of patients, their carers’ and family members.
To provide clinical supervision and training to less experienced colleagues within the service and to multidisciplinary colleagues.
To contribute to formal and informal research as an integral part of the post.
To be proactive in continual service improvement within own service area.
To promote at
As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.
We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.
We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our “Proud to be Green” engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme”.
The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Rachel Stretton Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 0300 123 1535
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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