Clinical Psychologist – Early Intervention in Psychosis

Overview

In this role, you work within the Southampton EIP team to deliver psychologically-informed care for individuals experiencing first episode psychosis, including families and carers. You act as an autonomous practitioner, providing specialist assessments, treatment, supervision, and consultation while contributing to service development and research. You collaborate with local services and the broader SPS team to advance care for diverse communities. This position offers a supportive, research‑minded environment with strong supervision and CPD opportunities.

Pay / Benefits

• Band 8a salary (57,528 to 64,750 a year)
• Flexible working options
• strong supervision structures
• CPD and academic links
• NHS team environment
• supportive, multi-disciplinary culture

Responsibilities

• Undertake highly specialist psychological assessments and provide expert consultancy to the EIP team and external partners
• Deliver specialist treatment for complex cases and plan prioritised clinical workload
• Provide supervision and training for trainee psychologists and multi‑professional colleagues
• Contribute to policy/service development and participate in research, audits, and service improvement
• Engage with families/carers and other identified persons where appropriate
• Support and collaborate with colleagues across local services and the Trust for integrated care
• Promote a research ethos within the clinical team and apply research skills to audit and service development

Key requirements

• Doctoral level training in applied psychology (or equivalent for pre-1996 entrants) including models of psychopathology, psychometrics, neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies, and lifespan development (BPS accredited)
• HCPC Practitioner Psychologist registration
• Further training in CBT for Psychosis and/or Family Intervention

• Engaging and collaborative
• Strong communication and supervision skills
• Autonomous, self-motivated with good organisational abilities
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis (CBT-P)
• Family Intervention
• Research methods and audit for service development

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