Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Psychologist Mental Health Liaison and CRHT
Job summary
We're looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist to join our Mental Health Liaison and Crisis Resolution Home Treatment (CRHT) teams on the Isle of Wight.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting people experiencing acute mental health crises, helping them access timely assessment, treatment and support when they need it most. You will work as part of a compassionate and skilled multidisciplinary team that is committed to improving outcomes for service users and their families.

As a Clinical Psychologist, you will provide both clinical and professional leadership across the Mental Health Liaison and CRHT teams. You will support colleagues through supervision, mentoring, and day-to-day guidance, while maintaining a strong clinical presence and leading by example. Working alongside nursing, medical, and allied health professionals, you will contribute to service development, promote best practice and help ensure the highest standards of care for those accessing our services.

Main duties of the job
You will have experience of working with adults experiencing mental health crises and be confident working in partnership with families, carers, and partner agencies with a person-centred approach. Strong communication skills, clinical judgement and a commitment to supporting people through their recovery and transition back into the community is essential.

This role offers the opportunity to make a genuine difference, helping shape and develop crisis and liaison services across the Isle of Wight while supporting the professional growth of teams around you.

To provide high quality specialist assessment, formulation, individual and group psychological therapy to patients of the Isle of Wight Community Mental Health Teams, working within professional guidelines and the organisational structure of the Service's policies and procedures.

The characteristics of the core population include people with enduring mental health needs and complex emotional needs who may find it difficult to:

• Make or maintain relationships, connect with other people, including friends, family or work colleagues
• Manage and control their emotions
• Cope with life and difficult feelings
• Control their behaviours and impulses

Duties will also include working with other people involved in individuals' care (eg family or named carers). A recovery-focused approach is essential.

About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Details
Date posted: 12 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year, based on full time hours
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 348-IOW-13157
Job locations: Newport Health and Wellbeing Centre, 62 High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1BA; East Cowes Medical Centre, Church Path, East Cowes, PO32 6RP; Ryde Health and Wellbeing Centre, Pellhurst Road, Ryde, PO33 3DT

Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone. We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
A doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology or equivalent, and registration with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist. Or qualification as an RMN, social worker or occupational therapist with post-qualification training in psychological therapy equivalent to a diploma or above. AND Accredited registration with a relevant psychological professional body (e.g. HCPC, BABCP, ACAT, EMDR Association).
Desirable
Training and qualifications in staff training, other psychological therapies, or other fields of applied psychology.

Experience
Essential
Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of individuals and their families across a range of care settings (e.g. inpatient, community and primary care settings). Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
Desirable
Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts. Knowledge of the theory and practice of psychological therapy in specific groups (e.g. psychosis, personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer's website: https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
Hiring Manager: Ana Ambrose, ana.ambrose@nhs.net, 01983681801