Job summaryWe have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Clinical Psychologist to work within our Children's Learning Disabilities and Autism team, in Southampton City. The post sits within the wider Hampshire and Isle of Wight Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) and within an established CAMHS psychology team. Post holder could come in as a band 7 with development to band 8a, or as a band 8a if they hold the relevant experience.
You would be joining a newly redesigned and developing service, where the successful candidate would play a key role in shaping and enhancing the team's future direction and service offer. and will be integral to the continued development of the team and the service offer. As a dynamic team we are committed to finding creative ways of providing timely, locally delivered, high quality and effective interventions that maximise mental health and maintain children and young people within their home and educational environment.
As a member of the team, you will be supporting children and young people on an individual basis as well as having an opportunity to contribute to the service development and the implementation of local services and care delivery pathways. You will have responsibilities for service development and supporting and supervising staff to deliver evidence-based interventions to children and young people, and their families. Good organisational skills and clinical assessment/problem solving skills are also required.
Main duties of the jobCollaborative working with a range of professionals is an important part of this post and it is essential you can work as part of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams. The ability to work both within individual and group-based therapeutic programs of care is also essential.
There is peer support, regular team supervision meetings, group and individual clinical supervision and regular line management meetings. This post will involve working across the SEND 0-25 team who are based at the Civic Offices in Southampton City Centre as well as community-based work.
We offer an exciting and dynamic environment where your ideas and career development will be valued. The post holder will be supported directly by the Principal Clinical Psychologist who sits across neurodiversity and Learning Disability Services in the city. We welcome applications from Clinical Psychologists who are already functioning as a Senior Clinical Psychologist as well as those who are interested in a development post, where you will be supported to develop from newly or recently qualified to a more senior level.
If you enjoy being a part of a team, are creative, seeking a new challenge and want to make a positive difference to the lives of children & young people and their families, then we would be delighted to hear from you.
For an informal conversation please contact Vicki Barrett via vicki.barrett2@nhs.net or on 07747 017245 or Dominic Wrein via dominic.wrein2@nhs.net
About usHampshire 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
DetailsDate posted10 August 2026
Pay schemeAgenda for change
BandBand 7
Salary£49,387 to £56,515 a year
ContractPermanent
Working patternFull-time
Reference number348-CFS-12054
Job locationsAdelaide Health Centre, Western Community Centre
William Macleod Way
Southampton
Hampshire
SO16 4XE
United Kingdom
Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesFurther 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 - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Job responsibilitiesFurther 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 - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, as accredited by the Health Professionals Council.
QualificationsEssential- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, as accredited by the Health Professionals Council.
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer detailsEmployer nameHampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
AddressAdelaide Health Centre, Western Community Centre
William Macleod Way
Southampton
Hampshire
SO16 4XE
United Kingdom
Employer's websitehttps://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer detailsEmployer nameHampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
AddressAdelaide Health Centre, Western Community Centre
William Macleod Way
Southampton
Hampshire
SO16 4XE
United Kingdom
Employer's websitehttps://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact detailsFor questions about the job, contact:Hiring Manager
Vicki Barrett
vicki.barrett2@nhs.net
DetailsDate posted10 August 2026
Pay schemeAgenda for change
BandBand 7
Salary£49,387 to £56,515 a year
ContractPermanent
Working patternFull-time
Reference number348-CFS-12054
Job locationsAdelaide Health Centre, Western Community Centre
William Macleod Way
Southampton
Hampshire
SO16 4XE
United Kingdom
Supporting documentsPrivacy noticeHampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust's privacy notice (opens in a new tab)
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.Applicants must have current UK professional registration. 
