Job summaryWe are delighted to introduce psychology across our all-age Home Treatment Teams as part of the service delivery model designed to enhance community-based crisis care and improve outcomes for people over 18 years who are experiencing a mental health crisis.
This is a unique opportunity to shape and develop psychology provision within a dynamic multidisciplinary team, bringing a psychological perspective to crisis intervention, recovery-focused care, and admission avoidance pathways. As a newly established role, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to influence service development, strengthen psychological leadership within the team, and contribute to the future direction of home treatment services.
As the Senior Psychologist within the team, you will be providing expert psychological assessment, formulation, and interventions for people who are experiencing an acute mental health crisis and their families. Your psychologically informed interventions will support recovery, resilience, and wellbeing, helping individuals to better understand and manage their difficulties. You will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to support people to remain at home during a crisis and facilitate timely discharges from hospital where appropriate.
Main duties of the jobPromoting health and independence for people who use our services and their carers/support staff by delivering high quality psychology assessments, formulation and interventions; providing consultation, supervision and guidance to band 7s, trainees, assistant psychologists and others as required.
About usSurrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.
We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for these job roles.Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.We look forward to receiving your application!
DetailsDate posted: 02 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £59,798 to £67,020 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 325-8255967-SS
Job locations: Farnham Road Hospital, Farnham Road, Guildford, GU2 7LX, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities- To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the psychological needs of people using our services.
- To promote a psychological perspective both within teams and sharing with other colleagues.
- To lead on complex and challenging cases and develop expertise within area of specialism.
- To work collaboratively with team managers/ Clinical leads in the development and delivering of effective services.
- To mentor, supervise and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students.
- To leading on a specific service development projects.
Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential- Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent
- Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course to enable supervision of trainees (or completion within 6 months of commencement in post)
- Holds a drivers lincense and has access to a vehicle for work purposes
RegistrationEssential- HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist
ExperienceEssential- Experience across a range of psychological models including systemic, behavioural and individual therapeutic
- Demonstrable post registration/clinical experience and competency relevant to this care group
- Experience of contributing to clinical practice/service development / project work.
- Experience of supervising assistant and trainee clinical psychologists
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 name: Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Farnham Road Hospital, Farnham Road, Guildford, GU2 7LX, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us
Employer contact detailsFor questions about the job, contact: AD of Therapies Hospital, Urgent & Emergency Care, Louise Wiggins, louise.wiggins@sabp.nhs.uk, 07825732925
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. 
