The closing date is 13th Sep 2026
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Job summary
The primary purpose of this role will be to support the Consultant Psychologist to provide line management and clinical supervision to the team of psychologists, therapists and psychiatry and psychology trainees. The team of clinicians provide high quality, specialist clinical psychology services to people experiencing gambling harm with complex presentations. The post holder will participate in the development of a high quality, responsive and accessible service, delivering valued outcomes for clients and their families and carers. This includes the development of new and/or specialist psychological interventions for people experiencing gambling harm and additional needs which may require multiagency and indirect work. This role will support the development of a brand-new treatment service, using a digital psychotherapeutic informed approach to treat people who experience problem gambling.
The service will operate from 9am-5pm Monday to Friday. However, an out of hours clinic is planned in the future (one evening a week until 8pm). Therefore, the postholder will be expected to work outside of normal working hours as part of their role. Treatment options offered to patients would include treatment workshops, evidence-based psychological therapy (short and long term) and pharmacotherapy.
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Main duties, tasks & skills required
The post-holder is a member of the multi-professional team. As a senior clinician, with substantial clinical experience and post-qualification training, the post-holder will provide a high level of expertise within the Southern Gambling Service.
Working with the senior management team, clinical staff and peer support staff, to take a supporting role in the creation, development, containment and support of a multi-professional therapeutic environment and trauma-informed approach which can provide the highest quality psychologically informed care for adults experiencing harmful gambling and associated mental health problems.
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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
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Job description
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 - 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.
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Person specification
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Qualifications
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Essential
Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies. and lifespan developmental psychology.
Formal training in supervision of other psychologists or equivalent experience.
Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist
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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.
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UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
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For help with your application, contact:
Dr Mat King
[email protected]
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Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
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Band
Band 8b
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Salary
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£66582.00 to £77368.00 Yearly
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Contract
Permanent
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Working pattern
Full-Time, Flexible Working, Home or Remote Working
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Reference number
348-SSW-12329
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Job locations
College Keep
4-12 Terminus Terrace
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 3DT
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Attachments
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Job Description
HIOWH_JDandPS_8B Principal Psychologist.docx – 151KB Opens in a new window
Converted File HIOWH_JDandPS_8B Principal Psychologist.docx.pdf – 269KB Opens in a new window
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Additional document 1
EmployeeBenefits_hiowh_v1-compressed_3.pdf – 1001KB Opens in a new window
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