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Leeds Teaching Hospitals (Senior) Clinical Psychologist

The closing date is 10 November 2026

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Job summary

We are looking to recruit a Senior Clinical Psychologist (Band 8a), 1.0 WTE, to join us in providing specialist clinical psychology services to adults and children admitted following major trauma at Leeds General Infirmary. The post holder would offer inpatient psychological assessment and intervention, supporting adjustment, rehabilitation and hospital discharge alongside the Major Trauma MDT. The post would cover both MTC patients at Leeds General Infirmary and St Jamess University Hospital. The role would also include psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for outpatients following major trauma. This is a permanent post, open to existing Band 8a clinical psychologists and Band 7 clinical psychologists with post-qualification experience of working in physical health settings. For applicants appointed at Band 7, support would be provided within the role to progress to Band 8a via an established preceptorship programme. The post is part of the Major Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery psychology team. The post holder would be expected to attend team meetings, which are held on Wednesdays, at least once a month. At Band 8a level, the post holder would offer supervision to early career psychologists, as appropriate to the role and WTE. We hope to recruit and retain staff by offering a wide range of clinical experiences and supervision. We support people to develop their clinical and leadership skills.

Main duties of the job

Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust provides a range of high profile and expert clinical services which include major trauma, neurorehabilitation and cancer centres. It is an ambitious Trust with core values of empowerment, fairness, collaboration, accountability and patient-centred care. It is in this context that the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology has flourished over the past decade. The Department now has over 60 clinicians organised in consultant-led teams. We are a friendly department with a good team spirit who value balancing our work and home life. We encourage flexible working which can, for example, include compression of working hours. The Trust has a range of excellent staff benefits and salary sacrifice schemes (including car leasing and cycle-to-work schemes) and on-site facilities. Being part of a large teaching hospitals Trust, the Department of Clinical Health Psychology is academically ambitious with strong links to the regional clinical training programme, and schools of psychology, medicine and healthcare at the University of Leeds. There are opportunities for research, service-evaluation, audit, teaching and delivering supervision. Supervision, funded CPD and training will be built into your job as our priority is to train and retain your skills and create opportunities for you to progress into more senior roles, without having to look to other employers to progress. We all have annual job plan reviews which align with our own appraisals an

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Details

Date posted

27 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57,528 to £64,750 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

002416

Job locations

Leeds General Infirmary

Leeds

West Yorkshire

LS1 3EX

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

For questions about this job, contact:

Louise Johnson Consultant Psychologist [email protected] 0113 206 5897 Shortlisting Date: TBC Interview Date: TBC

Please Note: All salaries listed reflect the pay for full time roles. Any part time roles will be pro rata.

Job Summary

We are looking to recruit a Senior Clinical Psychologist (Band 8a), 1.0 WTE, to join us in providing specialist clinical psychology services to adults and children admitted following major trauma at Leeds General Infirmary. The post holder would offer inpatient psychological assessment and intervention, supporting adjustment, rehabilitation and hospital discharge alongside the Major Trauma MDT. The post would cover both MTC patients at Leeds General Infirmary and St James’s University Hospital. The role would also include psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for outpatients following major trauma. This is a permanent post, open to existing Band 8a clinical psychologists and Band 7 clinical psychologists with post-qualification experience of working in physical health settings. For applicants appointed at Band 7, support would be provided within the role to progress to Band 8a via an established preceptorship programme.

The post is part of the Major Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery psychology team. The post holder would be expected to attend team meetings, which are held on Wednesdays, at least once a month. At Band 8a level, the post holder would offer supervision to early career psychologists, as appropriate to the role and WTE.

We hope to recruit and retain staff by offering a wide range of clinical experiences and supervision. We support people to develop their clinical and leadership skills.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust provides a range of high profile and expert clinical services which include major trauma, neurorehabilitation and cancer centres. It is an ambitious Trust with core values of empowerment, fairness, collaboration, accountability and patient-centred care. It is in this context that the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology has flourished over the past decade. The Department now has over 60 clinicians organised in consultant-led teams. We are a friendly department with a good team spirit who value balancing our work and home life. We encourage flexible working which can, for example, include compression of working hours. The Trust has a range of excellent staff benefits and salary sacrifice schemes (including car leasing and cycle-to-work schemes) and on-site facilities.

Being part of a large teaching hospitals Trust, the Department of Clinical Health Psychology is academically ambitious with strong links to the regional clinical training programme, and schools of psychology, medicine and healthcare at the University of Leeds. There are opportunities for research, service-evaluation, audit, teaching and delivering supervision.

Supervision, funded CPD and training will be built into your job as our priority is to train and retain your skills and create opportunities for you to progress into more senior roles, without having to look to other employers to progress. We all have annual job plan reviews which align with our own appraisals and ambitions.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are….

Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our priorities:

People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For questions about this job, contact:

Louise Johnson Consultant Psychologist [email protected] 0113 206 5897 Shortlisting Date: TBC Interview Date: TBC

Please Note: All salaries listed reflect the pay for full time roles. Any part time roles will be pro rata.

Job Summary

We are looking to recruit a Senior Clinical Psychologist (Band 8a), 1.0 WTE, to join us in providing specialist clinical psychology services to adults and children admitted following major trauma at Leeds General Infirmary. The post holder would offer inpatient psychological assessment and intervention, supporting adjustment, rehabilitation and hospital discharge alongside the Major Trauma MDT. The post would cover both MTC patients at Leeds General Infirmary and St James’s University Hospital. The role would also include psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for outpatients following major trauma. This is a permanent post, open to existing Band 8a clinical psychologists and Band 7 clinical psychologists with post-qualification experience of working in physical health settings. For applicants appointed at Band 7, support would be provided within the role to progress to Band 8a via an established preceptorship programme.

The post is part of the Major Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery psychology team. The post holder would be expected to attend team meetings, which are held on Wednesdays, at least once a month. At Band 8a level, the post holder would offer supervision to early career psychologists, as appropriate to the role and WTE.

We hope to recruit and retain staff by offering a wide range of clinical experiences and supervision. We support people to develop their clinical and leadership skills.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust provides a range of high profile and expert clinical services which include major trauma, neurorehabilitation and cancer centres. It is an ambitious Trust with core values of empowerment, fairness, collaboration, accountability and patient-centred care. It is in this context that the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology has flourished over the past decade. The Department now has over 60 clinicians organised in consultant-led teams. We are a friendly department with a good team spirit who value balancing our work and home life. We encourage flexible working which can, for example, include compression of working hours. The Trust has a range of excellent staff benefits and salary sacrifice schemes (including car leasing and cycle-to-work schemes) and on-site facilities.

Being part of a large teaching hospitals Trust, the Department of Clinical Health Psychology is academically ambitious with strong links to the regional clinical training programme, and schools of psychology, medicine and healthcare at the University of Leeds. There are opportunities for research, service-evaluation, audit, teaching and delivering supervision.

Supervision, funded CPD and training will be built into your job as our priority is to train and retain your skills and create opportunities for you to progress into more senior roles, without having to look to other employers to progress. We all have annual job plan reviews which align with our own appraisals and ambitions.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are….

Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our priorities:

People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.

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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.

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Leeds General Infirmary

Leeds

West Yorkshire

LS1 3EX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Leeds General Infirmary

Leeds

West Yorkshire

LS1 3EX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant Psychologist

Louse Johnson

[email protected]

Details

Date posted

27 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57,528 to £64,750 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

002416

Job locations

Leeds General Infirmary

Leeds

West Yorkshire

LS1 3EX

United Kingdom

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