8B Lead Practitioner Psychologist - Part time

Job Advert Skip to main content Cookies on NHS Jobs We've put some small files called cookies on your device to help us make improvements to our site. To improve our site we'd also like to use cookies which will send information to Google Analytics. You can read more about our cookies before you choose. Accept analytics cookies Do not accept analytics cookies Jobs Menu Sign in Create an account English Cymraeg Menu Close menu Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) BETA Your feedback will help us to improve this service. Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 8B Lead Practitioner Psychologist - Part time The closing date is 26 October 2026 Apply for this job Job summary Lead Practitioner Psychologist (Band 8b) Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams (Complex Needs Service Line) in Epsom. This is an exciting time to join Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as we continue to transform adult community mental health services through our innovative Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams. We are seeking experienced and compassionate Clinical or Counselling Psychologists who are passionate about delivering high-quality psychological care and shaping the future of community mental health services. We are recruiting several Lead Practitioner Psychologists across a range of localities within our Complex Needs Service Line . These are influential senior leadership roles for highly skilled Clinical or Counselling Psychologists who are motivated to drive service development, champion psychologically informed care, and support multidisciplinary teams to deliver outstanding outcomes for people experiencing complex mental health difficulties. These posts will be supported and supervised by the respective place-based Consultant Psychologist. Main duties of the job As the senior psychological professional within your Neighbourhood Team, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for psychological practice while maintaining a meaningful clinical caseload. Working alongside experienced multidisciplinary colleagues, you will help shape innovative models of care, embed evidence-based interventions and ensure that psychological thinking is at the heart of service delivery. Please see JD for full key responsibilities, some of them included the following: Provide professional leadership and governance for a highly specialist psychology service, ensuring safe, effective practice, compliance with legal and professional standards, and high-quality patient care. Lead and develop the place-based psychological workforce , including supervision, appraisal, recruitment, workforce development, teaching, mentoring, and supporting students and junior staff. Drive service improvement and strategic development through contributing to partnership working, policy and care pathway development and ensuring equity and inclusion for people with protected characteristics. Deliver and promote expert psychological practice , including specialist assessment, formulation, intervention and consultation, while leading audit, research, innovation and the implementation of national best practice standards. About us Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is transforming adult community mental health care through integrated Neighbourhood Teams, delivering person-centred, trauma-informed support in partnership with primary care, local authorities and voluntary sector organisations. Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire. We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population.