Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you an experienced Clinical or Counselling Psychologist looking to take the next step into a senior leadership role? We are seeking a Consultant Psychologist to lead the delivery and development of psychological services, providing expert clinical care, professional leadership, and service improvement across our specialist service.

What you will be doing

As Consultant Psychologist, you will provide expert psychological leadership, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based psychological services. You will undertake highly specialist assessments, formulations, and therapeutic interventions while supporting the wider multidisciplinary team through consultation, supervision, training, and professional guidance.

You will work autonomously and collaboratively to develop personalised treatment plans, supporting individuals with complex mental health presentations and autism. Using your expertise, you will provide specialist psychological input into care planning, risk assessment, treatment decisions, and recovery pathways, ensuring interventions are accessible, effective, and person-centred.

Alongside managing a specialist clinical caseload, you will lead and develop psychological services within the hospital, providing supervision and support to psychologists, assistant psychologists, trainees, and other clinical colleagues. You will promote best practice, maintain high professional standards, and contribute to creating an environment that supports recovery, dignity, and positive outcomes.

You will also play a key role in service development, quality improvement, audit, and research activities. Through leadership and innovation, you will help shape and enhance the psychological service, introducing new ways of working and ensuring services continue to meet the needs of service users and the wider organisation.

Key responsibilities

• Provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and intervention for individuals with complex mental health needs.
• Deliver evidence-based therapeutic interventions for individuals, families, and groups.
• Provide clinical leadership, consultation, supervision, and training to psychology colleagues and multidisciplinary teams.
• Support and develop psychology staff through supervision, professional leadership, recruitment, and appraisal processes.
• Lead service improvement, quality, audit, research, and development initiatives.
• Ensure psychological services operate within professional, ethical, and governance standards.
• Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to enhance care pathways and service user outcomes.
• Utilise outcome measures and service user feedback to continually improve clinical practice.
• Contribute specialist expertise in supporting individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and complex presentations.

To be successful as a Consultant Psychologist, you will have:

• An Honours Degree in Psychology recognised by the British Psychological Society (BPS).
• A Doctorate in Clinical, Counselling, or relevant Practitioner Psychology discipline.
• Current HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.
• Significant experience delivering specialist psychological assessment and intervention in complex care environments.
• Experience working with individuals with complex mental health needs and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
• Experience providing clinical supervision, consultation, leadership, and training to multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong understanding of evidence-based therapies, risk management, safeguarding, and clinical governance.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
• A passion for service development, innovation, and continuous improvement.

What You’ll Get

At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:

• Competitive annual salary
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window. 
• Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals
• Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts
• Life Assurance, for added peace of mind
• Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support.
• 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be
• Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time
• Pension contribution, to help secure your future
• Free meals and onsite free parking

About your next employer:

Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. 

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally. 

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• An Honours Degree in Psychology recognised by the British Psychological Society (BPS). A Doctorate in Clinical, Counselling, or relevant Practitioner Psychology discipline. Current HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist. Significant experience delivering specialist psychological assessment and intervention in complex care environments. Experience working with individuals with complex mental health needs and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Experience providing clinical supervision, consultation, leadership, and training to multidisciplinary teams. Strong understanding of evidence-based therapies, risk management, safeguarding, and clinical governance.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Elysium Healthcare

Address

Elysium Healthcare

Keighley

BD20 6TU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.elysiumhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)