Clinical Psychologist

Clinical Psychologist 

Salary:                                £57,528 - £64,751 (FTE) Depending on experience

Contract Type:            Permanent

Hours:                               22.5 hours per week (0.6 WTE), Monday to Friday. Working days are negotiable.                

What are we looking for?

We are seeking an experienced and compassionate Clinical Psychologist who is passionate about improving the psychological wellbeing of people affected by life-limiting illness.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape and lead the future of psychological services at St. Michael's Hospice. As our first dedicated Clinical Psychologist, you will combine highly specialist clinical practice with service development, working collaboratively with colleagues across the multidisciplinary team to create an innovative, evidence-based model of psychological care.

You will be an HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist with excellent assessment, formulation and therapeutic skills, alongside the vision and leadership to develop services that meet the changing needs of patients, families, carers and staff. You will be confident working autonomously, influencing across professional boundaries and supporting others through education, supervision and reflective practice.

If you are motivated by the opportunity to make a lasting difference and help shape the future of hospice psychological care, we would love to hear from you.

The role

As Clinical Psychologist, you will provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and evidence-based interventions for patients, families and carers experiencing the emotional, psychological and existential impact of life-limiting illness.

Working as a key member of our multidisciplinary team, you will provide expert consultation to colleagues, facilitate reflective practice and contribute to the delivery of compassionate, holistic palliative and end-of-life care.

Alongside your clinical responsibilities, you will lead the review and development of psychological services across the hospice. This includes designing care pathways, developing innovative models of emotional support, and creating a volunteer-supported psychological wellbeing service with appropriate governance, training and supervision.

You will work collaboratively with colleagues at Rowans Hospice to share expertise, align service models and support the delivery of high-quality psychological care across both organisations. The role also includes contributing to education, quality improvement, audit, evaluation and the ongoing development of psychological capability throughout the workforce.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence strategic service development whilst maintaining meaningful clinical practice, helping to ensure every patient and family has access to high-quality psychological support when they need it most.

St. Michael’s Hospice is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people. All staff are expected to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be required to undergo relevant background checks, including a DBS check and provide satisfactory reference before starting the role.

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

About St. Michael’s Hospice

St. Michael’s Hospice is a registered charity providing specialist palliative and end of life care services since 1992, for the people of North Hampshire. We are dedicated to providing care to people throughout North Hampshire who are affected by life limiting illness to attain the highest possible quality of life by providing a choice of specialist care and support.

As a charity, we depend on the kindness and support of our local community to continue offering our services free of charge. This care is made possible by supporters donating, taking part in fundraising events and activities, playing our lottery, shopping in our retail outlets, leaving gifts in their Wills or giving freely of their time to volunteer. 

Our benefits

We offer a competitive salary with attractive benefits, including, free parking, life assurance, 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and an extensive health and wellbeing plan and company pension.

Contact

For further information and to arrange informal visits, please contact Jo Fricker, on 01256 844744 or email: cathy.curry@rowanshospice.co.uk

In the event of a large number of applicants, St. Michael’s Hospice reserves the right to close a job vacancy advertisement earlier than indicated.

We do appreciate every application that we receive for our job vacancies, however, due to our limited resources, we regret that we are not always able to advise every candidate if they have not been shortlisted. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the advert’s closing date then it is likely that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

 

Closing date:                     28 September 2026 

Interview date:                TBC