Clinical Psychologist Employment Contract UK

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

• Assess psychological needs using appropriate methods.
• Formulate and deliver agreed interventions.
• Maintain clear confidential clinical records.
• Manage caseload risk and escalation.
• Provide supervision within verified competence.
• Maintain registration and professional development.

A realistic working scenario

The psychologist may review a referral, assess risk and needs, formulate with the person, agree an intervention, document progress and coordinate urgent safeguarding, crisis or multidisciplinary action.

Outputs to agree

• thorough psychological assessment and formulation
• planned, evidence-informed intervention
• clear risk, review and multidisciplinary communication

Records and evidence

• Referral, assessment and formulation records.
• Risk, consent and intervention notes.
• Outcome, review and discharge evidence.
• Supervision, safeguarding and multidisciplinary communications.
• Clinical notes.
• Assessment records.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Clinical Lead, Therapy Lead, Service Manager or Practice Manager. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

• Work within the Employer's documented caseload, service criteria and clinical escalation. The employee should not work outside competence or accept a managerial instruction that conflicts with professional safety, confidentiality or safeguarding duties.
• May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

Supervision

• Provide supervision within verified competence.
• Allocate and review assigned work within delegated authority and escalate formal people matters through the Employer's procedures.

Tools and systems

• Clinical systems.
• Patient record systems.
• Therapy or diagnostic equipment where authorised.
• Secure clinical communication tools.
• Incident reporting systems.

Workplace context

• Clinic, therapy, diagnostic, community or approved patient-facing areas.

Training and certification

• Complete employer-required safeguarding training.
• Complete employer-required health and safety training.

Contract priorities

• professional registration, supervision and competence
• clinical caseload, locations and lone working
• special-category information and therapy records
• risk, crisis, safeguarding and multidisciplinary escalation

Information the employer should prepare

• the service, population and intervention scope
• the registration and competence requirements
• the caseload and appointment pattern
• the supervision provided and delivered
• the record and outcome systems
• the crisis and safeguarding pathways