Clinical psychologist : Employers and vacancy sources

Clinical psychologists are currently in demand and will continue to be required by the National Health Service (NHS) (see NHS Careers ).

There are currently over 4,000 clinical psychologists working in the UK in a wide range of health and social care settings, including:

• hospitals;
• psychiatric units;
• health centres;
• community mental health teams;
• child and adolescent mental health services;
• social services.

Most clinical psychology services are organised within NHS trusts, or partnerships between NHS trusts and local authorities, called care trusts. Some trusts provide services to other trusts through service level agreements and almost all have a professional advisory mechanism for guiding decisions about the provision of psychology services.

Clinical psychologists may also be employed by schools and universities. Others work in the private sector or are self-employed.

Sources of vacancies

• Search graduate jobs on this site.
• Psychologist Appointments  
• Mental Health Jobs  
• NHS Jobs  
• Guardian Jobs  - Wednesdays.
• Health Service Journal  
• Hospital internal vacancy bulletins.
• Local and national press.

Recruitment agencies rarely handle vacancies.

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