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Clinical Psychologists

Clinical psychologists work with people experiencing emotional, psychological or behavioural distress, perform tests and assess their emotional, cognitive and behavioural processes, and determine treatments to help patients improve their mental wellbeing.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£20,780
£37,860
£55,781

New workers start around £20,780. Normal pay is £37,860 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £55,781.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 14,654 vacancies for this type of job

4.97%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Writes reports on their work and conducts applied research.

  • Maintains required contacts with family members, education or other health professionals, as appropriate, and recommends possible solutions to problems presented.

  • Helps patients to manage their own psychological conditions.

  • Provides treatment or guidance using a variety of therapy and counselling techniques.

  • Determines appropriate treatment and may refer patients to other mental health professionals.

  • Administers tests to assess patients' needs through interviews, psychometric tests and observation of their behaviour.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Clinical Psychology

  • Psychology

  • Mental Health

  • Psychological Evaluations

  • Auditing

  • Clinical Supervision

  • Service Development

  • Risk Analysis

  • Trauma Care

  • Risk Management

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Research

  • Management

  • Teaching

  • Communication

  • Leadership

  • Presentations

  • Governance

  • Planning

  • Professional Responsibility

  • Teamwork

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Clinical Psychology

University of Central Lancashire

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Preston · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 104/120

Clinical Psychology

University of Worcester

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Worcester · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Psychology (Clinical)

London South Bank University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience

University of Westminster, London

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 104/104

Forensic Psychology

Manchester Metropolitan University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Manchester · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 128/128

Psychology with Clinical Psychology

University of Plymouth

MPsych · 5 Years · Full-time with year in industry · Plymouth · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 120/136

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