Clinical / Counselling Psychologist

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT); St Albans; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in Hertfordshire is seeking a HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist to support Children and Young People and their families across Hemel Hempstead and St Albans. The role involves specialist psychological assessments, risk assessments, and delivering targeted interventions within a supportive, psychologically minded team.

You will contribute to service development, audit and research, provide professional supervision to Assistant

Qualifications

• HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist.
• Experience with children and young people.
• Ability to provide specialist assessments and interventions.

Responsibilities

• Perform specialist psychological assessments including risk assessment.
• Provide highly specialist psychological advice and formulation for cases.
• Provide supervision to Assistant Psychologists.
• Contribute to service development, evaluation, research and CPD.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Therapy delivery

Risk assessment

Consultation

Job description

We are looking to appoint an HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist to join our welcoming and psychologically minded team to provide a service of excellence for Children and Young People and their families within Hertfordshire mainly in Hemel Hempstead and St. Albans. This post brings a diversity of experience, from providing specialist assessments and intervention, to supporting other members of the psychology team, and working closely with members of the wider multi-disciplinary team.

We also recognise the key role that consultation can play in developing our services and being a central part of our psychology offer. The ideal candidate for us will be someone who shares our values about offering compassionate and trauma-informed services, whether in the psychological therapies or the neuropsychological assessment aspect of the service. The ethos of the team is one of continuous quality improvement and co-producing what our clients require, and we are looking for candidates who share a passion for service development and innovation. We hope that candidates will bring skills and knowledge to support audit, research, and project development within the service.

The key duties of the job will involve completion of specialist psychological assessment (including risk assessment) and treatment of clients referred to the service. The postholder also will be responsible for providing highly specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to a service user's formulation, diagnosis and case management plan.

The key duties will also involve providing professional and clinical supervision to Assistant Psychologists working in the service. Other important duties will involve supporting psychological aspects of service development, evaluation, research and teaching and maintaining standards in supervision and CPD.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission.

Our Family Of Over 4,500 Members Of Staff Provide Health And Social Care For People With Mental Ill Health, Physical Ill Health And Learning Disabilities Across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex And Norfolk, Delivering These Services Within The Community And Several Inpatient Settings. Everything Is Underpinned By Choice, Independence And Equality, With Our Trust Values Embedded Throughout

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.