Clinical/Counselling Psychologist Band 8a

Integrated Care System; Radlett; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Une organisation de santé basée dans le NHS recherche un Psychologue Clinique/Counseling de Band 8a pour rejoindre un service de psychologie dynamique. Le candidat idéal devra faire preuve de passion pour le soutien des patients et avoir des compétences solides dans l'évaluation psychologique et l'intervention. Avantages incluent une formation, jours de congé supplémentaires et un excellent régime de retraite.

Benefits

27 à 33 jours de congé par an

Excellents programmes de santé et bien-être

Système de location de véhicule NHS

Qualifications

• Doit avoir une qualification professionnelle pertinente.
• Avoir une expérience de travail dans les services d'inpatient.
• Compétences en évaluation et traitement psychologique.

Responsibilities

• Fournir des services psychologiques spécialisés aux patients sur les unités de santé mentale.
• Implémenter des interventions psychologiques basées sur des données probantes.
• Fournir des supervisions et conseils aux collègues.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Crisis intervention

Trauma informed care

Education

Doctoral level qualification in psychology

HCPC Practitioner Psychologist

Job description

Go back Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical/Counselling Psychologist Band 8a

The closing date is 20 July 2025

Here at HPFT we have a long history of delivering outstanding care, and we are taking our inpatient psychological therapies service to the next level. Through an extensive expansion of our psychology provision, we are in a period of skill development with the wider workforce and embedding trauma informed approaches across all wards. This is an exciting time of change.

We are looking for a caring and committed 8a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to work alongside the multi-disciplinary team in supporting change. If you have the relevant skills, are energetic, imaginative and, above all, care passionately about working with individuals and their families towards recovery, then we want to hear from you!

The role is based in the innovative and purpose-built Kingfisher Court, Radlett. You will form part of a vibrant, passionate, and supportive inpatient psychology service. You will be based on Owl ward, an 18 bedded male treatment ward. Psychology is highly valued and sought after in this unit.

For the right candidate we would consider a developmental period from Band 7 to Band 8a.

We don't want you to miss out so we'd like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date - Apply now!

For an informal chat, contact Perter Ord on 07815025281

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will:

• Provide a specialist psychology service to service users on the adult mental health wards.
• Provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and interventions.
• Provide clinical supervision, advice and consultation to colleagues, and to other non-professional carers, on psychological aspects of assessment, formulation, care and treatment.
• Provide compassionate care that is based on empathy, kindness, respect and dignity, and underpinned by principles of recovery and knowledge of trauma informed approaches.
• Support the development and roll out ofTrauma Informed Approachesacross HPFT inpatient services as we change the question people ask from "What's wrong with you?" to "What's happened to you?"

In return, we can offer you:

• leadership and management training opportunities
• 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a minimum and a maximum payment pro rata)
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
• One of the UK's best pension schemes
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing services
• Special leave for family and personal reasons
• NHS Car Lease Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trustare one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,000 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:

Job responsibilities

To provide specialist psychological assessments of service users referred to Acute Services based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex psychological data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.

To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods of proven efficacy, across the full range of care settings.To be responsible for implementing a range of evidence-based psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.To provide specialist psychological supervision, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulations, diagnoses and treatment plans.To ensure that all members of the treating team have access to a psychologically based framework for understanding and care of clients of the service, through the provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological research and theory with a focus on Trauma Informed Approaches.For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

Person Specification

KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

• Relevant professional qualification i.e. Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Practitioner Psychologist Clinical
• Professional qualification doctoral level or equivalent, which should include knowledge and application of research methodology
• Experience of working in inpatient or crisis services

AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

• Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings
• Experience of working with wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face off highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
• Knowledge of and some experience of cognitive and neuropsychological assessment
• Knowledge of physical illness and its impact on psychological health
• Experience of service quality monitoring e.g. clinical audit, evaluative research etc.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

£53,755 to £60,504 a yearper annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAS)