Clinical Psychologist

NHS; Harlow; On-site; GBP 69,000 - 80,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Part time role

Job summary

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Main area Clinical Psychologist in Learning Disability. The post holder will deliver specialist psychological services to adults with learning disabilities across community and inpatient settings in Essex, providing assessments, interventions, and expert consultation.

You will use advanced psychology methods, contribute to audits and service development, and work within Trust policies and Equality and Diversity framework.

Qualifications

• Qualified clinical psychologist with learning disability experience.
• HCPC registration confirmed and up to date.
• Experience with Positive Behaviour Support approaches.
• Ability to work autonomously within Trust policies.

Responsibilities

• Provide a specialist clinical psychology service to adults with learning disabilities in Essex.
• Conduct highly specialised psychological assessment and interventions.
• Offer advice and consultation to non-psychologist colleagues and carers.
• Work autonomously within guidelines and contribute to service development and audit.
• Engage in research activities and identify priorities for psychological service provision.

Education

Doctoral level training in clinical psychology

Full Registration as a practitioner psychologist with the HCPC

Board-Certified Behaviour Analyst or equivalent (Positive Behaviour Support)

Post-doctoral training in specialised areas

Post graduate training in Positive Behaviour Support or Applied Behaviour Analysis

Job description

Main area Clinical Psychologist in Learning Disability Grade NHS AfC: Band 8b Contract Permanent Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

22.5 hours per week Job ref 367-LD&F-101767

Site Kao Park Town Harlow, Essex Salary £68,852 - £79,638 per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAS) Salary period Yearly Closing 22/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 04/12/2026

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from theCare 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. E verything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful post holder will provide a qualified specialist clinical psychology service to adults with learning disabilities, service providers and carers within the Essex area (both within the community and in-patient services as necessary). They will provide highly specialised psychological assessment and interventions, as well as offering advice and consultation on service users’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and other non-professional carers. They will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams’ policies and procedures. They will use research skills for audit, service development and research and contribute to identifying key areas and priorities for psychological service provision.

All staff should comply with the Trust’s Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and diversity.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology as accredited by the BPS.
• Full Registration as a practitioner psychologist with the HCPC
• Accredited as a Board-Certified Behaviour Analyst or equivalent accreditation in Positive Behaviour Support or Applied Behaviour Analysis.
• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
• Post graduate training in Positive Behaviour Support or Applied Behaviour Analysis.

Experience

• Significant experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist at a highly specialist level with people with a learning disability.
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of service users across care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient.
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention.
• Previous experience of using Positive Behaviour support with people who have learning disabilities, their families & carers.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.

Please note, we do not charge fees for job applications, recruitment processes, sponsorship arrangements, or employment offers.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Alison Spencer Job title Consultant Psychologist Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07789 943708 Additional information

Nina Viljoen (Consultant Clinical Psychologist) can also be contacted [e-mail] or 07879817531