Clinical Psychologist

Transformation Unit; Harlow; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 48,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Part-time

Job summary

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a part-time Clinical Psychologist (0.6 WTE) for the adult Learning Disability Service. Based in Kao Park, Harlow, you will work across West and Mid Essex, providing highly specialist assessments and therapies for adults with learning disabilities.

Remote working opportunities may be available. You will supervise colleagues, contribute to service development, and participate in teaching, CPD and research linked to Essex LD

Qualifications

• Qualified clinical psychologist with doctoral training and HCPC registration.
• Experience delivering specialist psychological assessments and interventions for adults with learning disabilities.
• Experience supervising staff and contributing to service development.
• Experience applying Positive Behaviour Support with LD populations across care settings.

Responsibilities

• Lead psychological services for adults with learning disabilities in the area.
• Carry out highly specialist assessments and interventions for adults across varying ability levels.
• Provide supervision and contribute to team development and training.
• Support pathways with Essex Learning Disability Partnership; engage in teaching, CPD and research.

Skills

Clinical psychology

Learning disability care

Assessments & interventions

Positive Behaviour Support

Psychological assessment tools

Education

Doctoral level training in clinical psychology

HCPC registration

Board-Certified Behaviour Analyst / Positive Behaviour Support

Post-doctoral training in specialised areas

Post graduate training in Positive Behaviour Support

Tools

Psychological assessment tools

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

Employer Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS 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

Clinical Psychologist

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Values Based Screener

At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the adult Learning Disability Service in HPFT. This is a part time (0.6 WTE) post. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to join an established and dynamic team where the role of psychology is valued. The post holder would be based in Kao Park, Harlow and will involve working across west and mid Essex. There will also be opportunities for remote working.

Main duties of the job

This role will involve taking a lead with clinical issues and holding responsibilities for psychological services, primarily for the Mid West Essex community LD service. The post holder will be responsible for carrying out highly specialist psychological assessments and therapeutic interventions for adults across a range of ability levels and offer support for their families and carers. Alongside holding a small caseload, the successful applicant will play a major role in the supervision and management of other members of the psychology service. They will be actively involved in service development work, particularly around the implementation of the pathways with Essex Learning Disability Partnership. The service has active links with both Essex and Hertfordshire Clinical Psychology Training Programmes and there will be opportunities for teaching, continuing professional development and research, depending on the applicant’s interest.

Working for our organisation

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. Please see the Trust careers vacancy webpage and Trac as the only authorised routes for recruitment communications, applications and verification of job 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.

Nina Viljoen (Consultant Clinical Psychologist) can also be contacted on [emailprotected] or 07879817531