Clinical Psychologist

NHS; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Hemel Hempstead is seeking a Clinical Psychologist to join their dedicated team. The role involves providing high-quality psychological services to children and young people. Candidates should possess a doctorate in clinical psychology and have experience in clinical settings. This full-time position offers a supportive environment focused on service development and quality improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience of independent administration and interpretation in cognitive assessment.
• Substantial pre-qualification clinical experience under supervision.

Responsibilities

• Completion of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients.
• Providing professional and clinical supervision to Assistant Psychologists.

Skills

Compassionate Services

Trauma-informed Care

Clinical Responsibility

Communication

Research

Service Development

Education

Post-graduate doctorate in clinical Psychology

Full registration with Health Professions Council

Chartered status with the British Psychological Society

Job description

Go back Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Psychologist

The closing date is 13 May 2025

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.

Main duties of the job

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.

Please see job description and person specification for further details.

About us

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 4,000 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:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for detail of the main responsibilities of the job. Based across Hemel and St.Albans

Person Specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

• Post-graduate doctorate in clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, or fully completed training as a Counselling Psychologist
• Full registration with Health Professions Council under the Clinical or Counselling modality
• Related academic qualifications to masters or doctorate level
• Experience of independent administration and interpretation in cognitive assessment
• Experience of research, service development and audit
• Substantial pre-qualification clinical experience under supervision to enable the post holder to take full clinical responsibility for their caseload
• Chartered status with the British Psychological Society
• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice

Areas of Experience and Knowledge

• Experience of working with moderate to severe mental health problems with a wide range of client groups across the whole life course with ? presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for client's psychological care and treatment both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency collaboration
• Doctoral level knowledge of clinical/counselling psychology including highly developed knowledge of developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, child and adolescent mental and a range of therapeutic models
• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology
• Skills in the use of complex methods ? of psychological assessment intervention and management with clients with complex problems, including specialised psychological interventions for difficult to treat groups (eg multiple mental health and/or physical health problems)
• Ability to demonstrate an area of special interest/skill and experience in an evidence based therapeutic intervention
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS and HCPC
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively and well, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non -professional groups
• Able to plan own workload; and coordinate with other relevant staff in the delivery of clinical service
• Able to work at a high level of professional autonomy and responsibility, in a collaborative multi -disciplinary Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex ? multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical / counseling psychology
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice in relation to children/adolescents
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non - professional groups
• Experience of working within a multi -cultural framework
• Experience of having published in either peer reviewed academic or professional journals and/or books
• Good presentation and teaching skills and ability to use multi -media materials for formal presentations to large groups
• Familiarity with computing ? technology, including keyboard skills, and use of word -processing, e -mail, and internet software
• Well -developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups within CAMHS
• Experience and knowledge of CAPA and CYP -IAPT

Communication Skills

• Ability to work and communicate highly sensitive, contentious information effectively in a highly emotive or hostile atmosphere, and to overcome barriers to acceptance/psychological resistance to potentially threatening information
• Ability to work with children and young people whose behaviour is personally challenging
• Ability to establish and maintain professional relationships and boundaries with young people
• Ability to provide a therapeutic environment which contributes to young people's healthy development
• Ability to think clearly and express self
• Ability to assess reports and clinical information and provide clear and concise information tailored for ? different audiences

Analytical Skills

• Able to prioritise work, to operate a waiting list, meet short deadlines and an unpredictable work pattern which requires regular revision of plans
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and ? maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behavior

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

Address

The Marlowes Health and Wellbeing Centre, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1LD / and St. Albans

41, The Marlowes Health and Wellbeing Centre

£48,270 to £54,931 a yearper annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAS)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

367-CYP-9341

Job locations

The Marlowes Health and Wellbeing Centre, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1LD / and St. Albans

41, The Marlowes Health and Wellbeing Centre