In-patient Clinical Psychologist

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust; Duston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in England seeks an In-patient Clinical Psychologist to join their team. This role involves working with older patients experiencing emotional disorders and providing psychological assessments and interventions. Candidates should have a doctoral qualification in Clinical Psychology and relevant experience. This position offers opportunities for training and supervision, aiming to support both professional growth and patient care. The trust emphasizes a collaborative approach and values innovative practices in service delivery.

Benefits

Preceptorship programme

Supervision from experienced professionals

Training opportunities

Qualifications

• Eligibility for HCPC registration or equivalent.
• Post qualification training in a specific therapeutic approach.
• Experience working within older people's services.

Responsibilities

• Offer assessment and formulation for a wide range of presentations.
• Support the development of the Structured Clinical Management pathway.
• Provide enhanced neuropsychological assessment for complex presentations.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Intervention planning

Team collaboration

Reflective practice

Neuropsychological assessment

Education

Doctoral Qualification in Clinical Psychology

Eligible for HCPC registration

Job description

Go back Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

In-patient Clinical Psychologist

The closing date is 16 February 2026

We are looking to recruit a full-time Senior Clinical Psychologist (or equivalent) or a more recently qualified Clinical Psychologist seeking a preceptorship role to join the south in-patient service for older people within Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT). This service offers psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for people over the age of 65 years with dementia, as well as those experiencing distress from emotional disorders or psychosis who require admission.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work alongside an enthusiastic multidisciplinary team to:

• Offer assessment, formulation and intervention for a wide range of presentations using both individual and group approaches
• Support the development of the Structured Clinical Management (SCM) pathway for older people living with personality disorder
• Offer Case Formulation, reflective practice and training sessions for staff teams to extend psychological ways of working
• Offer enhanced neuropsychological assessment for more complex presentations
• Collaborate in using outcome information to inform and develop good practice

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Job responsibilities

Joining this service can offer:

• Preceptorship programme for newly qualified staff wishing to progress to a Senior role
• Supervision from a Principal Clinical Psychologist, with additional supervision available from the Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist & Highly Specialist Systemic & Family Psychotherapist
• Support to develop skills in supervision and teaching through joint supervision and lecturing for Clinical Psychology Trainees at both the University of Leicester and University of Oxford
• Opportunities for training in therapeutic models used within the service
• Opportunities for innovative joint work with 3rd sector organisations
• Links and participation in the BPS Faculty of Psychology for Older People (FPOP)
• The opportunity to work within a well integrated Psychology Service that meets monthly for CPD, case audits and organisational support

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Doctoral Qualification in Clinical Psychology & Eligible for HCPC registration or similar psychological therapy/psychology training qualification
• Post qualification training in a specific, relevant therapeutic approach.
• Post qualification training in supervising others

Interest

• Demonstrates interest/enthusiasm for working with older people
• Interest in working with teams and organisations

Experience

• Experience working within older people's services
• Experience of neuropsychological assessment
• Experience of work with service users with complex emotional needs

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.

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust