Psychologist Band 8b

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 69,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in Hemel Hempstead is seeking an experienced Clinical/Counselling Psychologist at Band 8b to deliver specialist psychological care to adults with complex mental health needs within the Adult Community Services.

You will provide supervision to band 8a psychologists and trainees, work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and contribute to service development.

Qualifications

• Two years full-time post-registration experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment.
• Post-graduate doctorate in clinical psychology or equivalent for older training, or Counselling Psychologist training.
• Evidence of neuropsychological assessment experience.
• Full Health Professions Council registration.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessments for adults with complex mental health needs.
• Formulate and implement treatment plans using evidence-based approaches across care settings.
• Deliver CBT interventions to individuals, carers and groups, within multi-disciplinary teams.
• Monitor outcomes and adjust interventions; supervise trainees and junior staff.
• Support training and development within the service and supervise trainee psychologists.

Skills

Clinical psychology

Neuropsychological assessment

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Supervision of trainees

Education

Post-graduate doctorate in clinical psychology

Full HCPC registration

Good honours degree in psychology

Post-doctoral training in specialised areas

Job description

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Psychologist Band 8b

The closing date is 19 November 2026

We are currently seeking an experiencedClinical/Counselling Psychologist at Band 8b to work, for our Adult Community Services, based in Hemel. You will be joining our Staffing Team within HPFT - Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder will ensure the provision of a specialist psychology service to clients with severe and enduring mental health difficulties within the quadrant, and provide expertise, advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to other members of the team. You will work closely with the local psychology team and the range of psychological therapy colleagues within the service setting and work effectively as a member of the multi-disciplinary team. You will be asked to provide supervision to band 8a Psychologists and trainee Psychologists.

HPFT provides services for service users with mental health, learning disability and children's and adolescent mental health problems. Applicants should have some experience of working in a healthcare setting.HPFT has a range of healthcare settings across the County and therefore access to a car would be beneficial unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving

All applicants need to hold a valid Professional Registration and can evidence this.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

Undertake specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of adults with complex mental health difficulties

Undertake specialist autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) assessment to investigate possible diagnoses; to undertake additional training for this if needed and work as part of the autism assessment group within the Trust

Provide expertise in a specialist clinical or research area and to offer advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to other members of the teams in relation to the area of expertise

Work closely with the local psychologist teams, and the range of psychological therapy colleagues within the service setting

Work effectively as a member of multi-disciplinary teamsand triage referrals coming to psychology

Work autonomously within professional practice guidelines and Trust policies and procedures

Propose and implement policy and service development, undertake research, service evaluation and audit for own team/service and to contribute to the training of clinical/counselling psychologists and others

Ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional supervision and support of trainee psychologists, more junior psychologists and other staff within the services for which the post-holder has designated professional / supervisory responsibility

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 4,500 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. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Job responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the teams, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological 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.

Formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients complex mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.

Be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions including CBT 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.

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. This evidence-based approach includes monitoring outcomes, modifying and adapting interventions drawn from a range of theoretical models.

Exercise autonomous professional responsibility within HCPC guidelines for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.

Please see JD attached for further information and responsibilities required

Person specification

KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

• At least two years full-time post-registration experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment with clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature.
• Full registration
• 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.
• Experience in neuropsychological assessment.

AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE:

• Experience of working with moderate to severe mental health problems, including: medically unexplained symptoms, physical health problems, and personality difficulties.
• Assessed experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of adults of working age with a wide range of presentations of varying severity. Typically this would involve a minimum of 2 years at specialist level, or its equivalent demonstrated through CV and interview.
• Experience working within a multi- disciplinary therapy service.

PHYSICAL SKILLS

• Car Driver
• Training in psychological interventions for psychosis and bipolar disorder or a willingness and interest in training in these approaches

We are particularly keen in hearing from people with training in psychological interventions for psychosis and bipolar disorder or a willingness and interest in training in these approaches.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Good honours degree in psychology. Eligibility for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
• 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.
• Significant full-time post registration experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment with clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature.
• Full registration with Health Professions Council
• Related academic qualifications to masters or doctorate level.
• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice. Experience in neuropsychological assessment

Experience

• Assessed experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of adults of working age with a wide range of presentations of varying severity. Typically, this would involve vast experience and significantly at a highly specialist level, or its equivalent demonstrated through CV and interview.
• Experience of working with moderate to severe mental health problems, including: medically unexplained symptoms, physical health problems, and personality difficulties.
• Demonstrate further specialist clinical experience and training, through a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a specialist clinical psychologist over a an extensive period of time, or an agreed alternative
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for client's psychological care and treatment.

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 Service

£68,852 to £79,638 a yeardependent on experience, previous role

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

367-ACMS-101758

Job locations

The Marlowes Health and Wellbeing Service