# Clinical Psychologist (Band 7/8a) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-psychologist-band-78a/ddf86a6e-25fb-4967-b975-70dd3ebd6864 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-psychologist-band-78a/ddf86a6e-25fb-4967-b975-70dd3ebd6864.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Kettering - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £64,750 pa, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent: Preceptorship Considered - **Employment type:** Part time - 33 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-28T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-14T11:00:39.889Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Northamptonshire/Daventry/Northamptonshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Clinical_Psychologist_Older_Peoples_Community_Mental_Health/Clinical_Psychologist_Older_Peoples_Community_Mental_Health-v8094337 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8094337?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nhft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking to recruit a Clinical Psychologist, line managed within the psychology service, based within our Older People's Community Mental Health Team (OPCMHT) and Memory Assessment Service (MAS) in Daventry & Towcester,  Northamptonshire. Each OPCMHT is supported by a part-time Assistant Psychologist and has regular trainee placements.   Our OPCMHTs offer 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. The MAS provides a diagnosis service for those who may have dementia and offers post diagnostic support.  There are also opportunities to be involved in staff training, service development and case formulation with teams.   The 4 OPCMHTs in the county work alongside the 4 co-located Memory Assessment Services (MAS), each of which has a full-time Assistant Psychologist completing extended cognitive assessments and a comprehensive group programme supervised by a Clinical Neuropsychologist, who works within our Younger People with Dementia service. The 2 psychiatric in-patient units & 2 general hospitals are based in Kettering and Northampton, and are each supported by a full-time in-patient Clinical Psychologist position. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will work within an enthusiastic multidisciplinary team to: - Offer assessment, formulation and intervention for a wide range of presentations using both individual, family and group approaches within both the MAS and OPCMHT - Offer Case Formulation and training sessions for staff teams to extend psychological ways of working - Offer enhanced neuropsychological assessment for more complex presentations - Support the post-diagnostic support for people with dementia and their families across the county - Supervise the Assistant Psychologist for the OPCMHT & MAS - Collaborate in using outcome information to inform and develop good practice - Contribute to service user forums and audit projects to collect data that can inform Trust management, commissioners, users and other relevant stakeholders of the needs of this population ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities 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.  Joining this service can offer: - Supervision from the Principal Clinical Psychologist - 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 innovative joint work with 3rd sector organisations - Training in Structured Clinical Management - Potential for training in other therapeutic approaches, such as EMDR - 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 for monthly CPD, case audits and organisational support ## Person Specification ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups - Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration - Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS - Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to utilise them to communicate effectively within a multi-disciplinary team based working environment as well as with service users and their families/carers **Desirable** - Experience and ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings - Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups ### Behaviours and values **Essential** - Demostrate passion for working with people over the age of 65 - Desire to improve services for local service users ### Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - Doctoral level training in Clinical psychology - Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity - Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health - Experience within the diagnosis of dementia - Experience of providing post diagnostic support following a dementia diangosis for people with dementia and/or carers or relatives **Desirable** - Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice, e.g neuropsychology - Formal training in supervision of other psychologists ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 488.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10453803) - [your guide to nhft (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3047) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.