Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist, either newly qualified or with post qualification experience. The post will be full time and will be based with the East and North Specialist Learning Disability Team.
The post holder will be professionally supervised by a senior clinical psychologist and will have the opportunity to be part of an innovative, integrated and active group of qualified Psychologists across 4 counties. The service has strong links with the clinical psychology doctoral training program at the University of Hertfordshire and a strong commitment to supporting on-going continuing professional development.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide a psychological service to people living in the community with a learning disability, as well as a range of presenting problems, such as challenging behaviour and autism spectrum conditions.
This is a Band 7/8a development post. The post holder will be able to progress from Band 7 to band 8a once they demonstrate that they meet the competencies specified for Band 8a.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To provide a qualified clinical psychology service to adults with learning disabilities and service providers and carers within the Community.
- To provide specialist assessment and interventions, as well as offering advice and consultation on psychological care to non-psychological services colleagues and other non-professional carers.
- To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
- To use research skills for audit, service development and research.
- Contribute to identifying key areas and priorities for psychological services.
- To hold a clinical workload as member of Psychological Services and the Specialist Learning Disability Services (SLDS).
- To be responsible for formulation and implementation of therapy or treatments based on an appropriate conceptual framework of the problems and employing methods of evidence based efficacy across the full range of care settings.
- To provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings, where appropriate.
- To develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate supervision and to provide supervision to assistant psychologists and other MDT staff’s psychological or psychotherapeutic work, as appropriate.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex assessment, therapy or intervention and management.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in the specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist assessment and therapy with service users across a range of care settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of service user groups, presenting problems that reflect a range of clinical severity.
Desirable
- Direct experience of using therapy with people with disabilities.
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level qualification in either clinical or Forensic psychology or approved equivalent.
- Registered as a clinical psychologist with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Desirable
- Additional post graduate training or qualification in specific psychological therapy, such as positive behaviour support, psychotherapy or systemic therapy.
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This advert is for Clinical Psychologist Development Post with Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in Hatfield, East of England, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £64,750 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 02 Aug 2026.
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