Job overview
This can be a development post for a band 7 or an 8a post to a candidate with the right experience.
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 Older People within Hertfordshire. This post brings a diversity of experience, from providing specialist assessments and intervention, to supervising and supporting other members of the psychology team, and working closely with members of the wider multi-disciplinary team. We regularly offer placements to trainee clinical psychologists and the post holder will play a central role in offering supervision and working closely with the local university.
We also recognise the key that consultation can play in developing our services as a central part of our psychology offer. The ideal candidate 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.
For more information contact Marianne (07766 160903/ [email protected]) or Angie ([email protected]).
Main duties of the job
The key duties of the job will involve completion of specialist psychological assessment (including neuropsychological assessment, 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 client's formulation, diagnosis and case management plan.
The key duties will also involve providing professional and clinical supervision to Assistant Psychologists and Trainee Clinical 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for detail of the main responsibilities of the job.
Person specification
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 with presenting problems that reflect a 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 working in a multidisciplinary team.
Desirable
- Experience of working with older people in a clinical role.
- Direct experience of using therapy with older people
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of psychological services in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of neuropsychological working
TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION
Essential
- Doctoral level qualification in clinical psychology or equivalent.
- Registered as either a clinical/counselling psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Desirable
- Additional post graduate training or qualification in a specific psychological therapy or Neuropsychology.
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This advert is for Clinical/Counselling Psychologist (Older People) 7-8a 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 £51,657 - £67,020 per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAS). The contract type is Permanent: 0.4 wte. The application deadline is 30 Jul 2026.
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