Job overview

We are looking to appoint a highly experienced HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist to join our welcoming and psychologically minded MHSOP Psychology team to provide, develop and lead an inpatient psychological service for Older People.

This post requires a diversity of experience, from providing specialist psychological and neuropsychological assessments and interventions, to supporting and leading other members of the psychology team across the county, and working closely with members of the older adult in-patient team.  It forms a key, new part of a well established and stable leadership team with particular responsibility for quality care and governance. 

The ideal candidate for us will be someone who shares our values about offering high quality, evidence based, 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 are a research active team and hope that candidates will bring skills and knowledge to support audit, research, and project development within the service. 

Main duties of the job

The post is a new one, providing leadership to and management of psychological interventions in the frail functional older adult in-patient service.   

The key duties of the job will involve  psychological and neuropsychological assessment of complex clients and psychological treatments 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 service user's formulation, diagnosis and case management plan. 

The job will also involve providing professional and clinical supervision to Psychologists working in the MHSOP Psychology service as well as management supervision to other people within the in-patient team. The postholder will also help with the further development of the MHSOP Psychology service by supporting its head in the leadership of the service. Other important duties will involve supporting psychological aspects of service development, evaluation, research and teaching and maintaining standards in supervision and CPD. 

This role has a key leadership role both within the team and across the wider psychology professional group.  We are therefore seeking a strong leader, who has an extensive clinical skill set, who is passionate about working collaboratively to improve the delivery of care to young people and their families. 

Please see job description and person specification for further details. 

Working for our organisation

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care 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.