Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical associate in Psychology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: Development Post Band 5-6
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 367-ACMS-9687
- Employer
- Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Centenary House, Hitchin, SG5 1JN
- Town
- Hitchin
- Salary
- £31,049 - £46,580 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Clinical Associate in Psychology Development Post Band 5-6
NHS AfC: Band 5
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
Job overview
This varied role will involve undertaking a range of clinical activities including psychological assessments, treatments and other types of clinical intervention with individual service users, carers, families, groups etc; along with other activities such as staff training; research and development activity, and in particular, support the running of the Personality Disorder pathway.
The postholder will need to undertake and meet the requirements of an apprenticeship, leading to the award of a Masters Clinical Associate in Psychology.
We also invite enquiries from qualified CAP's, who have completed their training, to be considered for an 0.80 B6 vacancy.
Main duties of the job
Offer assessment and psychological interventions, in particular Structural clinical management (SCM) and Dialectical Behaviour therapy (DBT) informed treatment to clients on the Personality Disorder pathway as well as clients within the wider Psychology service.
Involvement in multi-disciplinary (MDT) and the Psychology service to promote excellent and evidenced based care to clients who struggle with severe and enduring mental health difficulties.
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 4,000 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job description and main responsibilities, including the person specification is attached. The person specification is at the end of the document.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/TRAINING
Essential criteria
- An honours degree (or equivalent) in Psychology with 2.1 or above
- OR Successful completion of a BPS accredited postgraduate Psychology conversion programme with 2.1 equivalent or above.
- OR A 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in Psychology with appropriate additional experience (or contextual information) demonstrating academic potential.
- Eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartered membership of the British Psychological Society.
Desirable criteria
- Further continuing professional development relevant to work in mental health and/or psychological interventions.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Paid or voluntary experience relevant to working in health, mental health and/or psychological service settings, including work in community groups.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a setting with service users presenting with severe and enduring mental health difficulties.
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of working with carers.
- Experience of working with groups and/or delivering group interventions.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mariette Bothma
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07483 179027
- Additional information
Contact between Mondays and Thursdays.
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