Job summary
- Main area
- Psychology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Part time hours or job share may be considered)
- Job ref
- 367-CYP-9703
- Employer
- Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Saffron Ground
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £76,965 - £88,682 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Clinical Psychologist/ Professional lead for Psychology CYP
NHS AfC: Band 8c
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
We are looking to appoint an HCPC registered Consultant Clinical Psychologist to join our welcoming and psychologically minded team to provide a service of excellence for Children and Young People and their families within Hertfordshire mainly in Stevenage.
This post brings a diversity of experience, from providing specialist assessments and intervention, to supporting other members of the psychology team across the county, and working closely with members of the wider multi-disciplinary team. It forms a key 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 hope that candidates will bring skills and knowledge to support audit, research, and project development within the service.
Main duties of the job
The CYP North team is focused on improving their pathway for neurodiverse young people as well as improving access to the service for those from groups who typically struggle to engage in mainstream services. We welcome someone with energy and drive to join us on this journey of improvement.
The key duties of the job will involve completion of specialist psychological assessment (including 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 service user's formulation, diagnosis and case management plan.
The key duties will also involve providing professional and clinical supervision to Psychologists working in the service as well as management supervision to other psychological therapists within the team. 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• The provision of professional, clinical and service leadership for Practitioner Psychologist staff working within CAMHS, which will include ensuring clear systems are in place for recruitment, supervision governance and the maintenance of professional standards through advice and interpretation of HCPC and BPS guidelines and Trust policies
• As a member of the Quadrant Senior Leadership team, to work closely with the quadrant Community CAMHS Manager, Consultant Psychiatrist(s) and other senior members of the quadrant MDT to provide professional leadership for psychological therapy staff working within the quadrant MDT and to be responsible for the provision and development of psychological services within the MDT, in accordance with CAPA and CYP-IAPT principles.
To provide specialist assessment and treatment of children and adolescents and their families and carers to a consultant level of expertise and based upon sound psychological principles and techniques
• To provide specialist consultation to team members and outside partnership agencies to a consultant level of expertise
• To lead in the evaluation and monitoring of the effective utilisation of Practitioner Psychologists, co-ordinating and supervising programmes of research within this area and seeking funding where appropriate
• To initiate, lead and support the development of evidence based practice within psychology and wider CAMHS, ensuring it is culturally responsive, equitable, accessible, and consistent
• To proactively lead and influence broader psychological working within the wider CAMHS workforce, advising on appropriate training and support to the wider staff group, and ensuring that all staff work in accordance with CAPA and CYP-IAPT principles and practice
• To hold a caseload including cases of a highly complex nature and be responsible for delivering safe and effective clinical practice within the designated area via a structured programme of Clinical Governance
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Upper second class honours degree or higher in Psychology. Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
Desirable criteria
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice or research design and analysis
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of work with people with mental health problems.
- Experience of working in services providing therapeutic input to children/young people eg CAMHS
- Experience of using computers for data-analysis, especially Excel and SPSS for Windows
- An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines. An ability to interact with clients in a respectful and empathic manner. Ability to work as a member of a team. An interest in working with children with mental health or behavioural problems. High level of communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of children and young people with mental health problems and appropriate therapy models
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to service users, carers and colleagues in a respectful and empathic manner
- Ability to assess common mental health problems
Desirable criteria
- Experience of CYP-IAPT and PC-MIS
- Experience and knowledge of undertaking audit in clinical services.
- Experience of line managing
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
- Charlotte Train
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01438 792600
- Additional information
Nick Clarke 07977 499224
Consultant Clinical Psychologist & CAMHS Professional Lead for Psychological Services
Dr Hadi Shaker-Naeeni 01438 792600
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
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