Job summary
- Main area
- Psychology
- Grade
- Band 7/8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (End date December 2025)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 367-A&UC-9385
- Employer
- Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Watford General Hospital
- Town
- Watford
- Salary
- £48,270 - £62,626 per annum pro rata (inclusive of 5% HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
Band 7/8a
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.
http://hpft.recruitforvalues.com/
Job overview
We have a new opportunity for a 6 month fixed term contract to cover maternity leave. Possible secondment for internal staff.
We seek an experienced Psychologist for the friendly the Mental Health Liaison Team (MHLT) based at Watford.
The MHLT works at integrating physical and mental health care for people attending the general hospital. The aim is to provide a multidisciplinary approach in understanding people presenting with co-morbid mental and physical health difficulties within a general hospital setting.
The post holder will mainly focus on the provision of specialist assessment and intervention within a physical health context including the provision of psychology across hospital specialities, e.g. gastroenterology, diabetes, respiratory, dementia/frailty, and pain whilst also focusing on supporting with secondary care mental health presentations e.g. complex personality disorder.
For an informal chat, please contact Dr Ikbal Kaur Bahia on 07747475297.
Band 7 to Band 8a development post will be considered.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will:
- engage in service development initiatives, provide teaching/training and consultation across the acute care context
- have scope to develop specific areas of specialism and expertise and to develop and follow their own initiatives.
- be involved in initiatives/projects focused on reducing frequent attendance to the Accident and Emergency (A&E) department based on a consultation model, group programmes for Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS)
- conduct reflection work with acute general hospital staff and proactive psychological support for individuals at risk of lengthy hospital admissions.
In return, we can offer you:
- supervision, personal development and peer support opportunities
- 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (max £2,122 per annum pro rata)
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata)
- One of the UK's best pension schemes
- Comprehensive health and wellbeing services
- Special leave for family and personal reasons
- NHS Car Lease Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
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 post will ideally suit a dynamic psychologist with excellent clinical skills who enjoys working within an MDT context in a fast paced, rapidly changing context.
Whilst previous experience of working within a physical health setting would be advantageous, it is not a necessary as applications from those with an interest and desire to work within a physical health context and at the interface of mental and physical health would be welcomed.
Enthusiasm, personal resilience and ability to work flexibly are essential.
Please see Job Description and Person Specifications for further information.
Person specification
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING & EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Relevant professional qualification i.e. Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Practitioner Psychologist Clinical
- Professional qualification doctoral level or equivalent, which should include knowledge and application of research methodology
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in Mental Health Liaison Service
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community , primary care and in patient settings
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full 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
- Knowledge of and some experience of cognitive and neuropsychological assessment
- Knowledge of dementia & psychological issues associated with ageing
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of physical illness and its impact on psychological health
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
- Dr Ikbal Kaur Bahia
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07747475297
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