Job summary
- Main area
- Early Intervention in Psychosis
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week (Please note Wednesday is a core day for the whole team)
- Job ref
- 270-TG114-MH
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Campbell House
- Town
- Northampton
- Salary
- Preceptorship is available for newly qualified applicants.
- Closing
- 04/07/2025 08:00
- Interview date
- 22/07/2025
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
This role is two days (possibly extendable to 2.5 days) based in the community with NSTEP (Northamptonshire Service for the Treatment of Early Psychosis), a passionate and innovative multidisciplinary team working with 14-65 year olds presenting with a first episode of psychosis.
The postholder will work alongside Clinical Psychologists and CBTp Therapists to deliver individual therapy. A proven interest in working with people experiencing psychosis would be an advantage and experience of working with complex presentations would be essential. N-STEP often hosts DClinPsy trainees and has a good relationship with local researchers in psychosis.
Reporting to the Principal Clinical Psychologist at NSTEP, you will receive regular supervision and opportunities for further development. If the successful candidate is not already qualified in CBTp (CBT for psychosis), an agreement to complete this training will be a requirement of employment.
Should the successful candidate be seeking full-time employment, there is the option of an additional post with our Community Brain Injury Service.
Main duties of the job
Individual psychological therapy (CBTp plus other models of psychological intervention).
Supervision of psychological therapy colleagues (including Trainee Clinical Psychologists) and the NSTEP MDT.
Involvement in the design and implementation of service audit and evaluation.
Supporting the delivery of psychologically-informed research projects.
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
Person specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology OR CBT qualification. Registration with the HCPC or BABCP as appropriate.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups and with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- A demonstrated interest in working with people with psychosis and their families.
Desirable criteria
- Post-training qualification in CBTp.
- Experience of working with psychosis.
- Knowledge of the developmental needs of young people.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' care and treatment.
- Experience of lone working and risk management.
Behaviours and Values
Essential criteria
- Able to build strong working relationships with service users, families and colleagues.
- Reliable and consistent in approach, demonstrating empathy and an open communication style with all team members.
- A positive approach to working with difference and diversity.
- Demonstrable leadership around the promotion of psychological ways of working.
- Able to work in a flexible way and respond to changing service needs.
Desirable criteria
- Strong capacity for self-reflection and the ability to encourage and foster the importance of this in others.
- Able to support and encourage others to develop their own practice.
- Able to work with service users and families experiencing acute distress.
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 Annabel Ivins
- Job title
- Principal Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03000 274 141
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