Job summary
- Main area
- Forensic Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 2 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 270-TG290-MH
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Campbell House
- Town
- Northampton
- Salary
- £64,455 - £74,896 PA pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Principal Clinical/ Counselling Forensic Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within NHFT to work as a Principal grade Psychologist for men and women who require Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTR) where they have been convicted of low-level offending and experiencing co-occurring mental health difficulties and substance misuse difficulties
Main duties of the job
The role will be to oversee low-level psychological interventions, including psychoeducation, for depression, anxiety, and trauma. There will also be opportunities to apply research skills to audit, policy, and service development, as well as research within the area served by the team or service.
This part time post will oversee provision and delivery of the service, providing supervision and training staff delivering this service and working with key stake holders in ensuring the mental health needs of the population are met.
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
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Doctorate in psychology
- Qualified years
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working in MH
- Forensic expeirence
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 Sunil Lad
- Job title
- Consultant Counselling Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07973465539
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