Clinical Psychologist / Team Clinical LeadNHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area

Clinical Psychologist

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Part time - 22.5 hours per week

Job ref

367-CYP-101582

Site

Rosanne House

Town

Welwyn Garden City

Salary

£59,798 - £67,020 per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAS)

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

27/09/2026 23:59

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 delighted to advertise this exciting post for a Band 8a Clinical Psychologist in the Hertfordshire MHST. This is a part time (0.6 WTE) post based in the Hertfordshire area with some opportunities for remote working. The ability to travel independently between different MHST base locations to fulfil the requirements of the post is essential.

We have an exciting opportunity for a flexible, motivated, enthusiastic and experienced Clinical Psychologist with the genuine passion and skills to support both children and young people, parent/carers and the wider workforce.

This role will provide clinical leadership and oversight within the MHST, including service development, improvement and quality evaluation whilst building outstanding supportive and responsive relationships with colleagues across the Hertfordshire system.

The role will include supporting school engagement, staff recruitment and retention, monitoring clinical outcomes and data, and supporting participation.

The Team Clinical Lead will be responsible for the systematic provision of a highly specialist clinical / counselling psychology service to clients of the MHST multi-disciplinary team, as well as contributing to the provision of evidence-based therapeutic intervention across the MHST service (for example CBT and systemic practice).

Main duties of the job

· To oversee the formulation and treatment and management plans for schools, parents, children, and young people being supported by the MHST - using a range of specialist psychological interventions appropriate to the service, both individual and group.

· To support MHST clinical supervisors and team leaders in their task of overseeing the formulation, treatment and management plans for schools, parents, children, and young people being supported by the MHST practitioners using a range of specialist psychological interventions appropriate to the service; individual and group.

· To provide clinical/professional supervision to less experienced practitioner psychologists, trainee clinical psychologists, and non-psychologist colleagues within the MHST.

· To provide placements to trainee clinical/counselling psychologists.

· As a senior leader working in partnership with schools and school leaders, supporting children, young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their families in the self-management of presenting difficulties.

· Work in partnership with schools, children, young people, and families in the development of plans for the intervention and agreed outcomes.

· To support and empower children, young people, and families to make informed choices about the intervention.

· To always operate from an inclusive values base which recognises and respects diversity.

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

For full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role please refer to the job description and person specification documents attached.

Person specificationQualificationsEssential criteria

• Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology or approved equivalent.
• Registered as a Clinical Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council.

Desirable criteria

• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.

ExperienceEssential criteria

• Previous experience of working as a qualified Clinical Psychologist with significant experience with people with mild to moderate mental health problems
• Experience of working with a range of people, across the range of clinical severity in community and residential settings
• Experience of working in team with multiple disciplines and managing complex inter-disciplinary situations.
• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice including CBT
• Already completed or willing to complete a postgraduate certificate in supervision; either a low intensity supervision course or Psychological Therapies supervision course

Desirable criteria

• Experience in managing and leading service development projects.
• Experience in providing psychological consultation to other service providers in the statutory, private and voluntary sectors.

Please note, we do not charge fees for job applications, recruitment processes, sponsorship arrangements, or employment offers. Please see the Trust careers vacancy webpage and Trac as the only authorised routes for recruitment communications, applications and verification of job offers.

Employer certification / accreditation badgesApplicant 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

• CP Job description and Person Specification (PDF, 608.3KB)
• Refer a Friend (PDF, 160.5KB)
• Staff Benefits (PDF, 888.5KB)
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