Clinical Psychologist (Older People) 7-8a Development PostNHS AfC: Band 7 - AfC Band 8a

Main area

Clinical/Counselling Psychologist (Older Peoples Services)

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 7 - AfC Band 8a

Contract

Permanent: 0.6 wte

Hours

Part time - 22.5 hours per week (3 days per week)

Job ref

367-SS-101725

Site

Older People's Services, Roseanne House, Welwyn Garden City and/or Oxford House, Bishops Stortford

Town

Welwyn Garden City & Bishops Stortford

Salary

£51,657 - £67,020 per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAS)

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

03/11/2026 23:59

Interview date

16/11/2026

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

This can be a development post for a band 7 or an 8a post to a candidate with the right experience.

We are looking to appoint an HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist to join our welcoming and psychologically minded team to provide a service of excellence for Older People within Hertfordshire . This post brings a diversity of experience, from providing specialist assessments and intervention, to supervising and supporting other members of the psychology team, and working closely with members of the wider multi-disciplinary team. We regularly offer placements to trainee clinical psychologists and the post holder will play a central role in offering supervision and working closely with the local university.

We also recognise the key that consultation can play in developing our services as a central part of our psychology offer. The ideal candidate will be someone who shares our values about offering 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.

For more information contact Marianne ( ) or Angie ().

Main duties of the job

The key duties of the job will involve completion of specialist psychological assessment (including neuropsychological assessment, 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 client's formulation, diagnosis and case management plan.

The key duties will also involve providing professional and clinical supervision to Assistant Psychologists and Trainee Clinical Psychologists working in the service. Other important duties will involve supporting psychological aspects of service development, evaluation, research and teaching and maintaining standards in supervision and CPD.

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 4,000 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

Please see attached job description and person specification for detail of the main responsibilities of the job.

Person specificationTRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONEssential criteria

• Doctoral level qualification in clinical psychology or equivalent.
• Registered as either a clinical/counselling psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Desirable criteria

• Additional post graduate training or qualification in a specific psychological therapy or Neuropsychology.

EXPERIENCEEssential criteria

• Experience of specialist assessment and therapy with service users across a range of care settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of service user groups with presenting problems that reflect a 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.
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working with older people in a clinical role.
• Direct experience of using therapy with older people
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of the application of psychological services in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of neuropsychological working

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

• JD AND PS (PDF, 281.3KB)
• Refer a Friend (PDF, 160.5KB)
• Staff Benefits (PDF, 888.5KB)
• Guidance on AI usage in job applications (PDF, 55.0KB)

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name

Dr Marianne Kreutz

Job title

Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Lead

Email address

Telephone number

Additional information

Marianne Kreutz contactable Mon-Wed all...