Clinical Psychologist

The psychologists in our well established Older People's Service have special interests in CBT, DBT, Systemic approaches and Neuropsychology. They are valued members of our specialist community multi-disciplinary teams, including a well-established Early Memory and Diagnosis Service.
This post involves delivering a range of assessments and interventions, including neuropsychological diagnostic assessments, cognitive rehabilitation, psychological therapies and positive behavioural support for behaviours of concern in dementia. There will be opportunities to contribute to service developments and to develop your clinical leadership skills.
The post holder will provide specialist psychological assessments, psychological treatments and evidence-based interventions for older people, their families and carers accessing memory services and local community menta l health teams.
The post holder will provide support, development, supervision and guidance to other team members, as well as a similar consultation service to professionals within community health services, primary care and other agencies., To provide a high- quality specialist clinical psychology service for older people with mental health issues and to all adults with dementia in North of the county.
To work autonomously within professional guidelines and support the governance of psychological practice within the North Herts MHSOP community mental health team.
To supervise and support the psychological assessment and intervention provided by assistant psychologists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
To undertake specialised clinical work within the MHSOP Psychology service and with external agencies, which will include assessment, direct and indirect intervention, supervision, training and consultancy. To provide specialist knowledge and consultation to staff where appropriate and relevant.
Where required, to contribute specialist psychological skills and advice with regards to the design and implementation of strategic planning, organisational and service developments, staff training and support initiatives within the service and Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and to other professional organisations.
To utilise research and training skills and knowledge to support audit, policy and service development, research activity and other programmes within the service., HPFT is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and in order to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights and encourage applications from all sections of the community including users of mental health services.
The Trust is committed to helping staff balance work and home life and welcomes applications from candidates wishing to work part-time or under flexible working arrangements.
Infection Control
All our staff will need to comply with current Infection Prevention and Control measures which could include wearing a mask on all our Trust sites and in all roles

We welcome applications from newly or recently qualified psychologists and will consider applications for a Band 7 - 8a Development Post for applicants with experience and interest in working with older people. We welcome applications from non-UK trained psychologists working towards fulfilling HCPC requirements to qualify as a clinical psychologist in the UK and who need experience in working with older people.
Applicants should be registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC or in a position to register in the near future, if they complete their training in 2024.

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., Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were "blown away" by our people's achievements and that everything they saw "sings and hums". This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and
professional so that together we provide great care and great outcomes for our service users and carers.
If you would like to join a team to be proud of and you share our values and passion for great care and outcomes for our service users and carers, we would love to hear from you.