Principal Clinical / Counselling Psychologist

Trauma Informed Approaches look to recognise and acknowledge the impact of adverse childhood events and how these can cause or contribute to the development of mental health problems in adults, including how we are able to seek and use help when offered.
It understands trauma in a broad sense that includes the impact of discrimination and marginalisation on both staff and those who use our services.
HPFT is committed to developing policies and practises to reflect this trauma awareness, ensuring that the key message of 'what has happened to you' rather than 'what is wrong with you' runs through everything we do.
On the wards and in our crisis services we seek to create conditions that promote emotional safety and reduce harm through our interactions that recognise safety, empowerment, collaboration, choice and trustworthiness.
Please see attached Job Description for full details of the role, 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

+ be a HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist
+ have strong post qualification experience in mental health, preferably with experience of working in acute settings or of specialist experience of working with individuals with a SMI
+ have a solid understanding of recovery principles
+ work flexibly and in collaboration as part of a multidisciplinary team
+ be willing to work in community settings
+ will also be joining a wider group of strong and established psychological therapists offering services within adult mental health
+ hold a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes - including business insurance - is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)

Are you interested in working with an outstanding NHS Trust to develop and deliver community treatment in mental health?
If yes, we would love to hear from you to work in the friendly Acute Crisis Team!
The Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Service meet the needs of individual's living in Hertfordshire who are experiencing a crisis in relation to their mental health.
Through an extensive expansion of our psychology provision, we are in a period of skill development with the wider workforce and embedding trauma informed approaches.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Our staff survey results tell a story of highly engaged, motivated, passionate people working at HPFT. The survey has shown that staff overwhelmingly believe that their role makes a difference to service users, to the extent that HPFT had the best score nationally for this question., 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.

In return we can offer:
+ regular opportunities for ongoing professional development
+ leadership and management training
+ on top of basic salary, high cost allowance supplement £2,011 per annum pro rata
+ 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
+ One of the UK's best pension schemes
+ Special leave for family and personal reasons
+ NHS Car Lease Scheme (for substantive staff)
+ Employee Assistance Programme