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Job summary

Main area
Adult Mental Health
Grade
Band 8B
Contract
12 months (fixed term)
Hours
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
15 hours per week
Job ref
270-TF781-MH-E
Employer
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Campbell House
Town
Northampton
Salary
£62,215 - £72,293 pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
27/05/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust logo

Principal Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Band 8B

Job overview

This post is a fixed term post for 12 months to cover maternity. The role is based in Community Adult Mental Health Teams in the South of the county.

 

CMHTs are multidisciplinary teams that deliver specialist support and clinical interventions to people with a range of mental health difficulties.

The post-holder will be part of the leadership team within the CMHTs as well as supervising and supporting other practitioner psychologists and

team members. Psychologists are valued members of the MDT and are encouraged to play a key role in MDT working. You will work alongside

other Principal Psychologists, working in both South and north CMHTs. The Principal psychologists are supported by the Adult Mental

Health Psychology Lead.

 

Main duties of the job

The postholder will supervise and line manage members of psychology staff who work into the CMHTs. They will also carry out clinical work and we are keen to recruit someone with experience, specialist knowledge and skills of working with severe and enduring mental health difficulties such as complex trauma, psychosis and personality difficulties.

The postholder will aslo take a leadership role therefore leadership skills and the ability to develop innovative practice and play a lead role in service development. We are looking for someone who can contribute at a senior level to the vision for the service working closely with various stakeholders.

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
  • clinical psychology doctorate or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • other therapy training after qualifying

experience

Essential criteria
  • experience working with adults
  • 4 years plus post qualification
Desirable criteria
  • experience working in AMH/CMHT

supervision experience

Essential criteria
  • supervisor training/experience
Desirable criteria
  • supervision of qualified psychologists
  • management and leadership experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoDisability confident employerCare quality commission - OutstandingStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into health

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Nadia Karim
Job title
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07747458151
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