Job summary
- Main area
- Intellectual Disabilities
- Grade
- Band 8a (or progression role from Band 7 - Band 8a)
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 186-1341-25-GH
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Treatment and Therapy Centre
- Town
- Mansfield
- Salary
- £47,810 - £62,682 per annum (pro rata for part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist
Band 8a (or progression role from Band 7 - Band 8a)
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Job overview
Salary Dependent on Banding - Band 7 or 8a
2 x F/T posts
We are a forward-thinking department in terms of the services we provide to our service users, how we influence the wider system and the development and progression of our staff.
You will be part of a small but supportive psychology team made up of Clinical and Assistant Psychologists. We routinely provide placements for colleagues in training through our link with the Trent Doctoral course. We are keen to grow our team and develop to a position of excellence in the provision of psychology to people with Intellectual Disabilities.
The post holder would primarily work within our Community Intellectual Disability Team (CIDT) services in North and West Notts but would input into directorate wide pathways. These teams cover Mansfield, Ashfield, Bassetlaw and Newark. There may also be the opportunity to work into our Intensive Community Assessment and Treatment Team (ICATT) .
We have vacancies at an 8a level but welcome and encourage applicants wishing to be considered for a 7 to 8a preceptorship role for anyone wishing to develop a career within Intellectual Disabilities.
A band 7 candidate would be supported to successfully plan and complete a competency framework in order to progress to band 8a, having demonstrated the skills and competence to work at this level.
We will be encouraging new colleagues to come with ideas for research and ensure a job plan that enables the time and support to follow this through.
Main duties of the job
The IDD service provides specialist care for those aged over 18 with intellectual disabilities and neurodevelopmental conditions, focusing on those whose needs cannot be met by a mainstream provision. We work to improve the mental and physical wellbeing of our service users, whatever their complexity of need.
There are four Community Intellectual Disability Teams (CIDT’s) providing high quality, multidisciplinary assessment and treatment to people with Intellectual Disabilities across Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County. They work closely with partners in primary care, social care, the private and voluntary sectors to maximise opportunity, health and quality of life for people in the community.
The role will be varied, providing supervision, consultation, teaching and support to colleagues. There will be direct work with service users & families. You will work closely with team members, maximising and ensuring effective governance of psychological work. There is opportunity to develop special interests in therapeutic interventions and specialist assessment.
WTE 37.5 Hrs per week (Part time / Flexible working options would be available. We are happy to discuss working from home arrangements).
Working for our organisation
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Clinical Psychology Service employs 13 psychologists when fully staffed, on a number of City and County sites. We work in Community Intellectual Disability Teams (CIDT), Intensive Community Assessment and Treatment teams (ICATT) and the Specialist Inpatient unit Orion. Our wider team includes the psychologists in the Neurodevelopmental Specialist Service (NeSS). We enjoy strong relationships with local clinical psychology training courses and host trainees on a regular basis.
We aim to provide a compassionate, respectful, personalised, dynamic, and evolving psychology service. Alongside providing high quality assessment and intervention, a key driver for the psychology service is to contribute psychological understandings to all the teams and services we work with, using psychological theories and evidence to deepen and broaden existing understandings of the people involved. We work in partnership with our multidisciplinary colleagues, and with service users and their carers, to maximise wellbeing and quality of life. We draw flexibly on a broad range of models and types of intervention, our clinicians are trained in models such as CAT, EMDR, DBT and NET.
You will provide psychology input within one or more community teams, including specialist assessment and treatment, consultation, training and supervision. You will contribute to service evaluation and research.
You must be a qualified and registered clinical psychologist, or working towards this, with experience of working in the field of intellectual disability and/or related areas. You must have excellent writing skills.
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
For a fuller description of the role please see the attached Job Description.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working psychologically with people who have a range of cognitive and sensory impairments, and of interventions with individuals and care systems.
- Service evaluation
Desirable criteria
- Publication in peer-reviewed research journals
Skills
Essential criteria
- Formulation of sources of psychological distress in adults with disabilities; therapeutic interventions; presentation skills
- Excellent written English
- Communication of complex and sometimes distressing information to a wide range of audiences
- Able to engage constructively with people who are highly anxious, depressed or hostile.
- Ability to work positively and constructively in a multi-disciplinary team
- Consultation skills.
- Ability to reflect on practice and on ethics
- Effective skills in word-processing and other clinically-relevant computer software
- Use of psychometric test equipment
Desirable criteria
- Supervision and motivation of staff
- Teaching and training skills
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Clinical Psychology qualification or doctoral equivalent.
- Registered by the HCPC as a clinical psychologist.
- Eligible for Chartered Psychologist status
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Broad understanding of theories and interventions relevant to adults with ID, their families and support systems
- Risk assessment and risk management
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology
Desirable criteria
- Critical awareness of current themes in LD policy and research
- Specific additional interventions/ assessments/models
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
Training
Essential criteria
- DClinPSy or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Further training in relevant specific assessment methods and/or therapeutic interventions
Contractual Requirements
Essential criteria
- A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Physical requirements
Essential criteria
- Has the physical ability to perform the full range of duties
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Helen Frain
- Job title
- Head of IDD Psychology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0115 8542206
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