Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
- Grade
- Band 7/8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 186-1100-25-MH-A
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Highbury Hospital
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £47,810 - £62,682 per annum (pro rota for part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
Band 7/8a
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Job overview
We are delighted to offer a part time opportunity for a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist at Band 8a based within the City Central Local Mental Health Team (LMHT) at Highbury Hospital. We would welcome applications from those due to qualify in 2025. Band 7 applicants can progress to an 8a after completion of a ratified preceptorship portfolio to demonstrate competence to work at that level.
We can combine the post with 15 hours per week working within the Step 4 City Psychological Health Service, which would give the successful applicant the opportunity to work within a psychological therapy service, working alongside a team of Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, who offer individual therapy across a range of presentations.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the group of psychological therapists working into the City Central LMHT. These include a Senior Psychologist with a specialism of working with dissociative identity disorder, an Integrated Therapist and a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner. As a psychological therapy team, you will meet regularly to discuss referral, as well as for support and supervision.
City Central LMHT has a range of mental health professionals working within it and, as a team, support people who experience a variety of mental health difficulties, including complex trauma, psychosis, depression, anxiety, dissociation, self-harm and life-threatening behaviours. Due to the variety and range of patient demographics and presenting difficulties, working within the LMHT provides excellent opportunities for developing the application of therapeutic knowledge and skills.
Main duties of the job
We see the role of the LMHT psychologist as:
To enhance the psychological mindedness of the Multi-Disciplinary Team and Adult Mental Health Service as well as improve the psychological competence and confidence of non-psychologists within the MDT to deliver psychological interventions.
As such we believe the role is ideally suited to someone who wants to work within an MDT setting and apply and develop their skills and interests across a broad and varied range of activities.
As a group we prioritise the individual Psychologist’s well-being. We want Psychologists to thrive and get the most from their employment as well as being able to balance this with their home life. We also believe that Psychology support is much more than providing therapy and Psychologists are therefore encouraged and given the freedom to develop their interests not only within direct clinical work, but also around the broader application of psychology to the mental health difficulties of the population we serve.
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.
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 postholder will be an integral part of the City Central LMHT and will be based with the team. For Band 7 postholders, there will also be support and supervision from a more experienced psychologist, and the responsibilities will be adjusted accordingly.
Together with individual work with service users, we encourage and support non-direct work with staff within the LMHT (supervision, training) together with initiatives which enhance the psychological mindedness of the wider directorate (e.g. articles, wider training). NottsHC is actively committed to a quality improvement programme, in which all colleagues are stakeholders. Psychologists have a position within this and are encouraged to take a leadership role during this time of development. We are therefore looking for someone who is motivated to look at things from a systemic perspective and who can synthesise and critique from wide sources of information and work with others to develop testable hypotheses.
As well as being part of a LMHT the successful candidates will be part of a friendly group of psychologists who work across the Greater Nottingham LMHT’s. We will provide you with opportunities to develop professionally (which may include developing specialism) within committed and supportive adult mental health services and to play an important role in promoting supporting and increasing access to psychological therapies within community settings.
Please note that this post does not meet the pay or skill level required for a Skilled worker visa.
Successful applicants with no prior NHS experience would normally be placed at the
bottom of the band in line with Agenda for Change. This salary is below the minimum
salary required for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. In these
circumstances the Trust would not, therefore, be able to sponsor for a Skilled Worker/Health & Care visa.
Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa can determine the likelihood of obtaining a
Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria here https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent)
- Registered with the HCPC
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree, postgraduate studies, clinical supervision
Training
Essential criteria
- Relevant post qualification training
Desirable criteria
- Post-qualification training including specialist training in specific therapeutic approaches or clinical specialties
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant post qualification experience of working psychologically with adults who have a range of mental health difficulties.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary setting
- Supervising other clinicians
- Evaluating/auditing professional work
Desirable criteria
- Teaching mental health professionals about psychological issues.
- Experience of leading on clinically relevant research
- Publication of research
- Involvement in the planning and development of psychological services
- Supervising trainee or other Psychologists
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Risk assessment and risk management
- Knowledge of a range of therapeutic approaches
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology
- Ability to undertake specialist assessments, develop formulations and provide psychological interventions
- Critical awareness of current themes in Adult Mental Health policy and research
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- Extensive and up-to-date knowledge of relevant theory and research through reading and CPD.
Desirable criteria
- Extended knowledge in additional interventions/assessments/models
Skills
Essential criteria
- Effective verbal and written communication skills and relationship building skills
- Planning skills to organise workload and delivery of client care
- Effective IT skills
- Skills in providing consultation and training to other professional and non-professional groups
Values & Behaviours
Essential criteria
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust Values - Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork.
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role.
Physical Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to perform the full range of duties
Contractual Requirements
Essential criteria
- Travel across Trust sites may be required on occasion.
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 Lindsey Rogers
- Job title
- Lead Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Alternatively, please contact Dr Saima Masud - [email protected]
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