Clinical Psychologist

Main area

Practitioner Psychologist

Grade

Band 8B

Contract

Permanent: Working across two sites services

Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week

Job ref

367-CYP-101616

Site

Borehamwood Civic Office and/or Watford Peace Centre

Town

Borehamwood

Salary

£68,852 – £79,638 per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAS)

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

27/09/2026 23:59

Values Based Screener

At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a ‘completion code’ by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work in a 8b role as a Clinical Psychologist within our Community Specialist Division of Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services (CYPMHS), formerly known as CAMHS, in a multidisciplinary team.

The successful post holder role involves delivering a high-quality service provision that promotes and improves the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people and their families.

You will have core professional registration following completion of post-graduate doctorate in clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, or fully completed training as a Counselling Psychologist as well as registered with the HCPC.

You will have significant post-registration experience of highly specialist child and adolescent service of both core work and specific/specialist work of assessment and treatment with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature.

The Community Specialist CYPMHS services are a dynamic caring, supportive and hard-working team which prides itself in working professionally in collaboratively with young people and stakeholders in service delivery. There are opportunities to take a lead in areas of service delivery and specialist areas of interest.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Clinical Psychologist to join our Community Specialist Division within Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services (CYPMHS),

The successful post holder will play a key role in delivering high-quality, evidence-based psychological services. The post holder will contribute a wide range mental health difficulties, including complex and high-risk presentations.

Applicants must hold professional registration accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), or have successfully completed accredited Counselling Psychology training, together with registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

The successful candidate will have significant post-registration experience working within specialist child and adolescent mental health services, with substantial experience in the assessment and treatment of children and young people presenting with complex psychological and mental health needs. Experience of multidisciplinary working, consultation, clinical supervision and service development will be highly desirable.

The team values professional development and continuous improvement, through structured supervision, professional support and competency development.

This is an excellent opportunity to further develop their clinical, leadership and service development skills within a supportive and well-established psychological therapies and multidisciplinary team.

Working for our organisation

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities

The post holder will work autonomously as a member of the senior leadership team, providing a high standard of psychological care and service delivery to children, young people and their families.

The post holder will work collaboratively with other professionals within Community Specialist CYPMHS and the wider CYPMHS network.

The post holder will participate in the assessment, formulation and treatment of children, young people and their families in relation to a range of highly complex emotional, psychological and behavioural difficulties.

The post holder will support care coordination and pathway planning for children and young people with complex needs, including transitions between services and effective partnership working with Tier 4 services where required.

The post holder will be responsible for the provision of an appropriate range of highly specialist psychological services within Community Specialist CYPMHS.

The post holder will provide clinical and professional supervision to less experienced practitioner psychologists, psychological practitioners and trainees.

The post holder will provide specialist advice, consultation and support to other professionals, carers and families.

Clinical Responsibility

To provide highly developed specialist psychological assessments of children and young people receiving care within Community Specialist CYPMHS, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex psychological data from a variety of sources, including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations, and semi-structured interviews with children, young people, family members and other professionals involved in their care.

To formulate and implement plans for the psychological treatment and/or management of children and young people with mental health difficulties, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and employing evidence-based interventions of proven effectiveness.

To be responsible for implementing a range of evidence-based psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, working independently and jointly with other team members and disciplines as appropriate.

To adjust and refine psychological formulations, drawing upon a range of…