Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join 14 Arches, Staff Psychology & Counselling; a psychology-led service offering psychological support to NHS staff working in Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust. The service is based in Northampton but provides support across sites where NHFT staff are based.
You would be joining an innovative and enthusiastic team of two principal psychologists and two experienced counsellors, supported by a clinical administrator. Psychologists within the service offer one-to-one consultations to colleagues, in which we explore an area of concern and help make sense of what is going on; we also offer support to teams and team leaders, consulting when there are difficulties and providing input to teams through structured activities and reflective practice.
We are looking for an innovative and dedicated clinician with a strong commitment to improving psychological wellbeing for NHS staff and an interest in using their skills in a range of individual and group interventions with staff. Strengths will be psychological formulation which draws on a range of models, and the ability to communicate and share psychological thinking with colleagues. Also important will be the ability in the postholder to work at a systemic level, develop practice and take forward a project within the service.
Main duties of the job
You would be expected to work alongside the established psychologists and counsellors within the service, delivering support to colleagues who refer in, supporting service evaluation and development and contributing to supervision, governance and service development. This would include:
- Providing psychological consultations to individual staff who refer into the service around a concern which is impacting them at work
- Offering consultancy to managers around team issues
- Designing and delivering interventions with staff teams
- Developing and delivering psychologically informed groups
- Helping to deliver our pathway for staff experiencing distressing and potentially traumatic incidents at work, including preventative work, post-event support to teams and trauma therapy to individuals
- Utilising research skills for audit, service evaluation/development and research within the service.
- Providing supervision to other psychological professionals within the service e.g. trainee psychologists, counsellors
- Working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies & procedures
About us
Joining this service can offer:
- Regular supervision from one of the principal psychologists in the service
- Monthly reflective practice within the team
- Opportunity to work within a well established and integrated Psychological Professions Network, which provides access to monthly CPD meetings, organisational support and opportunities to connect with psychological professionals working across the Trust.
- Support to develop supervision and teaching skills, with clinical psychology trainees through both the University of Leicester and University of Oxford Clinical Psychology Doctoral training programmes.
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.
Details
Date posted
02 January 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£47,810 to £62,682 a year Recently qualified psychologists will be considered at Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
270-TG626-MH
Job locations
Lotus House
Victoria Street
Northampton
NN1 3NR
Job description
Job responsibilities
If you would like to discuss this opportunity please contact Dr Marianne Welford, Principal Clinical Psychologist/Joint Service Lead (marianne.welford@nhft.nhs.uk) or Dr Anna Richards, Principal Counselling Psychologist/Joint Service Lead (anna.richards@nhft.nhs.uk) to arrange a time.
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
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
If you would like to discuss this opportunity please contact Dr Marianne Welford, Principal Clinical Psychologist/Joint Service Lead (marianne.welford@nhft.nhs.uk) or Dr Anna Richards, Principal Counselling Psychologist/Joint Service Lead (anna.richards@nhft.nhs.uk) to arrange a time.
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
- Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology or equivalent
- Eligible/Registered with HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
Desirable
- Post Qualification training in relevant clinical approaches
- Training in providing supervision
- Training in a specific trauma focused therapy (e.g. EMDR, trauma focused CBT)
Experience
Essential
- Experience working within adult mental health
- Demonstrated interest in staff psychological wellbeing
Desirable
- Experience providing supervision
- Experience providing consultation/reflective practice
- Experience providing psychological support to staff
- Experience working with staff teams
- Experience in research, audit and/or service evaluation
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology or equivalent
- Eligible/Registered with HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
Desirable
- Post Qualification training in relevant clinical approaches
- Training in providing supervision
- Training in a specific trauma focused therapy (e.g. EMDR, trauma focused CBT)
Experience
Essential
- Experience working within adult mental health
- Demonstrated interest in staff psychological wellbeing
Desirable
- Experience providing supervision
- Experience providing consultation/reflective practice
- Experience providing psychological support to staff
- Experience working with staff teams
- Experience in research, audit and/or service evaluation
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional informationDisclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address
Lotus House
Victoria Street
Northampton
NN1 3NR
Employer's website
https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address
Lotus House
Victoria Street
Northampton
NN1 3NR
Employer's website
Salary range
- £7 - £62,682 per year