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<h2>Introduction</h2>
	
		
			<p>Are you passionate about making a difference in mental health care? Join Badby Park as a Clinical Psychologist and play a vital role in delivering evidence-based interventions that transform lives.</p>
<p>Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will ensure service users are fully engaged in their care pathway and receive high-quality, person-centred treatment. This is an opportunity to contribute to innovative therapeutic approaches and service development while supporting people on their journey to recovery.</p>
<p>In this role, you will provide psychological assessments using a range of tools and techniques, integrating complex data to formulate tailored treatment plans. You will implement individual and group interventions, adjusting and refining formulations to meet patient needs. Alongside direct clinical work, you will contribute to service improvement initiatives, research and audits, ensuring our practices remain aligned with best practice and clinical governance standards. You will also support staff development through training programmes and provide supervision to Assistant Psychologists, helping to build a strong and skilled team.</p>
<p><strong>As the Clinical Psychologist, you will:</strong></p>
<ul>
    <li>Support the provision of psychology services in a specified area, in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, and under the direction and supervison of a Senior/Principal/Consultant or Lead Psychologist.</li>
    <li>Participate fully with the multidisciplinary team and ensure that the patient is fully engaged in their care pathway.</li>
    <li>Support clinical team working, including both direct interventions and the delivery of staff training programmes.</li>
    <li>Support the clinical team and area of service in developing new initiatives and ways of working.</li>
    <li>Work with internal and external agencies to enhance treatment pathways for patients.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>To be successful in this role, you will have:</strong></p>
<ul>
    <li>Successful completion of a Doctorate level qualification in applied psychology either through the British Psychological Society or a recognised training body, enabling registration with the HCPC as as Practitioner Psychologist.</li>
    <li>Registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist and Charterable status with the British Psychological Society.</li>
    <li>Experience (either pre-training, on training, or subsequently) of working with clients with complex needs that are relevant to the population in the service area.</li>
    <li>Competency in psychological assessment and formulation skills and an aptitude for learning new assessment methods.</li>
    <li>Competency with risk assessment, management, and evaluation tools.</li>
    <li>Clinical therapy skills - Experience using different therapeutic approaches to address a range of clinical issues. An awareness of other modalities and how they may be applied to the current service user population.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>What You’ll Get</strong></p>
<p>At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:</p>
<ul>
    <li>Annual salary of £54,040 pro rata</li>
    <li>The equivalent of 25 days annual leave pro rata (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window</li>
    <li>Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals</li>
    <li>Access to our Rewards &amp; Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!</li>
    <li>Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance</li>
    <li>Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts</li>
    <li>Life Assurance, for added peace of mind</li>
    <li>Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support.</li>
    <li>24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be</li>
    <li>Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time</li>
    <li>Pension contribution, to help secure your future</li>
    <li>Free/subsidised meals and onsite/local free parking</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>About your next employer:</strong></p>
<p>Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities &amp; Autism, Children &amp; Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.</p>
<p>Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.</p>
<p><em>Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.</em></p>
		
	
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Part-Time Clinical Psychologist 

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>In this role you will support and provide a high-quality service to children and young people (and their families) experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties. This will be done through direct delivery of evidence based CBT interventions to support the recovery of young people referred to the service, utilising skills and knowledge of CBT and child and adolescent mental health practice. This work will be in accordance with clinical governance processes and professional standards.</p>  <p>If required, you may be expected to undertake further training i.e. Supervisor's Training Course.</p> <p></p>   <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>To provide Cognitive Behaviour Therapy within the Core Community CAMHS Team, including assessment, formulation and intervention for children/young people as determined by need. To provide CBT consultation and support to other clinical members of the team who provide care and treatment. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the governance of psychological therapy practice with the specialism.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>18 December 2025</p>

  
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    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £47,810 to £54,710 a year
      
        per annum
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>270-TG551-ACS</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Newland House</p>
      <p>Campbell St</p>
      <p>Northampton</p>
            <p>NN1 3EB</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p><em>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.</em></p>
  

  
    
      
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      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p><em>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.</em></p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
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          Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>oRelevant professional qualification or equivalent e.g., accredited CBT Therapist (CYPIAPT or Accredited CBT Degree /Masters)  oAppropriate and valid UK professional registration. This could be in psychology, systemic family therapy, psychotherapy , teaching, social work, nursing, occupational health. oAble to demonstrate significant evidence of working practice as a CBT  psychotherapist/trainee CBT psychotherapist. oTo have knowledge of a range of CBT evidence based therapeutic interventions and approaches and the ability to apply them based on the child's need.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>oTo maintain current specific professional and legal standards of practice in accordance with professional codes of conduct. oWill take responsibility to ensure maintenance of professional registration by meeting specific professional standards and adhering to codes of practice.    oCBT supervisor's course</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>oExperience of working with children and young people with mental health presentations oEvidence of continued professional development  oQualification/relevant experience in leadership and management or equivalent in health and social care management  oCognitive Behavioural Therapy clinical interventions/ approaches experience in groups and /or one to one oExperience of using and interpreting ROMs oMinimum 2 years experience band 6 or equivalent</li>
        
        <li>oEvidence of clinical development  oCollaborative working experience  oExperience of effective engagement with families and carers  oExperience of managerial and clinical leadership/transferable skills  oSound experience in area applied for or experience in an equivalent area  oExperience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.  oExperience of managing safeguarding presentations in children and young people oExperience of assessing, working with and  managing risk oAbility to safeguard and protect welfare</li>
        
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        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>oKnowledge of legislation related to children and/or adolescent's mental health and social care e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Care Act, Child Protection and Safeguarding of Vulnerable Children etc.</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
  


  
    
      
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            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>oRelevant professional qualification or equivalent e.g., accredited CBT Therapist (CYPIAPT or Accredited CBT Degree /Masters)  oAppropriate and valid UK professional registration. This could be in psychology, systemic family therapy, psychotherapy , teaching, social work, nursing, occupational health. oAble to demonstrate significant evidence of working practice as a CBT  psychotherapist/trainee CBT psychotherapist. oTo have knowledge of a range of CBT evidence based therapeutic interventions and approaches and the ability to apply them based on the child's need.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>oTo maintain current specific professional and legal standards of practice in accordance with professional codes of conduct. oWill take responsibility to ensure maintenance of professional registration by meeting specific professional standards and adhering to codes of practice.    oCBT supervisor's course</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>oExperience of working with children and young people with mental health presentations oEvidence of continued professional development  oQualification/relevant experience in leadership and management or equivalent in health and social care management  oCognitive Behavioural Therapy clinical interventions/ approaches experience in groups and /or one to one oExperience of using and interpreting ROMs oMinimum 2 years experience band 6 or equivalent</li>
          
          <li>oEvidence of clinical development  oCollaborative working experience  oExperience of effective engagement with families and carers  oExperience of managerial and clinical leadership/transferable skills  oSound experience in area applied for or experience in an equivalent area  oExperience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.  oExperience of managing safeguarding presentations in children and young people oExperience of assessing, working with and  managing risk oAbility to safeguard and protect welfare</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>oKnowledge of legislation related to children and/or adolescent's mental health and social care e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Care Act, Child Protection and Safeguarding of Vulnerable Children etc.</li>
            
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
        </p>
      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Newland House</p>
      <p>Campbell St</p>
      <p>Northampton</p>
            <p>NN1 3EB</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Newland House</p>
          <p>Campbell St</p>
          <p>Northampton</p>
                    <p>NN1 3EB</p>
        
      

      
        <br>
        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

NHS Jobs

CBT Practitioner

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p><strong>Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, or Psychological Professional/Practitioner to work as a Senior Practitioner</strong></p> <p><strong>Northants Personality Disorder Hub</strong></p> <p><strong>Band 7 (up to 22.5 Hours)</strong></p> <p>Would you like to work for an Outstanding NHS Trust, and join an innovative and supportive service that is highly committed to decreasing stigma associated with personality difficulties, promoting optimism about recovery, and increasing access to evidence-based interventions? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Practitioner.</p> <p>The Northants Personality Disorder Hub is a countywide specialist service that works to enhance understanding of personality disorder and promote the delivery of effective interventions across community and inpatient services in Northamptonshire. The team comprises of staff from a range of professional backgrounds (including nursing, occupational therapy and clinical psychology). The service provides a Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) programme at two locations across the county, and leads on the delivery of Structured Clinical Management (SCM) across general secondary mental health services. Alongside this, the service also frequently delivers training to community and inpatient teams and benefits from an established group of experts by experience who are passionate about promoting hope, improving services and co-developing and delivering staff training.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>This post will give the successful candidate the opportunity to develop their capabilities within a highly supportive and motivated multidisciplinary team. </p> <p>DBT training can be provided if required and other team members have been supported to attend the Health Education England (HEE) Post Graduate Diploma in DBT. There are a range of CPD opportunities within the service and wider network, and clinical supervision is viewed as integral to maintaining staff wellbeing and effectiveness.</p> <p>You'll have access to our generous pension scheme and health service discounts, as well as generous annual leave plus bank holidays.</p> <p>As a senior practitioner you'll be expected to;</p> <p> Deliver 1:1 and group DBT sessions </p> <p> Co-facilitate SCM group sessions and support others colleagues to deliver SCM via peer supervision, training and informal guidance </p> <p> Develop formulation-driven care plans with service users and colleagues via consultation and direct assessment</p> <p> Provide training to staff, service users and carers and work collaboratively with experts by experience to co-develop and deliver training. </p> <p> Contribute to a range of service development projects </p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>16 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £47,810 to £54,710 a year
      
        pa, pro rata
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Part-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>270-TG583-MH</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Lotus House</p>
      <p>Victoria Street</p>
      <p>Northampton</p>
            <p>NN1 3NR</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>The post holder will need to have:</p> <p> Experience of working with people with complex needs, often termed personality disorder and be passionate about reducing exclusion and stigma for this client group</p> <p> A core mental health profession and demonstrate an ongoing interest in developing competencies in working with people with personality disorder (e.g. via training in evidence based approaches, areas of specialism within existing roles) </p> <p> Self-awareness and an ability to reflect on their own emotions </p> <p> Good communication and team working skills in order to collaborate with a variety of groups and stakeholders </p> <p> Leadership skills </p> <p>You will need to be well organised and able to cope in potentially challenging situations and high-pressure environments. Flexibility is required as there may be some travelling to/from different sites across the county. It is expected that the post holder will develop in role and therefore may not meet all aspects of the job description on application.</p> <p>The Personality Disorder Hub is on a mission to provide an equitable, inclusive, representative and anti-racist service for its service users and staff. Part of this mission involves efforts towards creating and maintaining a diverse workforce. Therefore, if you self-identify as belonging to a marginalised and/or minoritized community, we would like to encourage you to apply for the post and communicate this difference in your application and/or interview.</p> <p>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.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>The post holder will need to have:</p> <p> Experience of working with people with complex needs, often termed personality disorder and be passionate about reducing exclusion and stigma for this client group</p> <p> A core mental health profession and demonstrate an ongoing interest in developing competencies in working with people with personality disorder (e.g. via training in evidence based approaches, areas of specialism within existing roles) </p> <p> Self-awareness and an ability to reflect on their own emotions </p> <p> Good communication and team working skills in order to collaborate with a variety of groups and stakeholders </p> <p> Leadership skills </p> <p>You will need to be well organised and able to cope in potentially challenging situations and high-pressure environments. Flexibility is required as there may be some travelling to/from different sites across the county. It is expected that the post holder will develop in role and therefore may not meet all aspects of the job description on application.</p> <p>The Personality Disorder Hub is on a mission to provide an equitable, inclusive, representative and anti-racist service for its service users and staff. Part of this mission involves efforts towards creating and maintaining a diverse workforce. Therefore, if you self-identify as belonging to a marginalised and/or minoritized community, we would like to encourage you to apply for the post and communicate this difference in your application and/or interview.</p> <p>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.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Behaviours
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Capacity to be appropriately assertive with others in a constructive manner.</li>
        
        <li>Self-motivated with the capacity to motivate others</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of and commitment to continuing professional development.</li>
        
        <li>Capacity and willingness to contribute to policy development and implementation within the Service.</li>
        
        <li>Willingness, understanding and valuing the importance of working collaboratively with service user representatives and organisations</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Knowledge &amp; Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions e.g. psychiatric nursing, clinical psychology, social work and occupational therapy or other relevant experience and demonstrable competence to work in the mental health field in the N.H.S (e.g. by maintaining registration with the HCPC and/or your recognised professional body).</li>
        
        <li>Significant experience of working in a mental health profession (or equivalent), and in a therapeutic role with people with significant personality difficulties.</li>
        
        <li>Clinical Experience of Psychosocial assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across a range of care settings.</li>
        
        <li>Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse, self-harm and the threat of aggression.</li>
        
        <li>Providing consultation to other professionals across a variety of clinical settings.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Prior experience of working within a DBT or SCM programme.</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of legislation in relation to client group and mental health.</li>
          
          <li>Learned and lived experience of the barriers facing minoritised groups in accessing mental health services</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Skills &amp; Abilities
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>To demonstrate clear strategies of maintaining psychological well-being when working with intense emotions and distressing material.</li>
        
        <li>Communicating effectively with colleagues, managers and others in both written and verbal forms, including the preparation of reports, investigations, plans and proposals.</li>
        
        <li>Communicating clearly, effectively and sensitively with patients, particularly when presenting highly complex and contentious issues in a high-risk situation.</li>
        
        <li>Skills in engaging with other healthcare professionals in extending their psychological understanding of personality disorders and applying this understanding in their everyday practice.</li>
        
        <li>Highly developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and professionals.</li>
        
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        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>IT and keyboard skills</li>
          
          <li>Ability to undertake flexible working hours</li>
          
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        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Behaviours
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Capacity to be appropriately assertive with others in a constructive manner.</li>
          
          <li>Self-motivated with the capacity to motivate others</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of and commitment to continuing professional development.</li>
          
          <li>Capacity and willingness to contribute to policy development and implementation within the Service.</li>
          
          <li>Willingness, understanding and valuing the importance of working collaboratively with service user representatives and organisations</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Knowledge &amp; Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions e.g. psychiatric nursing, clinical psychology, social work and occupational therapy or other relevant experience and demonstrable competence to work in the mental health field in the N.H.S (e.g. by maintaining registration with the HCPC and/or your recognised professional body).</li>
          
          <li>Significant experience of working in a mental health profession (or equivalent), and in a therapeutic role with people with significant personality difficulties.</li>
          
          <li>Clinical Experience of Psychosocial assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across a range of care settings.</li>
          
          <li>Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse, self-harm and the threat of aggression.</li>
          
          <li>Providing consultation to other professionals across a variety of clinical settings.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Prior experience of working within a DBT or SCM programme.</li>
            
            <li>Knowledge of legislation in relation to client group and mental health.</li>
            
            <li>Learned and lived experience of the barriers facing minoritised groups in accessing mental health services</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
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            Skills &amp; Abilities
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>To demonstrate clear strategies of maintaining psychological well-being when working with intense emotions and distressing material.</li>
          
          <li>Communicating effectively with colleagues, managers and others in both written and verbal forms, including the preparation of reports, investigations, plans and proposals.</li>
          
          <li>Communicating clearly, effectively and sensitively with patients, particularly when presenting highly complex and contentious issues in a high-risk situation.</li>
          
          <li>Skills in engaging with other healthcare professionals in extending their psychological understanding of personality disorders and applying this understanding in their everyday practice.</li>
          
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    <p>Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust</p>
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      <p>Lotus House</p>
      <p>Victoria Street</p>
      <p>Northampton</p>
            <p>NN1 3NR</p>
    
  

  
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Senior Practitioner

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>We are looking to recruit a full-time Senior Clinical Psychologist (or equivalent) or a more recently qualified Clinical Psychologist seeking a preceptorship role to join the south in-patient service for older people within Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT). This service offers psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for people over the age of 65 years with dementia, as well as those experiencing distress from emotional disorders or psychosis who require admission.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The post holder will work alongside an enthusiastic multidisciplinary team to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Offer assessment, formulation and intervention for a wide range of presentations using both individual and group approaches</li>
<li>Support the development of the Structured Clinical Management (SCM) pathway for older people living with personality disorder</li>
<li>Offer Case Formulation, reflective practice and training sessions for staff teams to extend psychological ways of working</li>
<li>Offer enhanced neuropsychological assessment for more complex presentations</li>
<li>Collaborate in using outcome information to inform and develop good practice</li>
</ul>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>


      
        
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  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>23 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
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      £47,810 to £62,682 a year
      
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  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
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          Part-time
        
      
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  <p>270-TG459-MH-A</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Riverside &amp; Brookview wards</p>
      <p>Berrywood Hospital</p>
      <p>Duston</p>
            <p>NN5 6UD</p>
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    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Joining this service can offer:</p> <ul>  <li>Preceptorship programme for newly qualified staff wishing to progress to a Senior role</li>  <li>Supervision from a Principal Clinical Psychologist, with additional supervision available from the Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist &amp; Highly Specialist Systemic &amp; Family Psychotherapist</li>  <li>Support to develop skills in supervision and teaching through joint supervision and lecturing for Clinical Psychology Trainees at both the University of Leicester and University of Oxford</li>  <li>Opportunities for training in therapeutic models used within the service</li>  <li>Opportunities for innovative joint work with 3rd sector organisations</li>  <li>Links and participation in the BPS Faculty of Psychology for Older People (FPOP)</li>  <li>The opportunity to work within a well integrated Psychology Service that meets monthly for CPD, case audits and organisational support</li> </ul> <p><em>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. </em></p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Joining this service can offer:</p> <ul>  <li>Preceptorship programme for newly qualified staff wishing to progress to a Senior role</li>  <li>Supervision from a Principal Clinical Psychologist, with additional supervision available from the Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist &amp; Highly Specialist Systemic &amp; Family Psychotherapist</li>  <li>Support to develop skills in supervision and teaching through joint supervision and lecturing for Clinical Psychology Trainees at both the University of Leicester and University of Oxford</li>  <li>Opportunities for training in therapeutic models used within the service</li>  <li>Opportunities for innovative joint work with 3rd sector organisations</li>  <li>Links and participation in the BPS Faculty of Psychology for Older People (FPOP)</li>  <li>The opportunity to work within a well integrated Psychology Service that meets monthly for CPD, case audits and organisational support</li> </ul> <p><em>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. </em></p>
    
  


      
  
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        <li>Doctoral Qualification in Clinical Psychology &amp; Eligible for HCPC registration or similar psychological therapy/psychology training qualification</li>
        
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          <li>Post qualification training in a specific, relevant therapeutic approach.</li>
          
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      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
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    <p>Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust</p>
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      <p>Berrywood Hospital</p>
      <p>Duston</p>
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          <p>Riverside &amp; Brookview wards</p>
          <p>Berrywood Hospital</p>
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In-patient Clinical Psychologist

<p><strong>Ready for a Change? Use Your Skills to Transform a Child s Life</strong></p><p><strong>Specialist Therapeutic Foster Carer Bedford and Surrounding Areas</strong><br> <strong>Location:</strong> Bedford and surrounding areas<br> <strong>Salary:</strong> £62,000 per year (plus additional allowances)<br> <strong>Employment Type:</strong> Full-time Self-employed</p><p><strong>Is it Time to Use Your Psychology Skills Differently?</strong></p><p>Every child deserves to feel safe, valued, and part of a family. Right now, young people in Bedford Borough are living in residential care and need someone who can help them take the next step into a stable home where they can heal and thrive.</p><p>If you have experience as a Psychologist, supporting children or young people through emotional, behavioural, or mental health challenges, you already have skills that could change a child s future. This role is not about providing a bed. It is about offering consistency, understanding, and the belief that life can get better.</p><p>As a Specialist Therapeutic Foster Carer, you will welcome a young person into your home and provide full-time care, supported every step of the way by a dedicated local team.</p><p><strong>Why Choose Specialist Therapeutic Fostering?</strong></p><p>This specialist route is for people who want to make a profound difference. You will work as part of a trauma-informed team, helping children transition out of residential care into a safe family environment where they can build trust, resilience, and independence.</p><p>This role offers you the chance to transform a child s life while experiencing something life-changing yourself.</p><p><strong>What You Will Receive as a Specialist Therapeutic Foster Carer</strong></p><ul> <li>£62,000 per year plus £1,000 additional allowances for holidays and birthdays</li><li>Up to 28 days respite each year</li><li>Specialist trauma-informed training and ongoing professional development</li><li>Clinical supervision and 24/7 out-of-hours support</li><li>Peer support networks, including access to the Mockingbird Constellation model</li><li>Membership of The Fostering Network</li><li>Be part of a local fostering team that knows and values its carers</li></ul> <p><strong>Could This Be You?</strong></p><p>We are looking for individuals or couples who:</p><ul> <li>Live in Bedford or the surrounding area</li><li>Can offer a dedicated bedroom for fostering a young person</li><li>Have experience supporting children or young people with emotional, behavioural, or psychological needs</li><li>Are resilient, nurturing, and open to learning</li><li>Can provide full-time care (at least one person at home if applying as a couple)</li><li>Ideally, you will have no children under 12 living at home. Exceptions may apply depending on the child s needs.</li></ul> <p>Please note fostering requires you to register as self-employed. You will be responsible for managing your own tax affairs and maintaining the necessary records related to the role.</p><p><strong>Is it Time for a Change?</strong></p><p>This is your opportunity to use your psychology skills in a way that truly matters. You will make a difference to a child, to your community, and to yourself.</p><p>Apply now to speak with our team and take the first step toward becoming a Specialist Therapeutic Foster Carer for Bedford Borough.</p>

Specialist Therapeutic Foster Carer - Psychologist

<p><strong>Educational Psychologist - East Midlands</strong></p><p>We're working in partnership with a Local Authority in the <strong>East Midlands</strong> who are seeking experienced Educational Psychologists to support with statutory Education, Health and Care Needs Assessments (EHCNAs).</p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>Deliver high-quality psychological advice to inform the EHCP process.</li><li>Complete <strong>face-to-face assessments</strong> to identify learning needs, emotional wellbeing, and barriers to progress.</li><li>Produce clear, child-centred statutory reports to support decision-making.</li><li>Work collaboratively with schools, families, and professionals, keeping the child or young person at the centre of all practice.</li><li>Recommend evidence-based strategies and interventions for pupils with learning, emotional, and behavioural needs.</li><li>Provide consultation and training to school staff to promote inclusion and build capacity.</li></ul><p><strong>What We're Looking For:</strong></p><ul><li>Postgraduate qualification in Educational Psychology</li><li><strong>HCPC registration (essential)</strong></li><li>Strong interpersonal and communication skills</li><li>Experience working with children and young people, and a genuine commitment to improving outcomes</li></ul><p><strong>Role Details:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Rate:</strong> 600 per day</li><li><strong>Assessments:</strong> Face-to-face (essential)</li><li><strong>IR35:</strong> Outside IR35</li></ul><p><strong>Additional Benefits:</strong></p><ul><li>Flexible working arrangements</li><li>Referral scheme worth up to <strong> 500</strong> when you recommend a colleague we successfully place</li></ul><p>To apply, email  or call <strong>Dane on (phone number removed)</strong>.</p><p>Know someone who might be a great fit? Refer them and earn up to 500!</p>

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