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Clinical psychologist 7/8a
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust View all jobs
Posted 25 day(s) ago
Reference: 270-TH332-MH
Job summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic individual to join our Children's Community Team for People with Learning Disabilities. This position is for a fixed term, 9 months maternity cover. We are a passionate, multi-disciplinary team who puts service users and their families at the forefront in everything we do. You would be providing assessments, formulations and interventions to service users and their families/ support systems. You would be working with children and young people presenting with a wide range of psychological distress and difficulties including people with autism, ADHD, attachment issues, trauma, loss, mental health issues, behaviour which challenges.
We have an excellent reputation for being a compassionate service who leads in trauma informed practice. We are a welcoming and inclusive psychological service and MDT, who work together to ensure the services we provide are of high quality. Reflective practice is essential in our work and we provide excellent quality supervision, peer supervision, journal clubs and reflective practice sessions to ensure we are working at the high standard that service users deserve.
Main duties of the job
Main duties include:
Providing complex assessments and formulations, including some neurodevelopmental assessments and formulations.
Providing direct or indirect interventions based on psychological formulations and models.
Providing training and indirect work with care providers/ carers/ parents.
Possibility of supervising trainees/ assistants depending on experience
Opportunities for audits and research
Developing skills in positive behaviour support and being involved in training others in this approach.
Opportunity for CPD in whatever area of interest you have and exploring how to incorporate this into working with people with learning disabilities.
Becoming an integral member of the MDT, ensuring psychological principles are embedded in the teams.
Exploring opportunities for improving service development within the service
About us
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
08 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£49,387 to £64,750 a year pa, pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
9 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
Reference number
270-TH332-MH
Job locations
St Mary's Hospital
77 London Road
Kettering
NN15 7PW
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading.
Main responsibilities:
Supporting children and young people who are experiencing psychological distress.
Working with their families and support systems.
Providing assessments, formulations and interventions to children, young people and their support systems.
Working in a MDT to bring a psychological perspective and supporting MDT colleagues in their work
Conducting neurodevelopmental assessments, providing assessments, formulations and interventions for people with neurodiversity.
Attending supervision, peer supervision, journal clubs, reflective practice, professional network meetings.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading.
Main responsibilities:
Supporting children and young people who are experiencing psychological distress.
Working with their families and support systems.
Providing assessments, formulations and interventions to children, young people and their support systems.
Working in a MDT to bring a psychological perspective and supporting MDT colleagues in their work
Conducting neurodevelopmental assessments, providing assessments, formulations and interventions for people with neurodiversity.
Attending supervision, peer supervision, journal clubs, reflective practice, professional network meetings.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Expereince
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
- Knowledge of legislation and key documents in relation to the LD population
Desirable
- Experience of supervising of others or providing consultation to others
- Experience for working with people with LD
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of psychological therapies with people with LD
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessments, formulations and interventions
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to utilise them to communicate effectively within a multi-disciplinary team based working environment as well as with service users and their families/carers
Desirable
- Experience and ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Skills in developing systemic formulations around the person with LD
Person Specification
Knowledge & Expereince
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
- Knowledge of legislation and key documents in relation to the LD population
Desirable
- Experience of supervising of others or providing consultation to others
- Experience for working with people with LD
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of psychological therapies with people with LD
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessments, formulations and interventions
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to utilise them to communicate effectively within a multi-disciplinary team based working environment as well as with service users and their families/carers
Desirable
- Experience and ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Skills in developing systemic formulations around the person with LD
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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
St Mary's Hospital
77 London Road
Kettering
NN15 7PW
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address
St Mary's Hospital
77 London Road
Kettering
NN15 7PW
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)