Senior Psychological Therapist/ CBT Therapist inHemel Hempstead inHemel Hempstead PUBLISHED 21 AUG 2024

An interesting opportunity has arisen in our developing Primary Care Mental Health Service in North West Hertfordshire (Dacorum/sT Alban's) for an experienced Clinical or Counselling Psychologist or CBT therapist to support the provision of psychological interventions in primary care.

The post holder will be at the forefront in developing the therapeutic provision offered within primary care, to meet the needs of the local population.

Psychological Therapists undertake an integral role supporting the wider MDT and are highly regarded within the Trust.

You will play an important role in the day to day running of local psychology provision, providing supervision to qualified and trainee psychological therapists and practitioners, overseeing psychology referrals and waiting list, and providing support and consultation to MDT colleagues.

• The post-holder will provide specialist support, guidance and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychological therapist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers within community mental health services, primary care and other agencies.
• To provide supervision to band 7 psychological therapists / trainee clinical/counselling psychologists and other psychological therapies practitioners as required.
• The post-holder will work closely with the local and quadrant-wide psychological therapy teams, as well as a range of other psychological therapy colleagues within the service setting.
• The post-holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
• The post-holder will utilise research skills for audit, teaching, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
  
  

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.


Our Trust Values Are


The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tamara Morrison Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: Telephone number:

Adrienne Coward