Opportunity to make a significant difference in the lives of children and families by providing expert assessments and personalized care plans.
Joining a dynamic multi-disciplinary team with a strong focus on ADHD and Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), fostering collaboration and innovative approaches.
Providing supervision and professional leadership, allowing for personal and professional growth, along with the ability to shape practice and influence team direction.
Engagement with a dedicated peer network of Consultant Psychologists for ongoing support, learning, and consultation across specialties.
Access to excellent professional development opportunities, including involvement in teaching, service evaluation, and research.
Attractive recruitment incentive of £5000, enhancing the overall compensation package for new hires.
Working for a Trust that values psychology at senior levels, promoting a culture of learning and innovation in mental health and primary care.
The Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a passionate and experienced Consultant Psychologist to join their multi-disciplinary team in Kettering, specializing in support for children with ADHD and Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This role involves conducting expert assessments, providing consultation, and collaborating closely with families, schools, and healthcare professionals to create tailored care plans that empower neurodiverse children. Additionally, the Consultant Psychologist will supervise and provide professional leadership to team members while playing a significant role in the implementation of a new clinical model within the service.
The position offers opportunities for professional development, involvement in teaching, and participation in research within a supportive network of Consultant Psychologists. Candidates should have a strong background in the assessment and diagnosis of ADHD and ASD, along with leadership experience. The Trust emphasises a culture of learning and innovation, aiming to improve patient care and safety through integrated services. A recruitment incentive of £5000 is available for the successful candidate. For more details or an informal discussion, interested applicants can contact the Clinical Director, Dr. Gillian Nightall.
Opportunity to make a significant difference in the lives of children and families by providing expert assessments and personalized care plans.
Joining a dynamic multi-disciplinary team with a strong focus on ADHD and Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), fostering collaboration and innovative approaches.
Providing supervision and professional leadership, allowing for personal and professional growth, along with the ability to shape practice and influence team direction.
Engagement with a dedicated peer network of Consultant Psychologists for ongoing support, learning, and consultation across specialties.
Access to excellent professional development opportunities, including involvement in teaching, service evaluation, and research.
Attractive recruitment incentive of £5000, enhancing the overall compensation package for new hires.
Working for a Trust that values psychology at senior levels, promoting a culture of learning and innovation in mental health and primary care.
Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of children and families? We are seeking an experienced, compassionate Consultant Psychologist to join our dynamic multi-disciplinary team, specialising in ADHD and Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) support.
In this vital role you will provide expert assessments, and consultation working closely with families, schools and healthcare professionals. Your insight will help shape personalised care plans and empower children with neurodevelopmental presentations to thrive.
As a Consultant grade psychologist you will provide supervision and professional leadership for psychological professions staff in the team, as well as function as a key senior leader within the service as a whole.
Experience and expertise in the assessment and diagnosis of ADHD and ASD would be essential as well as broader leadership experience. The team is currently embedding a new clinical model, and this is an exciting opportunity to work with other senior leaders in implementing this new approach.
If you would like to join this friendly and highly motivated multi-disciplinary team, please do get in touch for an informal discussion.
Recruitment incentive – please note that this post benefits from a recruitment incentive of £5000 for the successful candidate paid in instalments. Please see attached document for further details.
You would join a network of Consultant Psychologists working across Children’s services, which meets weekly for peer support. You would be supervised and professionally managed by an experienced Consultant Psychologist who is also the Clinical Director for Children’s services. There is also a wider peer network of Consultant Psychologists in the Trust as a whole, with excellent opportunities for cross-specialty learning and consultation. Psychology is highly valued in the organisation with representation at Director level and on the Executive Management Board.
We have good links with both Oxford and Leicester Doctoral training courses, and there are plenty of opportunities both to host trainees on placement as well as the potential for involvement in teaching, service evaluation and research.
We take the development of our staff seriously, and would look to provide support around any development or CPD needs for this role as needed. There may also be opportunities to undertake clinical sessions in other speciality areas depending on the interests and preferences of the successful candidate.
For the main duties of this role please refer back to the the job description attached for further information.
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.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Gillian Nightall Job title: Clinical Director Email address:
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