Clinical Psychologist

Main area CYPMHS Clinical/Counselling Psychologist Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

Site Peace Children's Centre, Peace Prospect, Watford, WD17 3EW
Town Watford Salary £59,798 - £67,020 per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAS) Salary period Yearly Closing 01/10/2026 23:59

At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.

Band 8a - Clinical / Counselling Psychologist (CYPMHS South)

This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified professional to join HPFT CYPMHS South team. The post is designed for a psychologist who is ready to consolidate specialist skills while developing into a senior clinician.

The service operates across two main sites, and the post holder will be expected to work from both locations in line with clinical need, team arrangements and service priorities:
Watford Peace Children’s Centre, Peace Prospect, Watford, WD17 3EW
, and Borehamwood Civic Offices, Ground Floor, NHS Building, Elstree Way, Borehamwood, WD6 9SP
. You will work alongside a multidisciplinary professionals and supporting collaborative, multi-agency working.

The post holder will hold HCPC registration and will provide a highly specialist psychological service and delivery of evidence-based service and routine outcome measures monitoring are robust, timely and aligned to the service’s agreed pathways under principles of CAPA model of approach and CYP-IAPT, inclusive of both generic and specific work.

CYPMHS South sits within a wider countywide CYPMHS system of other teams of HPFT, offering strong professional links and peer support across community and specialist teams aligned to Hertfordshire’s geographical quadrants. This post is offered as a development role.

To be responsible for a caseload of complex assessment, treatment and
consultation work with children, adolescents and their families, with
problems of behavioral, emotional, psychological or mental health issues, providing Core work (as defined by CAPA) and in addition contributing to Specific/Specialist work (as defined by CAPA) as agreed with CommunityCYPMHS Managers and Professional leads.

To operate as a member of the multidisciplinary team providing child and adolescent mental health services for the quadrant, in line with the
principles and practice of CYP-IAPT.

To work in ways which are sensitive to and appropriate for the needs of
families from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds.

Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for 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. E verything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Clinical Responsibility

• To assess, plan and implement programmes of care for individual
  children and young people, carers and families with complex
  behavioural, emotional, psychological or mental health issues.
• To undertake risk assessment and risk management for all children
  and adolescents, including the protective and risk factors in the
  network of significant relationships.
• To be responsible for a defined caseload…