Senior Psychological Therapist/CBT Therapist

Senior Psychological Therapist/CBT Therapist The closing date is 06 May 2026 An interesting opportunity has arisen in our Primary Care Mental Health Service in Hemel Hempstead in West Hertfordshire for an experienced Clinical or Counselling Psychologist or CBT therapist to provide psychological interventions in primary care. This is a full-time position and will involve working alongside a peer senior psychological therapist. The post holder will be at the forefront in reviewing and leading the psychological 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. Please can you be clear in your application form on how you meet the essential qualification criteria. This is an office based role in Hemel Hempstead. Main duties of the job * 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. About us Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trustare one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission 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, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout: Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional. Job responsibilities * To provide specialist psychological assessments of service users referred to the teams, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with service user s, family members and others involved in the service users care * To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a service users mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the service user s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings. * To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the designated quadrant lead. * To participate in relevant special interest groups within the profession across the Trust and nationally as appropriate, to keep up with current developments. * To contribute to service development projects within own service area and other relevant agencies as required. This can involve contributing to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the service operational policies or other organizational issues, by initiating and using ones professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit. For a more detailed description, please see attached JD and PS. Person Specification Knowledge * Post-graduate doctorate in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, or fully completed training as a Counselling Psychologist or other psychological therapy qualification with substantial experience. * For Clinical/Counselling psychologists: Full registration with Health Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist or full registrations with BABCP or with appropriate professional body. * Where relevant, post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice including CBT. Experience * Post-registration experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment with service users with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature. * Assessed experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of adults of working age with a wide range of presentations of varying severity. * Experience of working with moderate to severe mental health problems including assessing and managing risk. * Demonstrate further specialist clinical experience and training, through a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a clinical/counseling psychologist or registered therapist over a minimum of 18 months, or an agreed alternative. * Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for service user's psychological care and treatment. * Experience of professional consultation, teaching, training and/or supervision, including supervision of clinical psychology/or other trainee(s). * Formal supervision training * Experience of delivering group-based interventions 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. Address St. Pauls, Slippers Hill, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 5XY £59,798 to £67,020 a year per annum pro rata (5% HCAS included) Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number 367-ACMS-101252 Job locations St. Pauls, Slippers Hill, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 5XY #J-18808-Ljbffr