We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist to join our highly regarded PATH (Prevention, Assessment and Treatment in Hertfordshire) for psychosis team and At Risk Mental State (ARMS) team in Hertfordshire. Successful post holder will be working across both teams spending three days per week within PATH and one day per week within ARMS.
This is an excellent opportunity to become part of a dynamic, supportive and forward-thinking multidisciplinary team dedicated to delivering high-quality, evidence-based care in line with NICE recommendations. Our service is committed not only to clinical excellence but also to innovation, and we are proud to be actively involved in pioneering research collaborations with the University of Oxford and King's College London. Through these partnerships, we are helping to develop and implement cutting-edge psychological therapies and emerging technologies that enhance recovery outcomes for people experiencing psychosis.
As a specialist services, PATH and ARMS provide comprehensive assessment and intervention for individuals experiencing psychosis (PATH) or for those who are at risk of developing psychosis (ARMS). Psychological therapists play a central role within both multidisciplinary teams, contributing specialist expertise to formulation, treatment planning and service development.
The successful applicant will:
Deliver evidence-based psychological interventions, including CBT, in line with NICE guidance.
Contribute to comprehensive assessments, including the use of psychometric measures where appropriate.
Support multidisciplinary colleagues through psychological formulation, consultation and collaborative care planning.
Play an active role in the continued development of psychologically informed practice across the service.
We are committed to supporting the growth and development of our staff. The Trust offers excellent continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities and actively encourages clinicians to develop specialist interests that align with both service and professional goals.
As part of your role you will be expected to engage with further training: CBT for Psychosis (CBTp) and Family Intervention for Psychosis (FiP), as well as other specialist courses as required.
If you are looking for a role that combines clinical excellence, research and innovation as well as opportunities for professional growth within a supportive team, we would love to hear from you.
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,500 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. E verything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
- To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care
- To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings
- To be responsible for implementing a range of NICE-based specialised psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups. These interventions can be employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses
- To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options by taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans
- To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan
- To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management
- To work with carers in support of clients on the PATH and ARMS pathway
- To develop and maintain an outcome framework in order to monitor and report on clinical and other outcomes to relevant stakeholders
For full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role please refer to the job description and person specification documents attached.
