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Principal Clinical Psychologist
The closing date is 05 October 2025
The Northamptonshire Gender Identity Service is one part of a national service of 7 NHS England commissioned clinics that service users can access from across the country.
Main duties of the job
This post is for a Principal Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to provide overall clinical leadership for Clinical Psychology and therapy services within Northamptonshire Gender Identity Services. They will lead and oversee delivery of Clinical Psychology and Therapy care within the gender service.
The post holder will provide expertise in relation to neurodiversity, undertaking clinical assessments. They will work closely with the multi-disciplinary service, working with Assistant Psychologist, Senior Clinical Psychologist, Consultant Psychiatrists, Consultant Endocrinologist, General Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists and Speech and Language Therapy.
About us
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.
Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Experience
* Understanding of gender
* Neurodiversity experience
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.
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
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