Full time – 37.5 hours per week or Part Time – 30 hours per week. Are you a Clinical Psychologist ready to take the lead in a role where your expertise genuinely shapes lives? We are looking for someone who is committed to evidence‑based care, energised by working within a skilled multidisciplinary team, and keen to build something they can be proud of.
As our Senior Clinical Psychologist you will be at the heart of clinical decision‑making, providing a holistic and person‑centred service to patients with a wide range of mental health needs and psychiatric conditions. You will work closely with a multidisciplinary team and report to the Head of Therapies – Consultant Clinical Psychologist. Your service‑wide leadership responsibilities will include providing consultation and psychological thinking to the senior leadership team of the hospital, supporting research, audit and service development, and ensuring compliance with professional standards and NICE guidelines.
Responsibilities
- Providing specialist psychological assessment and therapeutic interventions to inpatients across our wards.
- Contributing to multidisciplinary formulation, care planning and risk management.
- Providing support to Assistant Psychologists and trainees and utilising research skills in audit, service development and research relevant to the post.
- Carrying out leadership duties and responsibilities in line with the seniority of the role.
- Supporting the department's research, audit and service development activities.
- Ensuring compliance with professional standards, NICE guidelines and Nouvita's governance frameworks.
- Representing the department in relevant internal and external meetings.
Qualifications
- Post‑graduate qualification in Psychology recognised by the British Psychological Society / HCPC (e.g. Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology).
- Live registration or eligible for immediate registration as a Practitioner Psychologist by the HCPC.
- Sound knowledge and understanding of a wide range of mental health conditions and personality disorders.
- Experience of working in a psychiatric inpatient unit.
- Experience in using psychometric tools.
- Experience working with adults and older adults with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Experience working with people who present with behaviours of concern (PBS knowledge desirable).
- Experience working in a multi‑disciplinary team.
- Well‑developed communication skills, orally and in writing, to convey complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, families, carers and professional colleagues.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non‑professional groups.
Location
The role is based at Baldock Manor, a 40‑bed mental health facility for adults, including two Female PICUs and two Acute Wards.
About Nouvita Healthcare
Nouvita Healthcare provides comprehensive healthcare services, including a hospital, nursing & residential care homes, and supported living services. Our focus is on psychology‑led treatments delivered by a vibrant, inclusive multi‑disciplinary team.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Nouvita Healthcare is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are a Disability Confident and Mindful employer, providing support to applicants with mental and/or physical disabilities.
Benefits
- Bupa Healthcare Expenses Cover
- Life Insurance up to 33 days annual leave including bank holidays (dependent on length of service)
- Cycle2Work Scheme
- Blue Light Discount Card eligibility
- Free Parking
- 'Refer a Friend' scheme
- Birthday leave following one year employment
