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Clinical/Counselling psychologist

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Nottingham, NG3 2PZ £49,387 – £56,515 a year Fixed-Term Posted 1 September 2026 Apply by 22 September 2026

Home Office register entry: Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Nottingham

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Closest occupation match: SOC 2225, Clinical psychologists. Pay for this occupation is set by national pay scales (NHS bands), so no single Home Office going rate applies.

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Role description

Job summary

To provide a specialist clinical/counselling psychology service to adults with complex mental health problems in step 4 Nottingham County South.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Main duties of the job

To provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy.

To offer advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues.

To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Service's policies and procedures.

To contribute to the psychological therapies pathway development across AMH.

To contribute to the service development in Nottingham County South.

To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the service where appropriate

To undertake relevant teaching, training and supervision within Step 4 County South, and more broadly in AMH where appropriate.

About us

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment

Date posted

01 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum (pro-rata)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

186-776-26-MH

Job locations

St Anns House

114 Thorneywood Mount

Nottingham

NG3 2PZ

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the Step 4 Service 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 observation and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care as necessary.

To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems, and employing methods based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the range of care settings.

To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families, and groups where necessary, 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 considering 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 plans, ensuring communication with the referral agent and others involved with the care on a regular basis.

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

Person Specification

Qualifications - Academic / Craft / Professional

Essential

oHighly developed specialist knowledge oProfessional knowledge acquired through degree, postgraduate doctoral degree clinical supervision oRegistered with HCPC oDoctorate level qualification in Clinical Psychology (or equivalent) or Counselling Psychology accredited by the BPS

Training

Essential

oCore Doctoral Level Training in either Clinical or Counselling Psychology

Desirable

Specialist training in specific therapeutic approaches or clinical specialties

Experience

Essential

Of working psychologically with adults who have a range of mental health difficulties, and of interventions with individuals and care systems. Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary setting Evaluating and auditing professional work

Desirable

Supervising other clinicians Publication in peer-reviewed research journals. Teaching mental health professionals about psychological issues.

Knowledge

Essential

Understanding of theories and interventions relevant to adults with Mental Health Difficulties, their families and support systems Risk assessment and risk management Knowledge of a range of therapeutic approaches Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology

Desirable

Critical awareness of current themes in Adult Mental Health policy and research Extended knowledge in additional interventions/assessments/ models

Skills

Essential

Effective verbal and written communication skills and relationship building skills. Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, formulation and intervention using a range of psychological models with service users with mental health difficulties Planning skills to organise workload and delivery of client care Effective IT skills

Desirable

Skills in providing consultation and training to other professional and non-professional groups

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.