Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Job summary
As part of the reconfiguration of the Learning Disability (LD) CAMHS service we are recruiting a part-time (27 hours) Consultant Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to play a key role in shaping its future development.
The small LD CAMHS team prides itself on its flexibility and creativity in meeting individuals’ needs and on its close collaboration with other agencies.
The team now sits under the umbrella of Learning Disability Services, which means that the postholder will have the direct support of the Trust Lead Psychologist in this area and sit in a structure alongside the two other Learning Disability Consultant Psychologists. This will ensure that their professional development will remain protected during this period of change.
There will be flexibility in agreeing a working pattern and official base (Osborne Court, Princess of Wales Community Hospital, Aconbury North or Benet Building – Hereford), with a balance of working from home. We will consider 22.5 hours or more.
Applicants must read the attached guidance notes before submitting your application for full understanding of Trust requirements.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will provide clinical leadership and oversight of the governance of the LD CAMHS service. They will work closely with the Lead Psychologist to shape service development in line with national drivers and good practice.
They will also provide clinical supervision and line management to a small number of team members and empower them to share the leadership responsibilities.
They will help to develop creative ways of working within the current national financial constraints to best meet the psychological needs of children and young people with learning disabilities and the systems around them. Working alongside key stakeholders they will help to bring psychological thinking to the wider network.
The postholder will also hold a suitable caseload of people with learning disabilities and a range of complex psychological needs.
Given that this is a new post the postholder will be able to influence its development over time
We are happy to discuss this in more detail.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc/BA Honours degree at 2:1 or above in psychology.
- Post-graduate doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS)
- Post-graduate level or above training and qualification in NHS leadership/management or equivalent leadership/ management experience
- Eligible for registration as a Chartered Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) by the BPS
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
Experience
Essential
- Experience required specific to the role and clinical area
- Experience in developing research and development programmes within psychology therapy services
- Experience in teaching and training of trainee and post qualification psychological therapists, and of nonpsychological staff
- NHS/Leadership experience – managing or providing professional leadership to a range of qualified psychological therapy staff (including recruitment, appraisal, performance management and clinical supervision)
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for the application of multi-theoretical psychological assessment, intervention and evaluation with a range of common and complex mental health needs
- Experience working within multidisciplinary services
Closing Date: 20 October 2026
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