Clinical or Counselling Psychologist/Cognitive Behavioural Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or CBT/DBT Therapist to join the Enhanced Primary Care Mental Health Service. You will provide psychological assessment, formulation, and treatment for clients with moderately complex mental health disorders, including group interventions. The role involves working across two team bases in Watford and Borehamwood, with occasional travel across west Hertfordshire. You will receive regular supervision and CPD opportunities within a supportive team.
Essential criteria
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, adult mental health and in patient settings
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life span's presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working and inter-agency collaboration
- Knowledge and awareness of specific clinical practices and issues relating to clients with mental health problems
Desirable criteria
- Experience of service quality monitoring e.g. clinical audit, evaluative research, etc and/or service improvement and project management
- Experience of working in a community mental health setting
- Ability to deliver complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Ability to work with people whose behaviour is personally challenging
- Postgraduate qualification in clinical or counselling psychologist and registered with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist OR Postgraduate qualification in one of the core mental health professions e.g. psychiatric nursing, medicine, social work and occupational therapy or to have substantial other relevant experience and with demonstrable competence to work in the mental health field.
- Diploma and / or M.Sc. in CBT (Level 2) leading to demonstrable eligibility for accreditation with the BABCP OR Completion of DBT Intensive Training and PG Certificate in DBT
- Continuing registration with body overseeing practice of core mental health profession, e.g. NMC or HCPC.
- Areas of Experience and Knowledge
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, adult mental health and in patient settings
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life span's presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working and inter-agency collaboration
- Knowledge and awareness of specific clinical practices and issues relating to clients with mental health problems
- Experience of service quality monitoring e.g. clinical audit, evaluative research, etc and/or service improvement and project management
- Experience of working in a community mental health setting
- Ability to deliver complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Ability to work with people whose behaviour is personally challenging
- Postgraduate qualification in clinical or counselling psychologist and registered with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist OR Postgraduate qualification in one of the core mental health professions e.g. psychiatric nursing, medicine, social work and occupational therapy or to have substantial other relevant experience and with demonstrable competence to work in the mental health field.
- Diploma and / or M.Sc. in CBT (Level 2) leading to demonstrable eligibility for accreditation with the BABCP OR Completion of DBT Intensive Training and PG Certificate in DBT
- Continuing registration with body overseeing practice of core mental health profession, e.g. NMC or HCPC.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £51,657 – £58,785 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical or Counselling Psychologist/Cognitive Behavioural Therapist
The closing date is 06 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/CBT Therapist (level 2) /DBT Therapist in the Enhanced Primary Care Mental Health Service within HPFT. You will be at the forefront in developing the therapeutic provision offered within primary care, to meet the needs of the local population,
You will be required to work across two team bases. You will predominately be based in Watford however you are also expected to cover Borehamwood and must be able to regularly travel between the two locations. You will work in these locations primarily, although you will also work as part of a wider team across west Hertfordshire and may on occasion need to travel across this locality to support the needs of the Service. You may also be required to work one evening every week to support an out-of-hours clinic, currently on Monday night.
Main duties of the job
You will provide psychological assessment, formulation and treatment to clients with moderately complex mental health disorders within the service. This will include developing and facilitating group based interventions.
You will join a growing and supportive team of psychological therapists and other clinicians. Yo
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