Job Description

We are delighted to offer a part time opportunity for a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist at Band 8a based within the City Central Local Mental Health Team (LMHT) at Highbury Hospital. We would welcome applications from those due to qualify in 2025. Band 7 applicants can progress to an 8a after completion of a ratified preceptorship portfolio to demonstrate competence to work at that level.



This is an exciting opportunity to join the group of psychological therapists working into the City Central LMHT. These include a Senior Psychologist with a specialism of working with dissociative identity disorder, an Integrated Therapist and a Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner. As a psychological therapy team, you will meet regularly to discuss referral, as well as for support and supervision.



City Central LMHT has a range of mental health professionals working within it and, as a team, support people who experience a variety of mental health difficulties, including complex trauma, psychosis, depression, anxiety, dissociation, self-harm and life-threatening behaviours. Due to the variety and range of patient demographics and presenting difficulties, working within the LMHT provides excellent opportunities for developing the application of therapeutic knowledge and skills.

We see the role of the LMHT psychologist as:

To enhance the psychological mindedness of the Multi-Disciplinary Team and Adult Mental Health Service as well as improve the psychological competence and confidence of non-psychologists within the MDT to deliver psychological interventions.



As such we believe the role is ideally suited to someone who wants to work within an MDT setting and apply and develop their skills and interests across a broad and varied range of activities.



As a group we prioritise the individual Psychologist's well-being. We want Psychologists to thrive and get the most from their employment as well as being able to balance this with their home life. We also believe that Psychology support is much more than providing therapy and Psychologists are therefore encouraged and given the freedom to develop their interests not only within direct clinical work, but also around the broader application of psychology to the mental health difficulties of the population we serve.



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.



#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



The postholder will be an integral part of the City Central LMHT and will be based with the team. For Band 7 postholders, there will also be support and supervision from a more experienced psychologist, and the responsibilities will be adjusted accordingly.



Together with individual work with service users, we encourage and support non-direct work with staff within the LMHT (supervision, training) together with initiatives which enhance the psychological mindedness of the wider directorate (e.g. articles, wider training). NottsHC is actively committed to a quality improvement programme, in which all colleagues are stakeholders. Psychologists have a position within this and are encouraged to take a leadership role during this time of development. We are therefore looking for someone who is motivated to look at things from a systemic perspective and who can synthesise and critique from wide sources of information and work with others to develop testable hypotheses.



As well as being part of a LMHT the successful candidates will be part of a friendly group of psychologists who work across the Greater Nottingham LMHT's. We will provide you with opportunities to develop professionally (which may include developing specialism) within committed and supportive adult mental health services and to play an important role in promoting supporting and increasing access to psychological therapies within community settings.



Please note that this post does not meet the pay or skill level required for a Skilled worker visa.



Successful applicants with no prior NHS experience would normally be placed at the

bottom of the band in line with Agenda for Change. This salary is below the minimum

salary required for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. In these

circumstances the Trust would not, therefore, be able to sponsor for a Skilled Worker/Health & Care visa.



Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa can determine the likelihood of obtaining a

Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria here https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa