Newly Qualified Clinical Psychologist in Stevenage

Are you a newly qualified or early career Clinical Psychologist looking for a role that will genuinely invest in your development? This is a structured development post with a defined pathway to Senior Clinical Psychologist. You will work at our hospital in Baldock, either on a part time (30 hours) or full time (37.5 hours). The working hours are 9am to 5pm.

As this is a development role, your starting responsibilities will be tailored to your experience. Your performance will be reviewed in your annual appraisal, and when you meet criteria for the Senior Clinical Psychologist responsibilities, your pay and job title will be adjusted accordingly. We will develop these criteria collaboratively as part of your personal development plan. There are also potential future career opportunities within Nouvita, and we are proud of supporting our staff to build their careers in-house.

As you develop into the Senior role, you will hold service-wide leadership responsibilities and will be expected to provide consultation and psychological thinking to the senior leadership team of the hospital. You will be proactive in this and show independence of thought and initiative.

You will join a friendly, skilled and enthusiastic psychology and therapies team within a vibrant multidisciplinary team, delivering a comprehensive therapies programme to inpatients with a wide range of mental health needs. Your ideas and enthusiasm will be heard, you will be able to make meaningful change, and you will be authentically supported in your professional development with a highly experienced Clinical Psychologist (Head of Psychologies and Therapies) protected development planning, and a genuine in-house route to a senior post.

Baldock Manor is rated Good by the CQC, whose most recent report specifically recognised the contribution of our Therapies team. The hospital comprises two older adult acute inpatient wards (male and female), with an accredited female PICU currently dormant and offering real potential for redevelopment which is an unusual service development opportunity for a psychologist building their career.

Nouvita Healthcare is a growing healthcare provider, made up of a hospital, nursing & residential care homes and supported living services and is on a mission to provide personalised and effective care. What stands out in our hospital is the focus on psychology led treatments and the vibrant and inclusive multi-disciplinary team, as well as a collegiate atmosphere which makes working here enjoyable even on the busy days!

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.

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Job Responsibilities:

• You will provide high quality specialist psychology services to the in-patients at the hospital who present with a wide range of complex mental health conditions, as well as physical health needs; and work as part of the multidisciplinary team: Psychology; OT; Psychiatry; Nurses; other specialities.
• You will provide highly specialist psychological assessment and intervention while working collaboratively with colleagues from other disciplines, agencies and carers.
• You will be clinically responsible to a Head of Psychology and Therapies Clinical Psychologist who will have a clinical oversight of all work and service delivery.
• You will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team while observing the Company policies and procedures.
• You will provide support to Assistant Psychologists and trainees.
• You will utilise research skills in audit, service development and research relevant to the post.

Person Specification:

Qualifications Essential:

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology - DClinPsy or equivalent, this post is open to Clinical Psychologists only;
• HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical), or eligibility for immediate registration 2026 qualifiers are warmly encouraged to apply;
• Experience of psychiatric inpatient settings including training placements;
• Sound knowledge of a wide range of mental health conditions and personality disorder, and experience with psychometric assessment;
• Experience of working with adults and older adults across the full range of clinical severity, including behaviours of concern - PBS knowledge desirable.
• Strong communication skills and an interest in supporting colleagues to use psychological thinking in their work.

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.