Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Principal Clinical/ Counselling/ Forensic Psychologist

The closing date is 29 September 2025

Job summary

Make a Real Difference in a Unique Setting

Are you a compassionate and motivated nurse looking for a rewarding challenge? Join Team NHFT as a Principal Clinical/ Counselling or Forensic Psychologist at HMP Lowdham Grange, where you'll play a vital role in delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to residents in a secure environment.

At Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT), we're proud to be rated. Outstanding by the CQC. We're committed to innovation, inclusivity, and making a real difference in the lives of our patients and staff.

Main duties of the job

This role will be to lead the provision of psychological interventions and provide input from a psychological perspective to individuals in prison with difficulties with substance misuse. To supervise and oversee the work of an Assistant Psychologists as well as work closely with the multidisciplinary team consisting of nursing staff, prison staff and other organisations focused on wellbeing. The successful post holder will develop trauma informed practice using up to date research and develop an evidence base.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Date posted

15 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,455 to £74,896 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

270-TG368-MH

Job locations

HMP Lowdham Grange

Old Epperstone Road

Lowdham

NG14 7DA

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualified Psychologist

Essential

Doctorate

Desirable

Forensic experience

Experience

Essential

Therapy
Trauma

Person Specification

Qualified Psychologist

Essential

Doctorate

Desirable

Forensic experience

Experience

Essential

Therapy
Trauma

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.