Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist - Team Lead
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Band 8b Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist Team Lead - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Management
ACTIVATE Team, E&N Hertfordshire, Kingsway Health Centre, Stevenage/Hitchin
We are currently looking for an enthusiastic, creative and highly specialist Clinical Psychologist to join our team.
About ACTIVATE
ACTIVATE is a multi-disciplinary community team consisting of Clinical Psychologists, Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists, GP's with extended roles, and an administrator. We provide highly specialist assessment and intervention for adults with CFS and/or persistent pain.
ACTIVATE adopts a primarily hands-off approach to treatment which is aimed at motivating and educating service users to manage their condition more effectively and utilizes both individual and group-based interventions. Close multi-disciplinary working within the team is a key part of the service delivery and the successful candidate will be expected to take an active role in the delivery of the Chronic Fatigue Management Programmes as well as offering individual and joint treatment sessions with other team members.
ACTIVATE team form part of the integrated community MSK Services working alongside the MSK Physiotherapy team and the MSK Clinical, Assessment and Treatment Service (MSKCATS). The post will also involve close liaison with relevant medical consultants, GP's, and other healthcare professionals.
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Responsibilities
- Support and enhance the work of the multi-disciplinary team providing a highly specialist service to people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and persistent pain.
- Take a lead role in the clinical delivery and strategic development of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) service.
- Support and enhance the professional psychological care of patients within the service by providing highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and therapy, as well as consultation, advice, and supervision to other members of the team.
- Provide highly specialist clinical psychology input to adults, their families, and carers referred to the ACTIVATE Team with CFS.
- Provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and therapy for complex cases within the service. This will be based upon clinical psychology and clinical health psychology theory and practice.
- Work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams’ policies and procedures.
Proposed Interview Date
24th September 2026
About Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust.
- You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff.
- We put our patients, their families, and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities.
- Our staff are proud to be Caring, Pioneering, and Inclusive in their work to help achieve the Trust vision.
- We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages.
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Contact Information
For further details / informal visits, contact:
- Name: Dr Kim Morsley
- Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address: kim.morsley1@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01438 847512
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