Employer Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Nottingham Care for Transgender Health Town Nottingham Salary £57,528 – £64,750 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 16/07/2026 23:59
Specialist Clinical Psychologist – Transgender Health
Job overview
The Nottingham Centre for Transgender Healthcare Network (NCTHnet) comprises Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health (NCTH), East of England Gender Service, Nottingham Young People’s Gender Service and ‘Linked Clinic’ activities.
The post holder will be a member of the multi-disciplinary service, working with Clinical Psychologists, Consultant Psychiatrists, General Practitioners, Consultant Nurse, Associate Specialist, Clinical Nurse Specialists and Speech and Language Therapists.
This post requires the ability to work with people using a variety of communication methods, and a wide range of psychological and other needs.
The post will involve completing diagnostic assessments for gender incongruence (including recommendation for medical intervention) and psychological assessments for therapeutic intervention. The post will also involve consultation with the wider MDT re formulations regarding gender and maintaining appropriate structures for discussing cases in a psychologically minded way. Liaison with a broad range of other disciplines and agencies, including General Practice, other transgender services and providers will be a key aspect of this post.
Main duties of the job
To work as a Clinical Psychologist and part of the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health network to support patients in line with the NHS England national service specification.
The role requires the post holder to undertake both psychological assessments and diagnostic assessment for transgender patients.
The post holder will be part of the team providing a clinical psychology service to patients and, on occasions their families, including direct and indirect clinical work, supervision and training of others, clinically relevant research/audit and specific roles that support the Principal Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Lead, and Service Manager in developing the service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To plan and provide specialist psychological assessments and interventions as described in the patient care section below.
To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance, consultation, training and supervision to other professionals, and to assistant psychologists and trainee clinical psychologists.
To accept responsibility for maintaining a safe working environment for all staff and patients.
To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of patients.
To provide specialist psychological advice and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to patient’s formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan. This would include the dissemination of psychology research and theory.
To carry out other tasks as requested by the Principal Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Lead.
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.
Person specification
Qualifications – Academic / Craft / Professional
- Psychology degree or equivalent, conferring GBC status
- Doctoral level qualification in Clinical Psychology (or the equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) conferring HCPC status & as accredited by the BPS
- Further post qualification training in supervision
- PGCert in Gender Identity Medicine
- Further training in relevant specific assessment methods and/or therapeutic interventions
Experience
- Working psychologically with gender diverse people and interventions with individuals and care systems
- Service Evaluation
- Publication in peer-reviewed research journals.
- Experience of providing supervision to others
Knowledge
- Broad understanding of theories and interventions relevant to gender diverse adults and transgender healthcare.
- Critical awareness of current themes in transgender healthcare policy and research
Additional Information
- We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants.
- The Trust believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria.
- For eligible posts, DBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment. If you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Convictions which would otherwise be considered as ‘spent’ will also be checked as part of an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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