Clinical Psychologist/Counselling Psychologist

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Clinical Psychologist/Counselling Psychologist NHS AfC: Band 8a Main area Psychologist Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 333-J-KC-0916-A

Site Hathaway House Town London Salary £64,156 - £71,148 pa inc HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 31/12/:59 Interview date 15/01/2026

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page

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Job overview We are looking for an enthusiastic clinical or counselling psychologist to work in our Community Mental Health Hub as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary service. The post-holder will work in the north Kensington & Chelsea Mental Health Hub and in the south Hub as required.

The post-holder will be the Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) lead for the Hub and will also supervise the Complex Emotional Needs (CEN) pathway clinicians. The role will include liaison with the specialist CEN team, known as the Waterview Service.

In addition, that post-holder will provide a range of specialist psychological assessment and therapy for clients with complex and enduring mental health problems. They will also be expected to lead on and coordinate aspects of the group programme under the Hubs, including the DBT programme for clients with complex emotional needs. The candidate will offer advice, training and consultation to other members of the team and non-professional carers.

The post-holder will support the team in assessing the psychological and social needs of patients referred to the service, ensuring that psychological needs and factors are given due consideration.

The post-holder will be supported in developing their role through CPD and supervision. They will also contribute to the professional development of junior colleagues, including trainee clinical psychologists.

The post-holder is expected to work autonomously within professional guidelines.

Main duties of the job The post-holder will work primarily in north Kensington and Chelsea Mental Health Hub and in the south Hub as required.

The post-holder will dedicate the equivalent of one day per week to leading the Complex Emotional Needs pathway across the north and south hubs.

They will also provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy for clients with complex mental health problems. They will also provide aspects of the psychosocial group programme within the Hub. The candidate will be expected to offer advice, training, and consultation to other members of the team and non-professional carers.

The post-holder will attend weekly psychology and wider MDT team meetings and case discussion forums to facilitate gold standard service provision. They will have an active role in managing referrals and planning clinical care. They will contribute to the ongoing development of effective recovery-oriented treatment models. They will also play an active role in initiatives to ensure optimal use of psychological therapy resources so that these are widely accessible and offered in a timely manner. The post-holder will support the team in assessing the psychological and social needs of patients referred to the service, ensuring that psychological needs and factors are given due consideration in the care planning process.

Working for our organisation Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is one of the largest trusts in the UK, caring for people with a wide range of physical and mental health needs. We have approximately 7,000 staff who provide healthcare to a third of London's population and across wider geographical areas, including Milton Keynes, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire and Central and North West London

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The post-holder will be based across the Mental Health Hub sites in North Kensington & Chelsea and will also include Travel to the South Hub.

The post-holder will be expected to adopt a flexible approach to their working pattern and may at times be required to undertake work in other settings including day centers, GP surgeries, other community service bases, inpatient wards and patients' homes.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities Clinical :

To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care.

To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client's mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client's problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.

To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. To lead and supervise the Hub DBT offer and clinical supervise the Hub CEN workers. The role will include oversight of the Hub CEN offer.

To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.

To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.

To provide specialist psychological advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients' formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.

To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group.

To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.

To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment . click apply for full job details