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Applied Psychologist - Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist to join our committed and friendly team of clinicians in our Central Wandsworth &amp; West Battersea Integrated Recovery Hub is one of four multidisciplinary Integrated Recovery Hubs in Wandsworth and provides specialist assessment, treatment and recovery work for adults with a wide variety of severe and enduring mental health difficulties.</p> <p>Central Wandsworth &amp; West Battersea Integrated Recovery Hub offers a specialist, community-focused mental health and social care service to adults (18-75) whose mental health problems, because of their seriousness or complexity, cannot be effectively treated within primary care. Clinical/professional judgement will determine priority for treatment and support, but in line with policy implementation guidance. The Integrated Recovery Hub ( IRH) service is the central element of mental health service for adults and their relatives/carers.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The post holder will be expected to work in health and other community settings (including outpatient clinics), clients' and their relatives' homes, inpatient and other hospital settings, and any other settings in which the client is most appropriately managed.</p> <p>You will provide cognitive behaviour therapy to patients referred to the Adult Integrated Recovery Hubs (IRHs) in Wandsworth. The post holder is expected to operate within recognised professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Wandsworth Adult Integrated Recovery Hub policies and procedures.</p> <p>You will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the services' policies and procedures. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.</p> <p>We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.</p> <p>This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.</p> <p>We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.</p> <p>We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.</p> <p>Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>21 November 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £56,276 to £63,176 a year
      
        pro rata per annum inclusive of inner London HCAS
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
    <h3 id="contract_duration_heading">Duration</h3>
    <p>12 months</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Part-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>294-COMM-7630873-JB</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Springfield University Hospital</p>
      <p>15 Springfield Drive</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>SW17 0YF</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>1. To provide CBT assessments of clients referred to the Adult Community Mental Health Teams based upon the appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of data from a variety of sources including self-report measures, rating scales, direct and semi-structured interviews.</p> <p>2. To design and implement plans for the formal CBT treatment and/or management of a clients problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy.</p> <p>3. To be responsible for implementing a range of individual, family and group interventions based upon evidence of treatment efficacy, and which rely primarily upon CBT models.</p> <p>4. To evaluate and make decisions about CBT treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic CBT models and complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual or group.</p> <p>5. To engage in the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients in liaison with the multi-disciplinary team. To provide specialist CBT advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.</p> <p>6. To contribute directly and indirectly to a CBT based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group.</p> <p>7. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on CBT approaches to aspects of risk assessment and risk management.</p> <p>8. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment and CBT treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of treatment.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>1. To provide CBT assessments of clients referred to the Adult Community Mental Health Teams based upon the appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of data from a variety of sources including self-report measures, rating scales, direct and semi-structured interviews.</p> <p>2. To design and implement plans for the formal CBT treatment and/or management of a clients problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy.</p> <p>3. To be responsible for implementing a range of individual, family and group interventions based upon evidence of treatment efficacy, and which rely primarily upon CBT models.</p> <p>4. To evaluate and make decisions about CBT treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic CBT models and complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual or group.</p> <p>5. To engage in the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients in liaison with the multi-disciplinary team. To provide specialist CBT advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.</p> <p>6. To contribute directly and indirectly to a CBT based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group.</p> <p>7. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on CBT approaches to aspects of risk assessment and risk management.</p> <p>8. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment and CBT treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of treatment.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
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          Training and Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>BABCP Accreditation as CBT practitioner (or eligible and seeking accreditation)</li>
        
        <li>A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following - nursing, social work, occupational therapy, clinical/counselling psychology</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Post graduate diploma/certificate in CBT for psychosis</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience of using evidence based psychological interventions for treatment of mild to moderate mental health conditions.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of assessment and treatment of people with mental health problems, of varying severity and complexity, using evidence based psychological therapies, particularly CBT.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of providing individual CBT treatments and in facilitating therapeutic/psycho-educational groups.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of working in secondary mental health care in the NHS</li>
          
          <li>Experience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Knowledge &amp; Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Skilled in the use of CBT assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.</li>
        
        <li>Advanced practitioner skills in CBT.</li>
        
        <li>Skills in the assessment and evaluation of risk associated with mental ill health and related psychopathology</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge of assessment for CBT.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>High-level knowledge in the assessment and evaluation of the psychological therapies for severe and enduring mental health difficulties</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Training and Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>BABCP Accreditation as CBT practitioner (or eligible and seeking accreditation)</li>
          
          <li>A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following - nursing, social work, occupational therapy, clinical/counselling psychology</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Post graduate diploma/certificate in CBT for psychosis</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of using evidence based psychological interventions for treatment of mild to moderate mental health conditions.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of assessment and treatment of people with mental health problems, of varying severity and complexity, using evidence based psychological therapies, particularly CBT.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of providing individual CBT treatments and in facilitating therapeutic/psycho-educational groups.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience of working in secondary mental health care in the NHS</li>
            
            <li>Experience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Knowledge &amp; Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Skilled in the use of CBT assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.</li>
          
          <li>Advanced practitioner skills in CBT.</li>
          
          <li>Skills in the assessment and evaluation of risk associated with mental ill health and related psychopathology</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of assessment for CBT.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>High-level knowledge in the assessment and evaluation of the psychological therapies for severe and enduring mental health difficulties</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
    
  



      
  
    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
    </p>
  


 
  
    
      
        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
        </p>
      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Springfield University Hospital</p>
      <p>15 Springfield Drive</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>SW17 0YF</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Springfield University Hospital</p>
          <p>15 Springfield Drive</p>
          <p>London</p>
                    <p>SW17 0YF</p>
        
      

      
        <br>
        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

CBT Therapist or Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>We have an exciting 10 month secondment opportunity for a HCPC registered clinical psychologist (band 8A) to provide a highly specialist clinical psychology service to children, young people and families under the care of the Enhanced Treatment Service.</p>
<p>The post holder will provide highly specialist Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Dialectic Behavioural Therapy (DBT) expertise to children and young people supported by the team. The post holder will also offer advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to other members of the team in relation to clinical psychology highly specialist knowledge and skills including CBT, DBT, neuropsychology, knowledge of neurodevelopmental presentations.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>You will be part of a multidisciplinary team, and responsible for the psychological assessment, formulation and treatment interventions for children and young people with complex mental health needs in a Tier 4 CAMHS service. This will include individual and group sessions, for young people and parents, as well as contributing to risk management, care plans and managing caseloads. You will also be responsible for the supervision of junior psychologists (including youth intensive psychological practitioners and trainee psychologists). You will also contribute to the effective working of the team and to a psychologically informed framework for the service.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties. In addition, we offer ongoing training and development for example in DBT and other relevant therapeutic approaches, as well as opportunities to pursue relevant research interests.</p> <p>As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will mostly be expected to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 9 to 5, however there may be a request to work one evening to facilitate a parent group.</p>  <p>You would be joining a committed and highly experienced multi-disciplinary team, with a focus on continuing service improvement and supporting the young people to reach their potential. There is a strong emphasis on supporting the parents and carers and close liaison with the community teams working with each young person. There is also a school on site, which offers opportunities for close collaboration.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>24 November 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 8a</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £61,927 to £68,676 a year
      
        per annum Incl. of HCAs
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Secondment</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>334-CLI-7574021</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Enhanced Treatment Service</p>
      <p>Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>SE5 8AZ</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>To provide highly specialist Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Dialectic Behavioural Therapy (DBT) expertise to children and young people supported by the team</p> <p>To offer advice and consultation on clients psychological care to other members of the team in relation to clinical psychology highly specialist knowledge and skills including CBT, DBT, neuropsychology, knowledge of neurodevelopmental presentations.</p> <p>To provide other specialist clinical psychology support to the Centralised Crisis Services including group work, training, consultation, audit and support for junior staff within the service including supervision where appropriate.</p> <p>To support and lead on service development and enhance the offer for children and young people with mental health needs across the services.</p> <p>To participate in collating outcomes/ results with clinical/professional lead and support/lead on areas of service improvement, service pathway developments and review.</p> <p>See full job description for more details.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>To provide highly specialist Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Dialectic Behavioural Therapy (DBT) expertise to children and young people supported by the team</p> <p>To offer advice and consultation on clients psychological care to other members of the team in relation to clinical psychology highly specialist knowledge and skills including CBT, DBT, neuropsychology, knowledge of neurodevelopmental presentations.</p> <p>To provide other specialist clinical psychology support to the Centralised Crisis Services including group work, training, consultation, audit and support for junior staff within the service including supervision where appropriate.</p> <p>To support and lead on service development and enhance the offer for children and young people with mental health needs across the services.</p> <p>To participate in collating outcomes/ results with clinical/professional lead and support/lead on areas of service improvement, service pathway developments and review.</p> <p>See full job description for more details.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent; that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration</li>
        
        <li>Completed training course in clinical supervision.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Additional Training specific to CBT and/DBT practice for children, adolescents and families</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children and young people with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature</li>
        
        <li>Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Evidence of advanced practice and clinical experience using CBT and/DBT with children and young people  in CAMHS Crisis Services</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Abilities
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent; that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration</li>
          
          <li>Completed training course in clinical supervision.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Additional Training specific to CBT and/DBT practice for children, adolescents and families</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children and young people with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature</li>
          
          <li>Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Evidence of advanced practice and clinical experience using CBT and/DBT with children and young people  in CAMHS Crisis Services</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
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            Abilities
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour.</li>
          
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
    </p>
  


 
  
    
      
        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
        </p>
      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Enhanced Treatment Service</p>
      <p>Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>SE5 8AZ</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.slam.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Enhanced Treatment Service</p>
          <p>Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill</p>
          <p>London</p>
                    <p>SE5 8AZ</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="https://www.slam.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Practitioner Psychologist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>An exciting opportunity has arisen for Occupational Therapists with experience of working with young people and their families to work in Tri-borough CAMHS. This is a full-time Band 7 permanent post in the CAMHS Alliance service.</p>
<p>We are on a significant journey of transformation in the quality of services provided, through greater co-production with service users and carers, and addressing long-standing inequalities. Increasingly, we are leading and collaborating closely with integrated care partnerships including working towards giving a stronger voice to some of the most vulnerable people in society.</p>
<p>We would be delighted to hear from Occupational Therapists who have some experience working in CAMHS using OT skills and are interested in this role. Candidates who have Crisis and/or Home Treatment experience will be prioritised for this role. The post holder will provide line management, clinical and professional supervision for staff within the discipline, in agreement with the discipline lead.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The Alliance Crisis Team serves 3 key pathways:</p> <p>o Acute Trust and out of hours' serviceo Intensive community support/ Home Treatment service &amp; Post A&amp;E Reviewo Intensive community support/Home Treatment + service with Tier 3 CAMHs interface and Tier 4 diversion/Tier 4 step down</p> <p>The post holders will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, holding a clinical caseload and undertaking the comprehensive assessment of children and young people with mental health needs (including risk assessment and the development of risk management plans) who present in crisis to CAMH Services, hospitals and sites covered by the Alliance Crisis Care.</p> <p>In addition to providing direct work to families and young people, the post holders will also assist the CAMHS and/or paediatrics team with treatment planning and provide consultation to families/carers and other professionals involved in the life of the young person.</p> <p>The post holder will participate in delivering the provision of specialist mental health services to children and young people and their families and carers across the West London NHS Trust 3 Boroughs CAMH Service and crisis pathway.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.</p>
<p>Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and  Hammersmith &amp; Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.</p>
<p>The Trust is rated as 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.</p>
<p>The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>12 November 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £53,751 to £60,651 a year
      
        per annum inclusive
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>222-LS-CAMHS-743</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Lakeside mental Health Unit</p>
      <p>Twickenham Road</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>TW7 6AF</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.</p>
<p>The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.</p>
<p>The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>BSc (Hons) or equivalent Occupational Therapy qualification</li>
        
        <li>HCPC Registered</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of post-graduate training in mental health and an active interest in further professional development in CAMHS</li>
        
        <li>Clinical supervision training</li>
        
        <li>Practice placement educator  training</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Post graduate training in sensory integration</li>
          
          <li>Training in DBT</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Knowedge &amp; Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Specialist knowledge and application of OT assessments, interventions  and outcome measures relevant to client group</li>
        
        <li>Ability to determine the impact of mental and physical conditions on children and young people's functional ability and undertake assessment/ make recommendations with regards to the provision of equipment/aid  and adaptations</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge of safeguarding procedures</li>
        
        <li>Applied Knowledge of relevant policy and changes within wider NHS relevant to Mental Health</li>
        
        <li>Awareness and knowledge of factors specifically relating to O.T. within the community and CAMHS</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrated application of Risk Assessment and management in clinical practice</li>
        
        <li>Understanding and clinical application of Model of Human Occupation</li>
        
        <li>Working knowledge and application of clinical governance</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Considerable post qualification experience as a Band 6 or equivalent</li>
        
        <li>In-patient and/or community mental health OT clinical experience</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with children and young people who self-harm or have suicidal ideation.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of using a range of OT standardised assessments</li>
        
        <li>Experience of multidisciplinary and multiagency working</li>
        
        <li>Supervision of O.T.s and support staff</li>
        
        <li>Supervision of O.T. students on practice placement</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrated involvement in service development</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of working in CAMHS setting</li>
          
          <li>Experience of line managing staff</li>
          
          <li>Research and audit experience</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_4">
        
          Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Able to demonstrate a strong professional identity</li>
        
        <li>Able to communicate and negotiate effectively with staff at all levels.</li>
        
        <li>Able to commit to and work effectively within teams, MDT, and profession specific</li>
        
        <li>Ability to work autonomously</li>
        
        <li>Effective leadership skills</li>
        
        <li>Good motivational techniques and abilities.</li>
        
        <li>Clear effective planning and decision-making skills.</li>
        
        <li>Able to maintain the profile of occupational therapy within a multidisciplinary setting</li>
        
        <li>Able to contribute to in-service training.</li>
        
        <li>Able to establish good working relationships across the Trust and other agencies</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrates the ability to professionally role model, empower and motivate staff</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Computer Literacy</li>
          
          <li>Good organisational skills and time management.</li>
          
          <li>Presentation and teaching skills</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>BSc (Hons) or equivalent Occupational Therapy qualification</li>
          
          <li>HCPC Registered</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of post-graduate training in mental health and an active interest in further professional development in CAMHS</li>
          
          <li>Clinical supervision training</li>
          
          <li>Practice placement educator  training</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Post graduate training in sensory integration</li>
            
            <li>Training in DBT</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Knowedge &amp; Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Specialist knowledge and application of OT assessments, interventions  and outcome measures relevant to client group</li>
          
          <li>Ability to determine the impact of mental and physical conditions on children and young people's functional ability and undertake assessment/ make recommendations with regards to the provision of equipment/aid  and adaptations</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of safeguarding procedures</li>
          
          <li>Applied Knowledge of relevant policy and changes within wider NHS relevant to Mental Health</li>
          
          <li>Awareness and knowledge of factors specifically relating to O.T. within the community and CAMHS</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrated application of Risk Assessment and management in clinical practice</li>
          
          <li>Understanding and clinical application of Model of Human Occupation</li>
          
          <li>Working knowledge and application of clinical governance</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Considerable post qualification experience as a Band 6 or equivalent</li>
          
          <li>In-patient and/or community mental health OT clinical experience</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with children and young people who self-harm or have suicidal ideation.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of using a range of OT standardised assessments</li>
          
          <li>Experience of multidisciplinary and multiagency working</li>
          
          <li>Supervision of O.T.s and support staff</li>
          
          <li>Supervision of O.T. students on practice placement</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrated involvement in service development</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience of working in CAMHS setting</li>
            
            <li>Experience of line managing staff</li>
            
            <li>Research and audit experience</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_4">
          
            Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Able to demonstrate a strong professional identity</li>
          
          <li>Able to communicate and negotiate effectively with staff at all levels.</li>
          
          <li>Able to commit to and work effectively within teams, MDT, and profession specific</li>
          
          <li>Ability to work autonomously</li>
          
          <li>Effective leadership skills</li>
          
          <li>Good motivational techniques and abilities.</li>
          
          <li>Clear effective planning and decision-making skills.</li>
          
          <li>Able to maintain the profile of occupational therapy within a multidisciplinary setting</li>
          
          <li>Able to contribute to in-service training.</li>
          
          <li>Able to establish good working relationships across the Trust and other agencies</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrates the ability to professionally role model, empower and motivate staff</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Computer Literacy</li>
            
            <li>Good organisational skills and time management.</li>
            
            <li>Presentation and teaching skills</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
    
  



      
  
    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>West London NHS Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Lakeside mental Health Unit</p>
      <p>Twickenham Road</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>TW7 6AF</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk" target="_blank">https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>West London NHS Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Lakeside mental Health Unit</p>
          <p>Twickenham Road</p>
          <p>London</p>
                    <p>TW7 6AF</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk" target="_blank">https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

MH Practitioner

CAMHS Principal Clinical Psychologist (N&S SCAAND)

Clinical Psychologist/Counselling Psychologist

Lead for Psychology and Psychotherapy Croydon CAMHS

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Are you passionate about compassionate care, trauma-informed practice, and supporting families through the most challenging moments of pregnancy?</p> <p>We're looking for an experienced and emotionally resilient Clinical Psychologist to join the multidisciplinary team in the Fetal Medicine Unit at the Royal London Hospital. This is a rare opportunity to contribute to a ground-breaking service that integrates specialist psychological care into the management of complex fetal diagnoses and high-risk pregnancies.</p> <p>We're seeking a HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist with:</p> <p>Experience in working with trauma, grief, or complex medical conditions.Strong assessment, formulation, and therapy skills for both individuals and families.Confidence working within multidisciplinary teams.A commitment to compassionate, culturally sensitive, and trauma-informed practice.Experience in perinatal or reproductive health, and training in approaches such as EMDR, CFT, or trauma-focused CBT, would be beneficial. Bengali language skills are highly desirable given our local community, but not essential.</p> <p>You'll be part of one of the UK's most innovative maternity services at Barts Health NHS Trust, working in a forward-thinking team at a major tertiary referral centre for fetal medicine. This is a unique opportunity to influence how psychological care is delivered to families during a vulnerable time and to promote holistic, family-centred care across the pathway.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>Provide specialist psychological assessments and interventions to women, birthing people, and their families facing distressing fetal diagnoses, loss, or difficult pregnancy decisions.</p>
<p>Work closely with obstetricians, midwives, fetal medicine specialists, and neonatal colleagues to embed psychologically-informed care throughout the service.</p>
<p>Contribute to staff wellbeing by offering reflective practice, consultation, and psychological support in this emotionally demanding clinical environment.</p>
<p>Play a key role in shaping and developing this evolving service, including involvement in care pathway design, training, and outcome evaluation.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.</p>
<p>The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.</p>
<p>Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.</p>
<p>We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>17 November 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 8a</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £64,156 to £71,148 a year
      
        per annum inc (pro rata)
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
    <h3 id="contract_duration_heading">Duration</h3>
    <p>24 months</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Part-time,
        
      
        
          Flexible working
        
      
    </p>
  

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  <p>259-7619702RLH</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Royal London Hospital</p>
            <p>London</p>
            <p>E1 1FR</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
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          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>oEvidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the Health Professions Council</li>
        
        <li>oExperience of working with people affected by trauma, grief, or complex medical conditions</li>
        
        <li>oSkills in delivering psychological assessment, formulation, and therapy for individuals and families</li>
        
        <li>oExperience of MDT work and effectively working within other disciplines</li>
        
        <li>oExperience of providing evidence-based interventions for patients of the service</li>
        
        <li>oExperience of providing clinical supervision in relation to complex cases to junior staff and peers</li>
        
        <li>oExperience in perinatal, maternal, or reproductive health settings</li>
        
        <li>oExperience of working with trauma, loss, and bereavement (e.g., pregnancy loss, stillbirth, TFMR)</li>
        
        <li>oTraining in EMDR, CFT, or trauma-focused CBT</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>oExperience of supporting staff wellbeing or delivering reflective practice</li>
          
          <li>oExperience of audit, research and analytical skills</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>oExcellent communication, interpersonal, and team-working skills</li>
        
        <li>oCompassionate, non-judgmental, and emotionally resilient</li>
        
        <li>oAbility to work autonomously and flexibly in a developing service</li>
        
        <li>oCommitment to trauma-informed and culturally sensitive practice</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
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          Knowledge
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>oSound knowledge of psychological theory, models, and evidence-based therapies (e.g. CBT, EMDR, Acceptance &amp; Commitment Therapy)</li>
        
        <li>oUnderstanding of psychological impact of fetal diagnoses, pregnancy loss, uncertainty, risk counselling</li>
        
        <li>oAwareness of perinatal mental health pathways and maternity care systems</li>
        
        <li>oKnowledge of clinical governance, ethics, safeguarding, confidentiality and legal frameworks in healthcare</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>oKnowledge of genetics, fetal medicine protocols, prenatal screening / diagnostics</li>
          
          <li>Understanding of culturally sensitive and diversity-informed psychological practice</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>oGood Honours degree in Psychology giving eligibility for Graduate membership of the BPS</li>
        
        <li>oPost-graduate doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or those in lateral transfer) as accredited by the B.P.S., and giving eligibility for membership of Health Care Professions Council HCPC</li>
        
        <li>oThe post holder must be registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.</li>
        
        <li>oAdditional training in therapeutic modality</li>
        
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            Experience
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>oEvidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the Health Professions Council</li>
          
          <li>oExperience of working with people affected by trauma, grief, or complex medical conditions</li>
          
          <li>oSkills in delivering psychological assessment, formulation, and therapy for individuals and families</li>
          
          <li>oExperience of MDT work and effectively working within other disciplines</li>
          
          <li>oExperience of providing evidence-based interventions for patients of the service</li>
          
          <li>oExperience of providing clinical supervision in relation to complex cases to junior staff and peers</li>
          
          <li>oExperience in perinatal, maternal, or reproductive health settings</li>
          
          <li>oExperience of working with trauma, loss, and bereavement (e.g., pregnancy loss, stillbirth, TFMR)</li>
          
          <li>oTraining in EMDR, CFT, or trauma-focused CBT</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>oExperience of supporting staff wellbeing or delivering reflective practice</li>
            
            <li>oExperience of audit, research and analytical skills</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
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            Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>oExcellent communication, interpersonal, and team-working skills</li>
          
          <li>oCompassionate, non-judgmental, and emotionally resilient</li>
          
          <li>oAbility to work autonomously and flexibly in a developing service</li>
          
          <li>oCommitment to trauma-informed and culturally sensitive practice</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Knowledge
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>oSound knowledge of psychological theory, models, and evidence-based therapies (e.g. CBT, EMDR, Acceptance &amp; Commitment Therapy)</li>
          
          <li>oUnderstanding of psychological impact of fetal diagnoses, pregnancy loss, uncertainty, risk counselling</li>
          
          <li>oAwareness of perinatal mental health pathways and maternity care systems</li>
          
          <li>oKnowledge of clinical governance, ethics, safeguarding, confidentiality and legal frameworks in healthcare</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>oKnowledge of genetics, fetal medicine protocols, prenatal screening / diagnostics</li>
            
            <li>Understanding of culturally sensitive and diversity-informed psychological practice</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
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            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>oGood Honours degree in Psychology giving eligibility for Graduate membership of the BPS</li>
          
          <li>oPost-graduate doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or those in lateral transfer) as accredited by the B.P.S., and giving eligibility for membership of Health Care Professions Council HCPC</li>
          
          <li>oThe post holder must be registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.</li>
          
          <li>oAdditional training in therapeutic modality</li>
          
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Barts Health NHS Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Royal London Hospital</p>
            <p>London</p>
            <p>E1 1FR</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk" target="_blank">https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Barts Health NHS Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Royal London Hospital</p>
                    <p>London</p>
                    <p>E1 1FR</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk" target="_blank">https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Clinical Psychologist – Fetal Medicine Unit

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>We are excited to recruit two full time 8a posts, each to be based in CIMHS North and CIMHS South:</p>
<p>To support the development and leadership of community psychology approaches in Newham through working with psychology and non-psychology colleagues across a range of services</p>
<p>To provide highly specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions to secondary mental health services and those in the community, particularly those with complex mental health problem, who are vulnerable to poor health outcomes through poverty and other social inequalities, disabilities and physical health conditions.</p>
<p>To develop partnership working with local community organisations with the aim of community capacity building and co-production of psychological input. This includes supporting ongoing transformation work in line with a more flexible outreach psychological offer.</p>
<p>To develop, through co-production, psychological interventions that address the needs of those served including resilience and recovery, shared support, social connections and community engagement.</p>
<p>To offer and supervise adapted therapies with diverse communities such as Behavioural Activation for Muslim communities (BA-M), Islamic psychology and CBT-music for young black men.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>Provide specialist psychological assessments of service users and carers. This is to be based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex psychological data from a variety of quantitative and qualitative sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and assessments with service users and others involved in their care.</p> <p>Be responsible for the formulation and implementation of a broad range of specialist psychological treatment and/or management of service users' mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of those problems derived from a broad theoretical knowledge of psychology, and employing methods based upon evidence of proven efficacy, across the full range of care settings.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>25 November 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 8a</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £61,631 to £68,623 a year
      
        per annum Inc HCAs
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>363-NEW7555481</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>East Ham Memorial Buidling</p>
      <p>Shrewsbury Road</p>
      <p>Newham</p>
            <p>E7 8QP</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Please refer to attached Job description and person specification</p>
<p>We are offering two roles one in CIMHS North and one in CIMHS South in Newham</p>
<p>We welcome informal visits to the team and/or phone calls/emails to discuss the role</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Please refer to attached Job description and person specification</p>
<p>We are offering two roles one in CIMHS North and one in CIMHS South in Newham</p>
<p>We welcome informal visits to the team and/or phone calls/emails to discuss the role</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Education/Qualification/Training
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology</li>
        
        <li>HCPC Registration</li>
        
        <li>Clinical supervision training for doctoral clinical /counselling psychology trainees</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Further training within systemic, narrative therapy or community psychology approaches</li>
          
          <li>Further training in a therapeutic modality relevant to complex mental health e.g. trauma interventions</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience of working as a specialist clinical or counselling psychologist in a multidisciplinary team for adults with complex mental health needs</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with a wide variety of service user groups across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity</li>
        
        <li>Experience of planning and exercising full clinical responsibility for service users' psychological care and treatment within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan</li>
        
        <li>Experience of teaching, training, consultation and/or professional and clinical supervision</li>
        
        <li>Experience of work in a multi-cultural setting, including working with interpreters</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working in partnership with third sector agencies</li>
        
        <li>Experience of facilitating groups</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of facilitating reflective practice groups</li>
          
          <li>Experience of developing and delivering specialist training programmes</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Knowledge and Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Highly developed skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, including the use of theoretical models to analyse information and to develop formulations upon which to base choice of treatment</li>
        
        <li>Highly developed skills in the effective communication of highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to a wide variety of recipients in a range of settings within and outside the NHS, including the ability to produce comprehensive and coherent letters, reports and associated documentation</li>
        
        <li>Highly developed communication skills at overcoming barriers to understanding and acceptance</li>
        
        <li>Skills in providing advice and consultation to other professional and non-professional groups</li>
        
        <li>Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of co-production with people with lived experience of mental distress</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Education/Qualification/Training
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology</li>
          
          <li>HCPC Registration</li>
          
          <li>Clinical supervision training for doctoral clinical /counselling psychology trainees</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Further training within systemic, narrative therapy or community psychology approaches</li>
            
            <li>Further training in a therapeutic modality relevant to complex mental health e.g. trauma interventions</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of working as a specialist clinical or counselling psychologist in a multidisciplinary team for adults with complex mental health needs</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with a wide variety of service user groups across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity</li>
          
          <li>Experience of planning and exercising full clinical responsibility for service users' psychological care and treatment within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan</li>
          
          <li>Experience of teaching, training, consultation and/or professional and clinical supervision</li>
          
          <li>Experience of work in a multi-cultural setting, including working with interpreters</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working in partnership with third sector agencies</li>
          
          <li>Experience of facilitating groups</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience of facilitating reflective practice groups</li>
            
            <li>Experience of developing and delivering specialist training programmes</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Knowledge and Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Highly developed skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, including the use of theoretical models to analyse information and to develop formulations upon which to base choice of treatment</li>
          
          <li>Highly developed skills in the effective communication of highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to a wide variety of recipients in a range of settings within and outside the NHS, including the ability to produce comprehensive and coherent letters, reports and associated documentation</li>
          
          <li>Highly developed communication skills at overcoming barriers to understanding and acceptance</li>
          
          <li>Skills in providing advice and consultation to other professional and non-professional groups</li>
          
          <li>Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience of co-production with people with lived experience of mental distress</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
    
  



      
  
    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
    </p>
  


 
  
    
      
        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
        </p>
      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>East London NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>East Ham Memorial Buidling</p>
      <p>Shrewsbury Road</p>
      <p>Newham</p>
            <p>E7 8QP</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.elft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>East London NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>East Ham Memorial Buidling</p>
          <p>Shrewsbury Road</p>
          <p>Newham</p>
                    <p>E7 8QP</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.elft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

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