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<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
        
      
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  <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>
    
    
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          Education/Qualification/Training
        
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      <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>
      
    
    
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          Experience
        
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      <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>
      
    
    
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          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>
          
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            Education/Qualification/Training
          
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        <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>
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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>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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        <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>

NHS Jobs

Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist EIP

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>We have an opportunity for an experienced Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to lead the psychology provision across the three teams of the Perinatal Mental Health Service.</p>
<p>We offer a range of therapeutic modalities including CBT, EMDR, Systemic Couples therapy, IPT, CFT, and ACT, and this role would be suitable for applicants interested in transgenerational patterns of trauma, attachment and parent and infant mental health. Our MDT consists of highly skilled, and psychologically minded professionals including Psychiatrists, perinatal mental health nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, peer support workers and nursery nurses. We are accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, highlighting the excellent and specialised care provided by the service.</p>
<p>Our service aims to provide specialist and early help to parents and babies to help with a range of perinatal mental health issues. We are also involved in shaping trauma informed care in the perinatal period and thinking across wider services.</p>
<p>We regularly meet for reflective practice and specialist staff well-being and development are at the heart of our ambitions. We have an active CPD program across the Trust in relation to both clinical and leadership development, as well as a staff resilience hub supporting individuals and teams.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>Please see JD for full key responsibilities, some of them included here as follows:</p> <ul>  <li>To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of clinical work and care.</li>  <li>To maintain high standards of care in all areas of practice in accordance with the HCPC Code of Conduct, professional guidelines and Trust Policies and Procedures.</li>  <li>To act within the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act (2005). To be aware of and implement SafeguardingAdult and Child Protection Policies, Procedures and legislation.</li>  <li>To plan and deliver a highly specialist psychology service (in leadership or advanced therapy role) and to oversee its clinical governance.</li>  <li>To lead in the supervision and contribute to Individual Performance Review/Appraisal of psychology staff, as required.</li>  <li>To ensure that the healthcare needs of people using services are communicated to and work in partnership with service commissioners and other healthcare providers for the bestoutcomes. To positively contribute to Trust and divisional developments in relation to psychology practice. To advocate and represent the service.</li>  <li>To be responsible for the development and implementation of appropriate policies, protocols and care pathways.</li> </ul>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.</p>
<p>We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.</p>
<p>Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.</p>
<p>Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.</p>
<p>For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.</p>
<p><strong>Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.</strong></p>
<p>We look forward to receiving your application!</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 8b</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £66,653 to £77,094 a year
      
        Incl 5% Fringe HCAS
      
    </p>
  
  

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

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Part-time
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>325-7512375-SS</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Horizon House</p>
      <p>28 Upper High Street</p>
      <p>Epsom</p>
            <p>KT17 4QJ</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent</li>
        
        <li>Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course to enable supervision of trainees</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Additional leadership/management study</li>
          
          <li>post doctoral qualification in neuropsychology</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Extensive post qualification clinical experience in relevant clinical setting</li>
        
        <li>Experience of leading in clinical practice, service development or project work.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of supervising trainees, assistant psychologists, qualified clinical/counselling psychologists and others providing psychological therapies</li>
        
        <li>Experience of implementing change following audit and service evaluation</li>
        
        <li>Experience of specialist parent-infant interventions (e.g., VIG, VIPP, COSP) to lead on the development of integrated care pathways supporting early bonding and infant mental health</li>
        
        <li>Substantial experience in the assessment, formulation and treatment of perinatal mental health conditions, including birth trauma, perinatal OCD, perinatal loss, postpartum psychosis, complex trauma and its impact on the perinatal period, and parent-infant relational difficulties.</li>
        
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            Qualifications
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent</li>
          
          <li>Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course to enable supervision of trainees</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Additional leadership/management study</li>
            
            <li>post doctoral qualification in neuropsychology</li>
            
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            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Extensive post qualification clinical experience in relevant clinical setting</li>
          
          <li>Experience of leading in clinical practice, service development or project work.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of supervising trainees, assistant psychologists, qualified clinical/counselling psychologists and others providing psychological therapies</li>
          
          <li>Experience of implementing change following audit and service evaluation</li>
          
          <li>Experience of specialist parent-infant interventions (e.g., VIG, VIPP, COSP) to lead on the development of integrated care pathways supporting early bonding and infant mental health</li>
          
          <li>Substantial experience in the assessment, formulation and treatment of perinatal mental health conditions, including birth trauma, perinatal OCD, perinatal loss, postpartum psychosis, complex trauma and its impact on the perinatal period, and parent-infant relational difficulties.</li>
          
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    <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="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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        <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="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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    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Horizon House</p>
      <p>28 Upper High Street</p>
      <p>Epsom</p>
            <p>KT17 4QJ</p>
    
  

  
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        <p><a href="https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us" target="_blank">https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Horizon House</p>
          <p>28 Upper High Street</p>
          <p>Epsom</p>
                    <p>KT17 4QJ</p>
        
      

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

Principal Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Professional Head of Psychology and Psychotherapy

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p><strong>Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist (Band 7/8a (depending on experience)</strong></p> <p>Psychologists are integral and valued key members of the Mental Health Care of Older People's multidisciplinary teams (MHCOP) in each borough across East London. Within and across the service, in line with National Guidance, the post holder will be responsible and accountable for the provision of high quality, person-centred and culturally sensitive psychological services to older adults presenting to the service, their families and carers. Our goal is to alleviate psychological distress and promote psychological well-being, working alongside our multi-disciplinary team colleagues in the community and liaison into the centralised wards, where required through consultation, teaching and training.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The post holder will be an active member of City and Hackney's Mental Health Care of Older Adult's service including the centralised MHCOP inpatient wards and wider East London MHCOP Psychology and Arts therapies professional group.</p> <p>They will work closely with psychologists and other professionals in the team maintaining a standardised approach to the assessment and care of Service Users with complex needs across community and inpatient settings. As part of this, they will contribute to the provision of a specialist psychological perspective for the work of the team, providing highly specialist psychological advice and consultation to other members of the team as well as consultation into the borough's residential and nursing homes.</p> <p>They will be responsible and accountable for the systematic provision of a highly specialist psychology service for people with severe, complex and enduring mental health and dementia related difficulties and their families, presenting to the service and across community and, where appropriate, acute physical health and psychiatric settings.</p> <p>They will develop working partnerships with other members of psychology services locally and across East London boroughs, relevant statutory and voluntary agencies, locality services and providers/commissioners as appropriate</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>11 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 pro rata inc HCA
      
    </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>363-CH7500929</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>City and Hackney Mental Health Care of Older People</p>
      <p>30 Felstead Street</p>
      <p>Hackney Wick</p>
            <p>E9 5LG</p>
      <br>
      
        
      
    
  

      

      
  
    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Education/ Qualification/ Training
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS (2)</li>
        
        <li>Registration with the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC)</li>
        
        <li>Clinical supervision training for doctoral trainees</li>
        
        <li>Relevant specialist older adult training or qualifications, which should include include neuropsychological assessment skills</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Significant experience of work as a qualified Clinical Psychologist in NHS setting, including experience in neuropsychology assessment, formulation, and/or neuro-rehabilitation</li>
        
        <li>Use of psychological models for consultation with staff teams, notably relating to behaviours that challenge</li>
        
        <li>Experience of providing a clinical service to multicultural populations and use of interpreters</li>
        
        <li>Substantial experience of risk assessment and risk management</li>
        
        <li>Experience of supervising others' clinical work</li>
        
        <li>Substantial experience of delivering teaching and training events</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Knowledge and Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Evidence of highly specialist clinical skills and knowledge in older adult mental health/ neuropsychology/ dementia</li>
        
        <li>High level ability to plan and conduct assessment and psychological interventions for individual clients and groups and carers, relevant for specialist MHCOP presentations</li>
        
        <li>Highly specialist skills in applying theory to work with individuals, couples, families, groups and organisations</li>
        
        <li>Skilled in dementia assessments and competence and confidence in selection and administration of cognitive assessment and neuropsychological test equipment</li>
        
        <li>Awareness of national policy and guidelines as related to dementia and older adult mental health</li>
        
        <li>Able to manage own time and caseload</li>
        
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        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Education/ Qualification/ Training
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS (2)</li>
          
          <li>Registration with the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC)</li>
          
          <li>Clinical supervision training for doctoral trainees</li>
          
          <li>Relevant specialist older adult training or qualifications, which should include include neuropsychological assessment skills</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Significant experience of work as a qualified Clinical Psychologist in NHS setting, including experience in neuropsychology assessment, formulation, and/or neuro-rehabilitation</li>
          
          <li>Use of psychological models for consultation with staff teams, notably relating to behaviours that challenge</li>
          
          <li>Experience of providing a clinical service to multicultural populations and use of interpreters</li>
          
          <li>Substantial experience of risk assessment and risk management</li>
          
          <li>Experience of supervising others' clinical work</li>
          
          <li>Substantial experience of delivering teaching and training events</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Knowledge and Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Evidence of highly specialist clinical skills and knowledge in older adult mental health/ neuropsychology/ dementia</li>
          
          <li>High level ability to plan and conduct assessment and psychological interventions for individual clients and groups and carers, relevant for specialist MHCOP presentations</li>
          
          <li>Highly specialist skills in applying theory to work with individuals, couples, families, groups and organisations</li>
          
          <li>Skilled in dementia assessments and competence and confidence in selection and administration of cognitive assessment and neuropsychological test equipment</li>
          
          <li>Awareness of national policy and guidelines as related to dementia and older adult mental health</li>
          
          <li>Able to manage own time and caseload</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>City and Hackney Mental Health Care of Older People</p>
      <p>30 Felstead Street</p>
      <p>Hackney Wick</p>
            <p>E9 5LG</p>
    
  

  
    <br>
    <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>City and Hackney Mental Health Care of Older People</p>
          <p>30 Felstead Street</p>
          <p>Hackney Wick</p>
                    <p>E9 5LG</p>
        
      

      
        <br>
        <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>

Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p><strong>Senior Clinical Psychologist in Paediatrics</strong></p> <p><strong>Band 8a </strong></p> <p>Job (Contract) Type</p> <p><strong>Fixed Term (maternity cover until 31st August 2026) </strong></p> <p>Working Pattern</p> <p><strong>22.5 hours/week (0.6 WTE)</strong></p> <p><strong>Essential Working Days</strong>: ideally Mondays, Wednesdays &amp; Thursdays</p> <p></p> <p><strong>Why we are recruiting:</strong> </p> <p>We have an exciting opportunity for a senior clinical psychologist to join the Psychological and Mental Health Services (PAMHS) department at Great Ormond Street Hospital covering maternity leave. You will be providing a service to children with visual conditions and their families. </p> <p>The successful candidate will provide a specialist clinical psychology service to children and families referred to the Ophthalmology team at GOSH, working closely with consultants and allied health professionals. The role includes provision of psychological assessment, formulation and evidence-based interventions on a predominantly outpatient basis.</p> <p></p> <p><strong>What we can offer:</strong></p> <p>You will be working with the Surgery &amp; Development Stream (a team of paediatric clinical psychologists) who offer psychological input to children under the care of thirteen medical specialties. In addition to your work with the Ophthalmology team you will contribute to the flexible delivery of psychology services across the stream, in response to new developments and organisational changes. </p> <p>We are one of three paediatric psychology streams within the hospital and sit within the wider psychological and mental health services. </p>   <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>As a psychology team we draw on a range of therapeutic modalities including Narrative, CBT, Systemic, ACT, compassion focussed therapy. There are opportunities to work in creative, formulation-driven ways with young people and families. You will be offering individual, family, parent and group psychological interventions, as well as working within GOSH MDTs and with external agencies.</p> <p>There is a strong commitment to continuing professional development in line with job planning. A range of academic teaching is offered within the department as well as special interest groups in medicalised trauma, medically unexplained symptoms, narrative therapy, cognitive assessment, and others. Utilisation of research skills for audit, policy and service development and research is encouraged.</p>  <p>As the post is fixed-term we will be thinking with you about your development within and beyond this contracted post to support your career.</p> <p><strong>What we are looking for/who we are looking to recruit:</strong></p> <p>This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and innovative clinical psychologist. We are looking for someone who is confident in working within physical health and/or work with children and young people and who is keen to develop clinical skills in the psychology of health conditions. </p> <p>If this sounds like you, please apply now.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.</p>
<p>We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.</p>
<p>We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.</p>
<p>We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.</p>
<p>We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women's staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust's mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>04 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 inclusive, pro rata for part time
      
    </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>271-BBM-7345916</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Great Ormond Street Hospital</p>
      <p>Great Ormond Street</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>WC1N 3JH</p>
      <br>
      
        
      
    
  

      

      
  
    <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 see those attached.</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 see those attached.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          GOSH Culture and Values
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Our Always values | Always welcoming | Always helpful | Always expert | Always one team</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge and Understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.</li>
        
        <li>Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace.</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Academic/Professional qualification/Training
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Honours degree in Psychology</li>
        
        <li>Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS/HCPC, including clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and lifespan developmental psychology.EA</li>
        
        <li>Registration with the Health and Care Professionals Council as Practitioner Psychologist</li>
        
        <li>Post-doctoral training and recorded CPD experience and /or further qualifications in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Experience/Knowledge
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist at specialist level.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts and of working in a multicultural framework.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of presenting psychology to multidisciplinary audiences at conferences or other educational settings.</li>
        
        <li>Experience and expertise with a specialist paediatric client group.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of supervising trainee psychologists and/or other professionals.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_4">
        
          Skills/Abilities
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.</li>
        
        <li>Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their carers and other professionals.</li>
        
        <li>Skills in providing 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 distressing situations and challenging behaviours.</li>
        
        <li>Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of skilled and productive multidisciplinary team working.</li>
        
        <li>Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, including verbal abuse.</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of specialised psychological therapeutic skills as used in complex cases within paediatrics</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            GOSH Culture and Values
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Our Always values | Always welcoming | Always helpful | Always expert | Always one team</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge and Understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.</li>
          
          <li>Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace.</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Academic/Professional qualification/Training
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Honours degree in Psychology</li>
          
          <li>Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS/HCPC, including clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and lifespan developmental psychology.EA</li>
          
          <li>Registration with the Health and Care Professionals Council as Practitioner Psychologist</li>
          
          <li>Post-doctoral training and recorded CPD experience and /or further qualifications in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Experience/Knowledge
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist at specialist level.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts and of working in a multicultural framework.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of presenting psychology to multidisciplinary audiences at conferences or other educational settings.</li>
          
          <li>Experience and expertise with a specialist paediatric client group.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of supervising trainee psychologists and/or other professionals.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_4">
          
            Skills/Abilities
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.</li>
          
          <li>Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their carers and other professionals.</li>
          
          <li>Skills in providing 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 distressing situations and challenging behaviours.</li>
          
          <li>Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of skilled and productive multidisciplinary team working.</li>
          
          <li>Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, including verbal abuse.</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of specialised psychological therapeutic skills as used in complex cases within paediatrics</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>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Great Ormond Street Hospital</p>
      <p>Great Ormond Street</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>WC1N 3JH</p>
    
  

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

  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Great Ormond Street Hospital</p>
          <p>Great Ormond Street</p>
          <p>London</p>
                    <p>WC1N 3JH</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
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Specialist Paediatric Clinical Psychologist

<b>£60,322 - £69,797 (including paid school holidays) + excellent benefits</b>  <b>Those Huge Small Victories</b> <p>Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.</p> <b>Get out what you put in</b> <p> This role is based at Queensmead House School, 2 days per week. </p><p>Queensmead House School is located on a historic site with views of Windsor Castle. This inspiring setting, with a rich heritage of education, is now home to a specialist learning environment recently rated Good by Ofsted. QHS is an independent specialist day school, with both primary and secondary settings providing high quality education. The school meets the needs of a diverse group of pupils with complex educational needs, communication difficulties and challenging behaviours.</p><p>Our clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined-up model in SEND. Across all of our specialist schools and children's homes, we provide unrivalled levels of clinical support, both in terms of our expertise and breadth of provision. Our young people present with a complexity of need including developmental trauma, neuro-developmental conditions and special educational needs.</p><p>As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team you will be supporting educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and, based on clinical assessment and formulation, offer individualised interventions and engagement to our young people.</p><p>Our Psychologists work collaboratively within our schools and children's homes, this ensures that therapeutic support permeates every aspect of the education, care and support we offer all of our children and young people. You will provide consultation, workshops, training and guidance to the educational and residential teams around our children.</p> <b>What we do for you</b> <p>We know you're going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the sector. With us, you'll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people - plus you'll get:</p><ul><li><p><b>Training</b>: A full induction and on the job training</p></li><li><p><b>Holiday</b>: You'll work hard at WG, so you'll be rewarded with full school holidays including bank holidays </p></li><li><p><b>Clinical Development</b>: If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, we provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development</p></li><li><p><b>Flexible benefits</b>: meaning you can<br>increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance - check out our benefits here </p></li><li><p><b>Wellbeing: </b>a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance</p></li><li><p><b>Medical cover</b> so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of <b>high-street discounts </b></p></li><li><p><b>Beautiful working environments</b> with the very best facilities - check out our schools here </p></li><li><p>A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time</p></li></ul> <b>Bring your whole self to work</b> <p>Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs - and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves. The kind of person we're looking for will:</p><ul><li><p>Be a qualified Clinical, Educational, Forensic or Counselling Psychologist registered with the HCPC</p></li><li><p>Be a specialist with proven skills and experience to assess, formulate and support the delivery of therapeutic interventions with children and young people with complex needs</p></li><li><p>Have experience of supporting the team around a child or young person to provide clinically informed living and learning environments and experiences</p></li><li><p>Be a confident, engaging and effective, model, guide, leader and trainer</p></li><li><p>Be highly organised and ready to take the initiative</p></li><li><p>Be committed to ensuring the best outcomes for young people</p></li></ul><p>This is a great opportunity to change young lives and have a positive impact on their future. Embedded within our living and learning environments you will be offered the support, resource and platform for you to do great things. You'll benefit from supervision, a clinical development programme and access to a 220+ strong team of multi-disciplinary clinical colleagues who will be with you every step of the way.</p> <b>Interested in joining us?</b> <p>Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment<br>that allows you to be yourself.</p><p> The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community. </p><p> For a full job description and person specification, please click here . </p><p> To view our ex-offenders policy please click here . </p><p> To view our Child Protection Policy, please visit the 'Parents and Carers' section of this School/Learning centre. You can find all our Schools here . </p><p> Special Education / Careers in Care / Careers in Special Education / Working with Children / SEMH / SEN / ASD </p>

Psychologist

<b>£62,761 - £72,236 (including paid school holidays) + excellent benefits</b>  <b>Those Huge Small Victories</b> <p>Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.</p> <b>Get out what you put in</b> <p> This role is based at Luxborough Court School. </p><p>Luxborough Court School is a purpose-built school registered for 150 pupils aged 5 - 19 with autism. There is a large sports hall with changing facilities (the site was formally a Premier League football club's training ground), a bespoke 6th form suite plus a number of other smaller individual spaces used for therapeutic intervention and bespoke support. The School benefits from extensive outdoor space plus a large central courtyard garden in the centre of the school and separate secondary and junior playgrounds, with a multi-use games area.</p><p>Our clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined-up model in SEND. Across all of our specialist schools and children's homes, we provide unrivalled levels of clinical support, both in terms of our expertise and breadth of provision. Our young people present with a complexity of need including developmental trauma, neuro-developmental conditions and special educational needs.</p><p>As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team you will be supporting educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and, based on clinical assessment and formulation, offer individualised interventions and engagement to our young people.</p><p>Our Psychologists work collaboratively within our schools and children's homes, this ensures that therapeutic support permeates every aspect of the education, care and support we offer all of our children and young people. You will provide consultation, workshops, training and guidance to the educational and residential teams around our children.</p> <b>What we do for you</b> <p>We know you're going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the sector. With us, you'll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people - plus you'll get:</p><ul><li><p><b>Training</b>: A full induction and on the job training</p></li><li><p><b>Holiday</b>: You'll work hard at WG, so you'll be rewarded with full school holidays including bank holidays </p></li><li><p><b>Clinical Development</b>: If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, we provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development</p></li><li><p><b>Flexible benefits</b>: meaning you can<br>increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance - check out our benefits here </p></li><li><p><b>Wellbeing: </b>a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance</p></li><li><p><b>Medical cover</b> so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of <b>high-street discounts </b></p></li><li><p><b>Beautiful working environments</b> with the very best facilities - check out our schools here </p></li><li><p>A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time</p></li></ul> <b>Bring your whole self to work</b> <p>Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs - and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves. The kind of person we're looking for will:</p><ul><li><p>Be a qualified Clinical, Educational, Forensic or Counselling Psychologist registered with the HCPC</p></li><li><p>Be a specialist with proven skills and experience to assess, formulate and support the delivery of therapeutic interventions with children and young people with complex needs</p></li><li><p>Have experience of supporting the team around a child or young person to provide clinically informed living and learning environments and experiences</p></li><li><p>Be a confident, engaging and effective, model, guide, leader<br>and trainer</p></li><li><p>Be highly organised and ready to take the initiative</p></li><li><p>Be committed to ensuring the best outcomes for young people</p></li></ul><p>This is a great opportunity to change young lives and have a positive impact on their future. Embedded within our living and learning environments you will be offered the support, resource and platform for you to do great things. You'll benefit from supervision, a clinical development programme and access to a 220+ strong team of multi-disciplinary clinical colleagues who will be with you every step of the way.</p> <b>Interested in joining us?</b> <p>Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.</p><p> The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community. </p><p> For a full job description and person specification, please click here . </p><p> To view our ex-offenders policy please click here . </p><p> To view our Child Protection Policy, please visit the 'Parents and Carers' section of this School/Learning centre. You can find all our Schools here . </p><p> Special Education / Careers in Care / Careers in Special Education / Working with Children / SEMH / SEN / ASD </p>

<b>£62,761 - £72,236 (including paid school holidays) + excellent benefits</b> <b>Those Huge Small Victories</b> <p>Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.</p> <b>Get out what you put in</b> <p> This role is based at Luxborough Court School  click apply for full job details</p>

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