Clinical Coordinator For Long Term Conditions Pathway

North London Nhs Foundation Trust; England; Hybrid; GBP 66,000 - 73,000; Part time

Job summary

North London NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a 0.5 WTE Permanent Clinical Coordinator / Counselling Lead to manage the Long Term Conditions pathway in Islington. The role offers supervision, CPD opportunities, and a chance to work within the NHS Talking Therapies service management team.

The post requires clinical psychology or equivalent CBT-qualified background with experience in talking therapies and leadership in LTC contexts.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
• Experience supervising CBT/HI therapy and low intensity interventions.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the Long Term Conditions pathway and line manage designated staff.
• Provide supervision, consultation and training to clinical colleagues.
• Contribute to shaping and developing the service with service users.

Skills

Communication

Supervision experience

Education

Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology OR equivalent mental health profession qualification with CBT training

Post-qualification specialist training in relevant practice areas

Job description

Clinical Coordinator for the Long Term Conditions Pathway

We are recruiting a 0.5 WTE Permanent Clinical Coordinator / Counselling Lead post in Islington.

Would you like to develop your skillset by joining the Islington NHS Talking Therapies Service Management Team (previously known as iCOPE) and support the service to provide high-quality clinical care to our service users? Are you passionate about providing person centred, evidenced based psychological therapy to people experiencing psychological difficulties? Do you want to continue developing your clinical skills via high-quality supervision and ongoing CPD opportunities?

We are looking for Clinical Psychologists, Counselling Psychologists or Cognitive Behavioural Therapists with experience of working with adults with a range of mental health difficulties within LTC pathways to join our lively, dedicated and supportive NHS Talking Therapies team.

What we offer

• Regular CPD
• Further training opportunities (as available) in Trauma-focused CBT, EMDR, Compassion Focused Therapy, working with long-term health conditions, DIT, Counselling for Depression, IPT, and Couples Therapy for Depression.
• Equality, Diversity & inclusion strategies that take place at all service levels
• Strong academic links and regular opportunities to become involved in clinical research

Main duties of the job

You will be part of a well-established, successful service providing assessment and psychological interventions, often in primary care settings, as part of the range of high intensity interventions we offer (which include CBT, EMDR, IPT, DIT, BCT and Counselling for Depression). You will be responsible for the coordination of the Long Term Conditions pathway as well as the line management of designated staff. You will work closely with our colleagues in Camden, Barnet and Enfield Talking Therapies.

You will offer supervision to junior colleagues, and advice, consultation and training to other clinical colleagues as well as having the opportunity to contribute towards shaping and developing our service in partnership with our service users.

Our Talking therapies teams are dedicated to making meaningful, system level change linked to equality, diversity & inclusion so we invite & welcome passion for this.

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people. Our Five-Year Strategy:

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all.
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
• We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Salary and employment details

Salary: £66,274 to £73,496 a year per annum including Inner HCAS (pro-rata), Band 8a, Agenda for Change

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time

Closing date: 04 November 2026

Reference number: 455-NLFT-8354728

Posts are subject to criminal records disclosure and involve a mix of on-site and remote working, travel across the borough and one evening clinic (to 8pm) per week. Starting salary will normally be at the minimum point of the salary scale.

Essential qualifications and experience

• Completion of further post-qualification specialist training in areas of practice relevant to the post
• Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology and current registration with the Health Professions Council as a clinical psychologist or a counselling psychologist OR qualification in another mental health profession (e.g. mental health nursing, occupational therapy, PWP with KSA confirmed) and qualification in cognitive behaviour therapy and working towards eligibility for registration with the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing
• Experience in the supervision of CBT/other Talking Therapies approved HI therapy and low intensity psychological interventions

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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.