Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

West London NHS Trust; Southall Green; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Flexible working

Job summary

West London NHS Trust is recruiting a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join the Ealing Crisis Assessment and Home Treatment Team. The post involves working with a multidisciplinary team to provide psychological assessments, formulations, and brief interventions to people in crisis at home or in the Crisis Recovery House.

The role supports trauma-informed practice, supervision, service development, audit and governance, and leadership within psychology services across the MDT.

Qualifications

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent
• HCPC registration or eligible for registration
• Experience in crisis services or acute mental health settings

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological assessment, formulation and brief interventions to service users in crisis.
• Offer risk assessment and contribute to risk management planning.
• Provide supervision and contribute to reflective practice within the MDT.
• Lead and participate in service development, audits and governance around psychological interventions.

Skills

Clinical psychology

Crisis intervention

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join the Ealing Crisis Assessment and Home Treatment Team. The team works closely with inpatient and community services to support individuals experiencing a mental health crisis outside of hospital, offering care in people's homes and within the Crisis Recovery House run by our VCSE partners at Waythrough.

This newly developed post will work alongside an established Psychologist already embedded in the team. Ealing has recently launched a borough-wide commitment to becoming a trauma-informed service, supporting staff to deliver stabilising and psychologically informed interventions.

The post-holder will work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, providing a psychological perspective on care, supporting risk management, and delivering assessment, formulation and brief interventions to service users and families. They will also help develop psychologically informed approaches across the MDT and contribute to reflective practice, team formulation and post-incident support.

The service is working towards accreditation with the Quality Network for Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams, and the post-holder will support meeting and maintaining psychological standards.

Regular supervision will be provided by a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist experienced in acute and crisis mental health, and the post-holder will be fully integrated into Ealing psychology services.

The post-holder will work collaboratively and proactively with the multi-disciplinary team in:

• Providing psychological therapies to service users and their families offering assessment, formulation, risk assessment and brief evidence-based interventions when indicated.
• Offer indirect work ensuring that all members of the multidisciplinary team have access to a psychological framework for understanding the service user's needs. This will be provided by giving psychological advice, consultation, contributing in clinical meetings and team formulation.
• Developing the MDT's knowledge and skills to deliver a range of psychological interventions to service users care through teaching, training and (where appropriate) supervision.
• Work as an integrated clinical member of a multi-disciplinary team, which will include responsibility for ensuring the systematic provision and governance around the delivery of psychological interventions.
• Utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development as appropriate.
• Participate as a senior clinician and be an integral part of the leadership team involved in the development and delivery of a high quality service.
• Function as an autonomous practitioner and be responsible for their own work; working within their professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures.

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.

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 & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

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.