Clinical/Counselling Psychologist | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare service in London is seeking a qualified psychologist to provide specialized assessments and interventions for adults with learning disabilities and autism. This role involves working within a multidisciplinary team and requires a Professional Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology. The position offers flexible working options and an annual travel card loan as part of its benefits.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Annual travel card loan

Training, support and development

Qualifications

• Professional Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology.
• HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.
• Experience and interest in adult learning disability services are required.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessment and interventions for service users with learning disabilities, autism and behaviours of concern.
• Offer advice and consultation on service users’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, staff and families.
• Undertake direct and indirect work with service users, carers, family members and other agencies as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Job description

Overview

The Tri-borough Learning Disabilities service in Kensington and Chelsea is a well-established team co-located with the RBKC learning disabilities social care team. Providing high quality services for people with learning disabilities. Within this team psychology plays a key role in the development and delivery of these services.

We are seeking to recruit a qualified psychologist with a keen interest in working in adult learning disability services. Happy to accept applications from trainees who are coming up to completing their doctorate. You will be required to provide specialist psychological assessment and interventions along with advice and consultation on service users’ psychological care to non- psychologist colleagues, staff and families who access our service.

The service has good links with the North London Doctoral Training courses in Clinical Psychology, to which it regularly provides clinical placements to doctoral trainees.

You will undertake direct and indirect work with service users with learning disabilities, autism and behaviours of concern, their carers, family members and other agencies and as part of a multi-disciplinary team. The person appointed will have a Professional Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology and will be registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist.

Just as we care about our patients’ well-being, we care about yours!

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessment and interventions for service users with learning disabilities, autism and behaviours of concern.
• Offer advice and consultation on service users’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, staff and families.
• Undertake direct and indirect work with service users, carers, family members and other agencies as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Professional Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology.
• HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.
• Experience and interest in adult learning disability services are required.

Links and Benefits

The service good links with the North London Doctoral Training courses in Clinical Psychology, to which it regularly provides clinical placements to doctoral trainees.

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role.
• Car lease scheme (only available for Band 5 and up).
• Flexible working options.
• Annual travel card loan.
• Training, support and development in your career.

To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

This advert closes on Wednesday 8 Oct 2025