Clinical or Counselling Psychologist / CBT Therapist

King's College Hospital; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare institution in London is seeking a specialist clinical psychologist to provide psychological assessment and treatment for adults with functional neurological disorders. This role also involves training and supporting multidisciplinary teams across South East London. Additionally, the position will contribute to service evaluation and development in alignment with the institution's commitment to delivering sustainable healthcare. Candidates should be ready to make a lasting difference to patient care.

Responsibilities

• Providing expert assessment, formulation and psychological treatment for adults with functional neurological disorders.
• Leading training, consultation and service development.
• Supporting multidisciplinary teams across South East London.

Job description

Overview

To provide a highly specialist clinical psychology service within the South East London FND Network (FND ExSEL), delivering psychological assessment and treatment to adults with functional neurological disorders, and leading training, supervision and service-development work across the pathway.

Around half of the role will focus on direct clinical work, providing expert assessment, formulation and psychological treatment for adults with FND. This will include individual and group-based psychological interventions for people with functional seizures and motor disorders.

Responsibilities

The remaining time will be dedicated to training, consultation and service development, helping to build capacity and confidence among multidisciplinary teams across South East London. The postholder will provide professional support and guidance to other clinicians within the service, including the Band 7 FND Care Coordinator. They will contribute to evaluation and development of the service including monitoring of clinical outcomes and audit.

Vision & Sustainability

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.