Clinical Psychologist | East London NHS Foundation Trust

East London NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a specialist to provide psychological input to mental health services in Tower Hamlets. The role involves assessments and intervention delivery tailored to community needs. Candidates should demonstrate a commitment to improving lives through an inclusive approach. The position will close for applications on Sunday 7 Dec 2025.

Qualifications

• Specialist psychological assessments and interventions.
• Ability to adapt therapies for diverse communities.
• Experience with integrating complex data for treatment plans.

Responsibilities

• Offer specialist psychological assessments and interventions.
• Formulate treatment plans for mental health problems.
• Engage with communities and support Disordered Eating pathway.

Job description

Job Summary

The post is responsible for the provision of specialist psychological input to secondary mental health services and those in the community, particularly those vulnerable to poor health outcomes through poverty and other social inequalities, disabilities and physical health conditions.

Service Delivery

Psychological based provision is offered at the individual, group, couple and family level through to teams, systems and community level.

Role Responsibilities

The post holder will offer specialist psychological assessments, psychological formulations and delivery of psychological interventions to the communities we serve in Tower Hamlets. This includes where suitable adapted therapies including Behavioural Activation for Muslim Communities (BA-M), Islamic Psychology and CBT-music with young black men as well a specific role in supporting the Disordered Eating pathway through community engagement and capacity building.

Provide highly developed specialist psychological assessments, based on the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources (including psychological tests, measures/rating scales including Recovery measures and Quality of Life measures, direct and indirect observation and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and involved others.)

Formulate plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of mental health problems across a range of care settings, based upon a theoretical knowledge base to analyse, interpret and compare complex information in order to design specialist programmes of treatment for individuals, groups and families tailored to individual need.

Mission & Values

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.

Please refer to attached Job description and person specification

We are offering two roles one in CIMHS North and one in CIMHS South in Newham

We welcome informal visits to the team and/or phone calls/emails to discuss the role

This advert closes on Sunday 7 Dec 2025