Clinical Psychologist | East London NHS Foundation Trust

East London NHS Foundation Trust; Lakenheath; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is looking for a Clinical Psychologist to join its Mental Health Care of Older People’s team. This role involves providing specialist neuropsychological assessments and working collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues in newly redesigned memory clinics. Candidates should demonstrate strong communication skills and a commitment to enhancing the quality of life for older adults. The position aims to deliver high-quality psychological services and support families in need.

Qualifications

• Ability to provide high-quality, person-centred psychological services to older adults.
• Skilled in neuropsychological assessments and formulations.
• Excellent communication and consulting abilities with teams and families.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist neuropsychological assessments of adults and older adults.
• Consult and provide guidance to carers and families.
• Attend interdisciplinary team meetings to contribute a psychological perspective.

Job description

Overview

Clinical Psychologist-Band 7

Psychologists are integral and valued key members of the Mental Health Care of Older People’s multidisciplinary teams (MHCOP) in each borough across East London. Within and across the service, in line with National Guidance, psychologists are responsible and accountable for the provision of high quality, person-centred and culturally sensitive psychological services to older adults presenting to the service, their families and carers. Our goal is to alleviate psychological distress and promote psychological well-being, working alongside our multi-disciplinary team colleagues in the community and liaison into the centralised wards, where required through consultation, teaching and training.

This is an exciting time for Tower Hamlets older adults’ services, with an innovative redesign of our diagnostic memory clinic offer currently underway. The particular focus of this post will be the provision of high-quality, specialist neuropsychological assessment and formulation into our newly redesigned Tower Hamlets memory clinics, working alongside multidisciplinary colleagues to provide a timely and holistic diagnostic service to service users and their families and carers.

This post holder will be an active member of Tower Hamlets Mental Health Care of Older People’s service, with a particular focus on delivering high-quality, specialist neuropsychological assessments and formulation under the Tower Hamlets Memory Clinic.

Responsibilities

• Providing specialist neuropsychological assessment of adults and older adults presenting to TH memory clinic using appropriate methodology and to integrate this information into a neuropsychological formulation.
• Consulting with and providing specialist guidance to significant others including carers and families of service users.
• Offering advice and consultation on psychological and neuropsychological care to members of the interdisciplinary team, other relevant healthcare professionals, carers, and significant others.
• Communicating in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation, and treatment plans of service users under the care of the service and to monitor progress during treatment.
• Attending interdisciplinary team meetings and providing a specialist psychological perspective in the interdisciplinary formulation of appropriate treatment plans.

Values and Mission

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.

Application

Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.

This advert closes on Wednesday 1 Oct 2025