Consultant Clinical Psychologist

West London Nhs Trust; Ealing; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

West London NHS Trust is seeking a Consultant Clinical Psychologist to oversee an innovative community Clinical Health Psychology service in Ealing. This fixed-term post covers 9 months for the current postholder and involves leading a team within ECP, with remote work possibilities and requirement to work from Ealing sites when needed.

The role focuses on leadership, governance, and development of services for adults with health psychology needs, including diabetes, chronic pain, MSK and

Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology; registered with HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist.
• Essential: HCPC registration; substantial post-qualification experience in Clinical Health Psychology.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a group of staff embedded in multiple teams within Ealing Community Partners.
• Provide clinical governance and contribute to service development within ECP.
• Possible direct clinical work aligned with prior experience and interest.

Skills

Clinical health psychology

Leadership

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Supervision

Teaching

Education

Doctoral-level clinical psychology

HCPC Practitioner Psychologist registration

Job description

Job summary
West London NHS Trust is looking for a Consultant Clinical Psychologist to oversee an innovative community Clinical Health Psychology service based in Ealing.

This is a fixed-term post to cover 9-month leave period for the current postholder.

This service is based within the community and provides psychological support for adults referred to Ealing Community Partner (ECP) services who have a range of health conditions. The team consists of psychologists, an art therapist and peer support worker and is embedded within a number of multidisciplinary teams.

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic individual who will take over leadership of clinical health psychology services to patients who have a range of health psychology needs with a focus on diabetes, chronic pain, MSK and pulmonary rehabilitation. The role will include responsibility for leading a team of psychologists and contributing to the clinical governance and ongoing development and delivery of the clinical health psychology services within ECP.

Main duties of the job
The main duties of this exciting role are to oversee a group of highly skilled and enthusiastic staff, who are embedded within different teams within Ealing Community Partners. This includes clinical, professional and operational oversight of the team as well as working in strong partnerships with physical health services and neuropsychology and neuro-rehabiliation services.

The role will include responsibility contributing to the clinical governance and ongoing development and delivery of the clinical health psychology services within ECP. There will also be an opportunity to provide a small amount of direct clinical work, within areas relevant to the successful candidate's prior experience and interest.

The postholder has the opportunity to work remotely (e.g. from home) if interested, but there will be a requirement to work from sites in Ealing when needed.

About us
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' overallby 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.

Job responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Education / Qualifications
Essential

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or it's equivalent for those trained prior to 1996).
• Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist.

Desirable

• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice

Experience
Essential

• Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist including substantial post-qualification experience within the specialty of Clinical Health Psychology
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified psychologist and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan
• Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision
• Experience of professionally managing qualified and pre-qualified clinical psychologists
• Experience of proposing and implementing service development projects within own service area
• Experience of working with, and addressing issues of diversity, including experience of working with a multicultural framework
• Experience of multi-agency and multi-disciplinary working
• Experience of maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
• Experience of identifying and interpreting appropriate National and NHS policies to develop strategic planning and service development
• Experience of recruitment

Desirable

• Experience of conducting clinically relevant research
• Experience of having published in either peer reviewed academic or professional journal and/or books
• Experience of representing the profession in local policy forum

Knowledge & Skills
Essential

• Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of clinical health psychology, lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology and two or more distinct psychological therapies
• Advanced knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapies for adults with health conditions and the evidence base for treatment
• Evidence of continuing training in a specialised area of psychological practice through formal post doctoral training (diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses, OR an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a postgraduate diploma
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues
• Advanced clinical skills and practice of at least one model of psychological therapy
• Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC and British Psychological Society.
• Well-developed consultation skills to work with the multi-professional team or other professional groups

Desirable

• Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. people with complex cognitive, emotional, behavioural and physical disability and other personality and mental health disorders, etc)

Personal Qualities
Essential

• Able to contain and work with organisational stress and to help others to manage their own stress
• Interest in models of service delivery, and an ability to articulate the value added by Clinical Health Psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary health settings
• A commitment to the evaluation of services, enthusiasm for both multiprofessional and uni-professional audit, and a wish to continue to develop expertise in the service area

Desirable

• Current driving licence or the means to transport self around to visit clients and staff across different sites

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).