Highly Specialist Clinical / Counselling Psychologist

East London NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare trust in Greater London is seeking two full-time psychologists to develop and lead community psychology initiatives in Newham. The role involves providing specialist psychological assessments and interventions, working closely with vulnerable service users, and collaborating with community organizations. Candidates should possess a doctorate in psychology and experience in secondary mental health services. The ideal candidates will have a passion for enhancing community health and engagement while maintaining the Trust's values of care, respect, and inclusivity.

Qualifications

• Experience with secondary mental health services and community services.
• Ability to develop community psychology interventions.
• Proficiency in interpreting psychological assessments and data.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessments and interventions to vulnerable service users.
• Develop partnerships with local organizations for service co-production.
• Formulate and implement psychological treatments for diverse communities.
• Supervise therapies like Behavioural Activation for specific populations.

Skills

Specialist psychological assessments

Community engagement

Therapeutic interventions

Supervision of adapted therapies

Complex psychological data analysis

Education

Doctorate in Psychology

Job description

Overview

We are excited to recruit two full‑time 8a posts, each to be based in CIMHS North and CIMHS South, to support the development and leadership of community psychology approaches in Newham through working with psychology and non‑psychology colleagues across a range of services.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions to secondary mental health services and community services, especially those with complex mental health problems who are vulnerable to poor health outcomes through poverty, other social inequalities, disabilities and physical health conditions.
• Develop partnership working with local community organisations with the aim of community capacity building and co‑production of psychological input, supporting ongoing transformation work in line with a more flexible outreach psychological offer.
• Develop, through co‑production, psychological interventions that address the needs of those served including resilience and recovery, shared support, social connections and community engagement.
• Offer and supervise adapted therapies with diverse communities such as Behavioural Activation for Muslim communities (BA‑M), Islamic psychology and CBT‑music for young black men.
• Provide specialist psychological assessments of service users and carers, using the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex psychological data from a variety of quantitative and qualitative sources, including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self‑report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and assessments with service users and others involved in their care.
• Be responsible for the formulation and implementation of a broad range of specialist psychological treatment and/or management of service users’ mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and employing methods based upon evidence of proven efficacy across the full range of care settings.

Mission and 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.

Additional Information

Please refer to attached Job description and person specification.

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

This advert closes on Monday 9 Feb 2026.