Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job description

Job Summary

Are you an experienced psychologist or psychological practitioner with an enthusiasm for working in a crisis service? Do you have the skills and experience of working with a multi-disciplinary team and providing a psychological perspective to the care provided? Do you have experience in supervising and managing members of the psychology team?

We are looking for an exceptional candidate for this role in Hammersmith and Fulham Crisis and Home Treatment Team, and we are offering a Golden Hello of £3000! If successful, you will receive £1500 after 3 months in the service and £1500 after 6 months in the service. Please note if you leave the service within your first 2 years an amount proportionate to your length of service will need to be paid back.

The service is working towards accreditation from the Quality Network for Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams, and the post holder would be actively involved in ensuring the psychological standards are met and maintained.

The post-holder will work collaboratively and proactively with the multi-disciplinary team to manage risk robustly and to provide a psychological perspective to the care provided. Along with providing assessment, formulation and brief interventions to service users and their families. Reflective practice, team formulation, consultation, and post incident support are an integral part of the psychology service.

Main Duties of the Job

Providing a full and comprehensive psychology service providing direct care to service users and their families offering assessment, formulation, risk assessment and brief evidence-based interventions when indicated.

Offer indirect work ensuring that all members of the multidisciplinary team have access to a psychological framework for understanding the service user's needs. This will be provided by giving psychological advice, consultation, contributing in clinical meetings and team formulation.

Developing the MDT's knowledge and skills to use a psychological approach to a service user's care through teaching, training and where needed supervision.

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' overall by 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 Details

Date Posted: 14 April 2025

Pay Scheme: Agenda for Change

Band: Band 8a

Salary: £53,755 to £60,504 a year Per Annum

Contract: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full-time

Reference Number: 222-LS-AMHS-307

Job Locations: H and F Claybrook Road, Hammersmith, W6 8NF

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

• Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology or its equivalent, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS and/or Accredited psychological practitioner with at least 3 years of experience.
• Professional registration with the Health and Care Professions Council and/or equivalent registering body.
• Training in clinical supervision for doctoral, and equivalent, trainees.

Desirable

• Training in the supervision of psychological therapies.
• Evidence of post-doctoral training in psychological therapies relevant to severe and enduring mental health difficulties including for example DBT/ CBT-P/ Systemic Practice.

Experience Essential

• Post qualification experience of working in mental health settings delivering specialist psychological assessment, formulation and interventions across a range of settings including community, primary care, inpatient, crisis services.
• Experience of working with a wide range of client groups across the whole life course presenting with a range of psychological problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
• Experience of providing clinical supervision to assistant/trainee or qualified psychologists, and/or other professionals.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts including working with interpreters.

Desirable

• Experience of teaching/training.
• Experience of working in acute mental health services (inpatient wards, HTT, crisis intervention services, psychiatric liaison).
• Post qualification experience and/or training in working with adults affected by psychological trauma.

Knowledge/Skills Essential

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, formulation, intervention and management requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
• Able to provide and receive highly complex, highly sensitive or highly contentious information, where there are significant barriers to acceptance which need to be overcome using the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills such as would be required when communicating in a hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere.

Desirable

• Knowledge of QN-CRHTT standards and accreditation process.
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, e.g. complex psychometric testing and specialist neuropsychological testing.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer Details

Employer Name: West London NHS Trust

Address: H and F Claybrook Road, Hammersmith, W6 8NF

Employer's Website: West London NHS Trust