Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust; Teddington; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust in Twickenham is seeking an experienced Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join the Richmond Psychology & Psychotherapies service at the Twickenham Integrated Recovery Hub. You will be involved in MDT meetings, supervision, and training while delivering evidence-based therapies for complex mental health conditions.

The role emphasises research for audit, policy and service development, with flexible working arrangements to

Qualifications

• Must hold Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and be chartered.
• Experience delivering evidence-based psychological therapies for severe mental health conditions.
• Experience providing supervision and working within multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Attend multidisciplinary meetings and provide supervision, consultation, and training to clinicians.
• Contribute to delivery of evidence-based psychological therapies for severe and enduring mental health conditions (psychosis, bipolar, personality disorders, complex mood/anxiety disorders, PTSD).
• Utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.
• Support agile and flexible working practices and service development.

Skills

Clinical psychology

Supervision

Audit & research

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

Are you a compassionate Clinical or Counselling Psychologist looking to make a meaningful impact in your community? Join us in a role where you’ll be valued, supported, and inspired to grow. We are looking for an experienced and dedicated Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join the Richmond Psychology & Psychotherapies service based in the Twickenham Integrated Recovery Hub.

If you are passionate about working towards improving services, are keen to have your voice heard and want to bring more innovation and creativity to your work, then this role would be ideal for you. If you join our team, you can make a real difference in the lives of those struggling with complex mental health challenges, providing essential support to foster recovery and well-being.

The role is dynamic and will require you to attend multidisciplinary meetings and to offer supervision, consultation, and training to clinicians within the wider MDT team.

You will contribute to the delivery of evidence-based psychological therapies for severe and enduring mental health conditions, including psychosis & bipolar, personality disorders, and complex mood, anxiety disorders & PTSD. We value innovative practices to support our service users, continually evolving to meet the needs of our community.

You will utilise your research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.

Agile And Flexible Working

We understand the importance of work-life balance and are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements to help our team thrive both personally and professionally. As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible and agile working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co‑produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

About our locations:

Twickenham (Maddison Centre)

• Unless expressly stated in the job advert the role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Laura Parsloe Job title: Principal Clinical / Counselling Psychologist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07858688589