Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist / Counselling Psychologist

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a compassionate and skilled Clinical or Counselling Psychologist for a part-time role within a dynamic addiction service. This pivotal position involves developing mental health pathways and providing high-quality care to diverse service users facing addiction challenges. You'll collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, offering innovative therapies and clinical supervision. Join a progressive NHS Trust that values continuous professional development and offers a structured career path. If you're passionate about making a difference in the lives of those struggling with addiction, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Continuous Professional Development

Structured Career Path

Supportive Work Environment

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology accredited by the BPS.
• HCPC registration is essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Develop local addiction services and mental health pathways.
• Provide clinical supervision and deliver direct psychological interventions.

Skills

Psychological Assessment

Psychotherapy

Communication Skills

Multidisciplinary Collaboration

Crisis Management

Education

Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology

HCPC Registration

Job description

Job summary

Highly Specialist Clinical or Counselling Psychologist - Part time (2.5 days), 6-month fixed-term post with the possibility of extension.

Are you interested in playing a key role in the development of addiction services as part of the national overhaul of drug and alcohol services?

We are keen to recruit a dynamic, compassionate, and experienced clinical or counselling psychologist to join RISE in Ealing. RISE is an established partnership substance misuse service between CGL (Change Grow Live), CNWL, and BOB. RISE specializes in supporting recovery for drug and alcohol difficulties and caters to a wide range of service users, including those with co-occurring mental health, physical health difficulties, criminal justice involvement, and those sleeping rough, across clinical bases in West Ealing and Southall.

We welcome applications from psychologists outside of the addictions field who are looking to develop a new specialism, and from Band 7 psychologists ready for career progression.

Main duties of the job

This role will be pivotal in developing local addiction services and mental health pathways, involving high-quality stepped care across the addictions directorate. We seek someone who collaborates well with a range of professions within the MDT and the wider staff group, respecting diverse opinions and approaches to achieve the best outcomes for service users and to promote trauma-informed care. At RISE, you will be supported by a Consultant Psychologist and work alongside assistant psychologists and MDT colleagues. Our team offers a variety of therapies including CBT, MBT, EMDR, Schema, and Psychodynamic therapy. The role includes offering clinical supervision, reflective practice, consultation, and delivering direct psychological interventions.

About us

CNWL's Addictions Directorate is led by a highly motivated team with extensive experience in community healthcare. We employ psychologists and therapists with clinical, counselling, and generic training, working across various sites within mental health services. Our psychologists lead specialized services such as the National Problem Gambling Clinic, Gaming Clinic, and Club Drug Clinic.

Joining a large, progressive NHS Trust offers excellent development opportunities, a structured career path, and professional satisfaction. Continuous professional development is integral to our trauma-informed, stepped care model. We strongly encourage vaccination to protect staff, patients, and service users.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This position requires leadership skills and a proactive approach to advancing the service. An enthusiasm for exploring innovative, evidence-based treatments is highly desirable. Please see the detailed job description and person specification for more information.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology accredited by the BPS, including models of psychopathology, psychometrics, neuropsychology, multiple psychological therapies, and lifespan developmental psychology.
• HCPC registration.

Desirable qualifications include postgraduate training in evidence-based therapies, research methodology, staff training, or other applied psychology fields.

Experience

• Experience in psychological assessment and treatment across various care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care, and inpatient services.
• Experience working with diverse client groups across the lifespan, managing highly emotive and distressing issues, including verbal and physical abuse.

Desirable experience includes supervision, applying psychology in different cultural contexts, working with addiction populations, and attending management meetings as a senior psychologist.

Knowledge and Skills

• Proficiency in complex psychological assessments, interventions, and management requiring sustained concentration.
• Consultation skills for multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent communication skills for conveying complex information effectively to clients, families, carers, and colleagues.
• Doctoral-level knowledge of research methodologies and data analysis.

Additional desirable knowledge includes specialized psychological therapies for difficult-to-treat groups, legislation related to mental health, and expertise in at least two psychological therapies.

Other

• Ability to teach and train others using complex multimedia materials.
• Clinical governance awareness to support practice under challenging conditions.
• Experience working within multicultural frameworks is desirable.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A DBS check is required.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from candidates requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome. Further information is available on our website.

UK Registration

Applicants must hold current UK professional registration. For details, please see our guidelines.

Employer details

Employer name: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address: RISE (Recovery Intervention Service Ealing), 99-103 The Broadway, Uxbridge Road, W13 9BP, London

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