NHS Veterans' Service Clinical/Counselling Psychologist | North London NHS Foundation Trust

Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in the UK is seeking a clinical or counselling psychologist to assess and treat veterans suffering from complex PTSD. Responsibilities include delivering trauma-focused therapy and supervising data collection efforts. The position is part-time (0.4 WTE), based in London, offering opportunities for staff development and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

NHS discounts

Generous annual leave

Flexible working options

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Registered clinical or counselling psychologist with experience in PTSD.
• Clinical supervision experience preferred.
• Ability to liaise with various stakeholders, including veterans and other agencies.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological assessment and treatment to veteran clients.
• Deliver veteran-sensitive interventions for individuals with complex PTSD.
• Support and supervise a team in clinical outcome data collection.
• Collaborate in audit and data management processes.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Trauma focused therapy

Emotional regulation work

Data management and analysis

Job description

The NHS Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service – Op COURAGE is recruiting a clinical or counselling psychologist to carry out specialist assessments, deliver veteran-sensitive formulations and interventions including trauma focused therapy and emotional regulation work for those suffering with complex PTSD.

Part of this role will involve supporting and collaborating in audit, patient and service-related data collection, management and analyses, resulting in the collection of high-quality data. This will involve both patient-facing and data administration work. You will supervise members of the team involved in the collation of clinical outcome data collection and in embedding better data collection and management systems within the Service.

This is a 0.4 WTE, 2 days per week equivalent post.

Op COURAGE, based at St Pancras Hospital, operates in a range of community settings to support consistent access to care and treatment. It is an NHS-led partnership alongside three Forces-friendly charities, Walking with the Wounded, Stoll and The Ripple Pond.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological assessment and treatment to veteran clients using interviews, formal psychometric and other assessment methods as appropriate.
• Deliver veteran-sensitive formulations and interventions, including trauma focused therapy and emotional regulation work for individuals with complex PTSD.
• Offer advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to referrers, non-psychologist colleagues, and other non-professional carers.
• Draw up and coordinate specialist veteran-specific risk assessments and care plans involving partner agency workers and peers.
• Liaise with wider NHS, statutory bodies, local authorities and the third sector to ensure appropriate support is in place for veterans and their families.
• Support and collaborate in audit and data collection, management and analyses, and supervise team members (research assistant, senior administrator – data, honorary assistants) in clinical outcome data collection.
• Contribute to governance and audit within the team, mentoring and supervision, and operate to the requirements of the service operational policy and strategy.
• Deliver safe, evidence-based, effective, culturally competent care in a timely manner.

Benefits

• Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.
• Opportunities for staff development through leadership behaviour programmes and numerous additional training options.
• Flexible working and support with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS discounts, generous annual leave allowance and NHS pension scheme.
• Consistently high-quality care closer to home, equity of outcome, great places to work and a supportive environment.
• Opportunities to pioneer research, quality improvement and technology.

Please see attached JD and PS for further information.

This advert closes on Tuesday 2 Dec 2025.