Principal Counselling Psychologist

EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Westminster is looking for a Principal/Counselling Psychologist for their Psychiatric Liaison Service. This role involves delivering specialist psychological assessments, leading clinical work as part of a multidisciplinary team, and contributing to service development and quality improvement. Candidates should have strong research skills and experience in a clinical setting. The position is fixed-term for 12 months at 0.8 WTE, offering a unique opportunity to influence crisis pathways in mental health care.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering psychological assessments and interventions.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team environment.
• Strong research skills for audit and service development.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological input to the Core 24 Psychiatric Liaison Service.
• Conduct clinical assessments and develop care plans.
• Lead training and supervision for team members.

Job description

Role Overview

There is an exciting role for a Principal/Counselling Psychologist in Newham Psychiatric Liaison Service (PLS). The Principal Psychologist will deliver specialist psychological input and be part of the operational leadership of the wider crisis pathway. PLS provides specialist multidisciplinary assessment and signposting for people presenting with complex mental health difficulties attending at Accident and Emergency and in the acute hospital setting.

Job Details: 0.8 WTE, fixed term/secondment of 12 months, responsible for ensuring the systematic provision of specialist psychological input to the Core 24 Psychiatric Liaison Service (PLS).

Key Responsibilities

1. Specialist psychological input to the Core 24 Psychiatric Liaison Service (PLS).
2. Direct clinical work as part of the MDT – provide systematic specialist clinical psychological assessment, formulation, brief interventions, consultation and care planning as part of the multidisciplinary team.
3. Indirect work (training, supervision and formulation) with colleagues.
4. Being part of operational leadership of PLS and wider crisis pathway.

Additional Information

This role includes a requirement to utilise research skills for audit, policy, research and quality improvement, and to contribute strongly to strategic service development for PLS.

The Person and Skills Required

Principal/Counselling Psychologist: please see attached job description and person specification for further details on this post.