Senior Clinical /Counselling Psychologist in HIV & Sexual Health

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Camden Town seeks a Senior Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join their dynamic HIV and Sexual Health team. This role involves providing specialist psychological services, supervision for trainees, and contributing to research and service improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong communication and interpersonal skills, combined with the ability to work in complex environments. Competitive development opportunities are offered.

Benefits

Trust-wide culture change and leadership programme

Commitment to staff personal development

Qualifications

• Must have a Doctoral qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology.
• Experience working in HIV and Sexual Health Psychology preferred.
• Ability to provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision to assistant and trainee psychologists.
• Conduct audit, service improvement initiatives, and research.
• Work autonomously within professional guidelines.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Ability to work with complexity

Education

Doctoral qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology

Job description

Are you a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist interested in HIV and Sexual Health Psychology? We are recruiting to a senior role within our well-established and respected HIV and Sexual Health team that provides specialist psychological services to patients and staff of Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust.

We are looking for a passionate, committed and pro‑active Senior Clinical or Counselling Psychologist who is able to manage the challenges of working with complexity and in an environment that can be demanding, as well as hugely rewarding.

We prioritise collaboration within our immediate team, with the MDTS with which we work, and with the wider sexual health and HIV community. We are therefore hoping to find candidates who have the required communication and interpersonal skills that will allow them to thrive when working across all these relationships to provide a meaningful service to the diverse populations we serve.

Our team demonstrates an interest in providing a high level of service for service users and carers as well as an interest in service development.

You will join a friendly, highly experienced and supportive team of clinicians, with opportunities to offer specialist psychological assessment and therapy to individuals and groups; provide supervision to assistant psychologists, trainee clinical/counselling psychologists, and other health professionals; consult with service users and our MDT colleagues; work autonomously within professional guidelines and adhering to the team's policies and procedures; and conduct audit, service improvement initiatives and research within the field, including developing innovative ways of working to enhance patients' access to, experience of and outcomes from HIV and Sexual Health Psychology.

CNWL is recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ in line with our values, our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy & policy, & many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

With us, you will get:

• A Trust committed to staff personal development, with a trust-wide culture change and leadership programme that has staff wellbeing at its core.
• An opportunity to work for one of the top 10 NHS employers.