Senior Clinical Psychologist and Service Lead (Maternity Cover)

Brandon Centre; City Of London; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in London seeks a Senior Clinical Psychologist to lead a team in a part-time remote role. You will be responsible for overseeing clinical practice, improving health outcomes for children, and conducting psychological assessments, while maintaining a collaborative environment. Applicants must be HCPC registered and have strong leadership and assessment skills. This position involves developing training and consultations for multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Qualified practitioner psychologist for at least 2 years.
• Experience delivering training to staff from other professional backgrounds.
• Awareness of legislation implications for clinical practice.

Responsibilities

• Manage and supervise the band 7 clinical psychologist and other staff.
• Attend meetings to discuss service updates.
• Conduct reviews with parents who attended the programme.

Skills

Leadership experience

Psychological assessment skills

Ability to communicate complex information

Experience in a multidisciplinary team

Skills in providing consultation/training

Ability to prioritize and work independently

Education

Doctorate level training in clinical or counselling psychology

Registered with the HCPC

Additional formal training in psychological therapy

Job description

Senior Clinical Psychologist and Service Lead (Maternity Cover)

We are seeking a Clinical, Counselling, or Health Psychologist to join our innovative Childhood Obesity Service, the Enhanced Healthy Living Service, a unique intervention supporting children and families.

This is a part‑time role (0.2 FTE, 7 hours per week) that is predominantly remote. You will benefit from well‑balanced caseloads, multi‑disciplinary collaboration, and direct involvement in service development and design.

If you are passionate about improving health and wellbeing outcomes for children and families, we would love to hear from you.

Service Overview

• A evidence‑based 6‑week parenting programme called Families, Food and Feelings for parents of CYP aged 5‑17 who struggle with excess weight.
• Quarterly webinars for professionals working in Camden and Islington with CYP/families.
• Coordination of the monthly Camden and Islington childhood obesity multi‑disciplinary team (MDT) meetings.
• Consultations to professionals working with CYP who struggle with excess weight.

Main Responsibilities

1. Manage and supervise the band 7 clinical psychologist, health psychology trainee, and senior assistant psychologist.
2. Attend quarterly meetings with commissioners, report back, and complete internal reports.
3. Attend meetings with the clinical director to discuss service updates.
4. Carry out pre‑group assessments with parents.
5. Co‑facilitate the Families, Food and Feelings parent group on a rotating basis.
6. Conduct reviews with parents who have attended the programme.
7. Offer a small number of 1:1 parent sessions for those who cannot attend the group.
8. Record clinical notes in the online database.
9. Support the development and delivery of training to professionals via quarterly webinars.
10. Provide consultations to professionals around young people’s mental health.
11. Support coordination of the monthly obesity MDT meetings and provide psychological consultation into the MDT.
12. Support service monitoring, evaluation, and reporting.

Person Specification

Experience

• Leadership experience or evidence of readiness to take up a leadership role.
• Qualified practitioner psychologist for at least 2 years.
• Experience of service development and management/supervision of other staff.
• Clinical experience providing psychological therapy to children and young people with a range of mental health difficulties in a community or health setting.
• Experience delivering parent programmes or support groups.
• Experience delivering training to staff from other professional backgrounds.
• Experience in specialist psychological assessment/assessment and treatment of children or adolescents with a wide range of mental health problems.
• Understanding and sensitivity to working in a multi‑cultural community.
• Experience working in a multi‑disciplinary team.
• Experience of service monitoring and evaluation.
• Experience offering consultation to staff from other professional backgrounds.
• Experience working with weight management/eating disorders or physical health difficulties.
• Experience in a community or health setting that offers services to adolescents and young people.
• Experience working with parents of children struggling with a mental or physical health difficulty.

Knowledge and Skills

• Awareness of issues and interest in the provision of psychological therapies with children and young people in health settings.
• Skills in psychological assessment, intervention and management methods.
• Ability to conduct risk assessment with young people and their parents and develop risk management plans.
• Ability to formulate and provide treatment within one model of psychological therapy and adapt it; working knowledge of at least one other approach.
• Ability to administer and interpret psychometric and self‑report data from parents and others, and use this information alongside other clinical information.
• Well‑developed skills in communicating effectively, orally and in writing, complex and highly technical or clinically sensitive information to children/young people, carers and professionals.
• Awareness of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice.
• Skills in providing consultation/training to other professional and non‑professional groups.
• Ability to prioritise, work independently and on own initiative.
• Ability to supportively manage and supervise team members to facilitate their professional development.
• Ability to work well under pressure and/or in times of crisis.
• Flexibility, creativity and preparedness to be innovative in a developing organisation.
• Ability to be reliable, co‑operative and consistent as an independent clinician and in team settings.
• Commitment to own personal & professional development.
• Completion of formal training or courses in conducting specialist psychological assessments (including risk assessment and risk management).

Qualifications

• UK recognised postgraduate training in clinical or counselling or health psychology, qualified to doctorate level or its equivalent.
• Registered with the HCPC as a clinical, counselling or health psychologist.
• Additional formal training in a recognised psychological therapy.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required to check for any previous criminal convictions.