Senior HCPC Registered Psychologist

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Ilford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust seeks a compassionate and skilled Senior HCPC Registered Psychologist for its Cardiac Rehabilitation Team in Ilford. The role involves providing specialized psychological support and assessment to patients recovering from cardiac events, within a supportive multidisciplinary team framework. This position emphasizes holistic care, professional development, and contribution to service innovation aimed at improving patient outcomes.

Benefits

Regular clinical supervision

Opportunities for professional development

Flexible working arrangements

Access to internal training programmes

Commitment to staff well-being

Qualifications

• Registered psychologist with experience in complex psychological assessment and intervention.
• Experience with cardiac rehabilitation preferred.
• Additional training in evidence-based therapeutic approaches is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological assessment and therapy for cardiac patients.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team to support patient recovery.
• Facilitate group and individual interventions as part of a cardiac rehab program.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Therapeutic interventions

Clinical supervision

Research skills

Communication

Education

HCPC-registered Practitioner Psychologist

Evidence of training in evidence-based therapy

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02.06.2025

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17.07.2025

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Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

Are you a compassionate and skilled Band 8a Psychologist looking to make a real difference in the lives of patients recovering from cardiac events? Join our dynamic and supportive Cardiac Rehabilitation Team at NELFT.

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to provide specialist psychological assessment, therapy, and support to individuals participating in our comprehensive Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary team, contributing to the physical and psychological well-being of our patients as they navigate their recovery journey.

What We Offer:

• A supportive and friendly working environment within a dedicated multidisciplinary team.
• Regular clinical supervision and opportunities for professional development.
• Access to internal and external training programmes.
• Opportunities to contribute to service development and innovation.
• A commitment to staff well-being and flexible working where possible.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide a qualified specialist psychological service to identified patients, carers and families attending Cardiac Rehabilitation Services at Barking, Havering and Redbridge Universities Trust (BHRUT), who are presenting with psychological distress, and mental health concerns, in relation to cardiac health related conditions. The clinical focus of the work will be on providing group and individual interventions, and working within an MDT rehabilitation treatment model.

The post holder willutilise research skills for data collection, audit, policy and research within the area served by the teams/services. The postholder will also support the development of a seamless pathway for cardiac patients across hospital and community settings, supporting the Cardiac Rehabilitation Services MDT, and offering consultation to colleagues.

The post holder willdemonstrate skill in recognising more severe and enduring mental health problems in order to liaise with Psychiatric Liaison Services (BHRUT), and other secondary mental health services, to signpost to these services when required.

Working for our organisation

Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

They are:

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us tostrive to provide the best care by the best people.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

NELFT place great importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,313 to a maximum of £5,436 pro rata for part time).

High Cost Area Supplement - Fringe

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,192 to a maximum of £2,011 pro rata for part time).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder willutilise research skills for data collection, audit, policy and research within the area served by the teams/services. The postholder will also support the development of a seamless pathway for cardiac patients across hospital and community settings, often being the first port of call for patients, but then referring on into Long Term Conditions Talking Therapies services, and community cardiac psychology services.

Consultation and support to the Cardiac Rehabilitation Services MDT will also be expected. This may include attending MDT clinics, offering regular supervision and reflective practice on patients’, carers’ and families’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues.

The post holder will be working within a busy hospital setting and will need to show a sound ability to working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures. The post holder will demonstrate skill in recognising more severe and enduring mental health problems in order to liaise with Psychiatric Liaison Services (BHRUT), and other secondary mental health services, to signpost to these services when required.

Person specification

Experience

• Experience and skills in the application and delivery of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention, management and evaluation across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings, within the NHS, including risk assessment, mental health experience and management of complex cases.
• Experience working with physical health patients
• Experience of clinical supervision of staff including qualified staff and trainees. Willingness to offer training/honorary placements to suitably qualified people
• Experience of audit or research development
• Experience and enthusiasm for working in cardiac rehab or other cardiology-related teams
• Experience in service development and/or pathway development

Qualifications

• HCPC-registered Practitioner Psychologist.
• Evidence of training and skill in delivering at least 2 NICE endorsed evidence-based psychological therapy approaches to a wide variety of client groups, ages, contexts and presenting problems, reflecting the full range of clinical severity.
• Additional specialist training in advanced therapy skills, such as CBT, ACT, stress management, family interventions, pain management and bereavement work

Knowledge

• An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities
• High level knowledge of assessment and management of clinical risk.
• Understanding of the psychological issues relating to Cardiac Rehabilitation Services. This will include knowledge of the impact of existing mental health problems or learning disabilities, such as psychosis, personality disorders, drug and alcohol problems etc. on cardiac related conditions

Skills

• Well-developed skills in holistic care that takes into account the mind, body and spiritual aspects of human experience.
• Skills in provision of group psychological interventions
• Skill in working in close liaison with related services, such Talking Therapies and psychiatric liaison and signposting onward when appropriate
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues within and outside the NHS.
• Sensitivity to issues of equality and ability to apply psychological interventions in different cultural contexts
• Skills in delivering teaching and training to patients and staff

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

• A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.