Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist

South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused mental health trust in London is seeking a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist. The role involves providing specialized psychological assessment and treatment for adults with severe mental health difficulties. Candidates should possess a doctorate in Clinical Psychology and experience with therapeutic interventions. This position offers a flexible working environment and opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Flexible working

Career development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Experience providing psychotherapeutic services to adults with severe mental health issues.
• Ability to work autonomously within professional guidelines.
• Strong competencies in risk assessment and psychological interventions.

Responsibilities

• Conduct complex psychological assessments for clients referred to the team.
• Formulate and implement treatment plans based on psychological assessments.
• Evaluate and adjust psychological interventions as necessary.
• Provide consultation to other professionals regarding treatment options.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Therapeutic interventions

Research skills

Communication skills

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent

Job description

A Vacancy at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist to join our committed and friendly team of clinicians in our Central Wandsworth & West Battersea Integrated Recovery Hub is one of four multidisciplinary Integrated Recovery Hubs in Wandsworth and provides specialist assessment, treatment and recovery work for adults with a wide variety of severe and enduring mental health difficulties.

Central Wandsworth & West Battersea Integrated Recovery Hub offers a specialist, community-focused mental health and social care service to adults (18-75) whose mental health problems, because of their seriousness or complexity, cannot be effectively treated within primary care. Clinical/professional judgement will determine priority for treatment and support, but in line with policy implementation guidance. The Integrated Recovery Hub (IRH) service is the central element of mental health service for adults and their relatives/carers.

The post holder will be expected to work in health and other community settings (including outpatient clinics), clients’ and their relatives’ homes, inpatient and other hospital settings, and any other settings in which the client is most appropriately managed.

You will provide qualified specialist clinical psychology service to people referred to the Integrated Recovery Hub presenting with severe and enduring mental health difficulties living in the borough of Wandsworth; providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy to individuals in line with NICE guidelines. At the same time offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, nonprofessional carers.

You will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the services’ policies and procedures. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

Responsibilities

1. To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care.
2. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
3. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
4. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
5. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.
6. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
7. To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group.
8. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
9. To act as care coordinator, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans under enhanced CPA including clients, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care.
10. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.

This advert closes on Sunday 30 Nov 2025