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Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
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NHS AfC: Band 8a
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37.5 awr yr wythnos (Mon-Fri 9-5pm)
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395-PP112-25
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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
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NHS
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Goodmayes Hospital
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Ilford
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£55,690 - £62,682 pa
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07/10/2025 23:59

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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Psychologist

NHS AfC: Band 8a

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 five 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

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Acute Inpatient & Home Treatment Team Psychology Services 

This is an 8a post, but we welcome applicants at Band 7 and a job plan would be tailored to reflect Band 7 competencies. 

The Acute and Rehab psychology service is an exciting and dynamic team of psychological professionals working in crisis settings – home treatment crisis teams, psychiatric inpatient wards and a range of other settings. 

This opportunity is for a full time clinical/counselling psychologist posts for Home Treatment Team and Inpatient Services. 

Please get in touch for more information if you are interested in the vacancy.

The successful applicant would join our well respected and exciting Acute Psychology Service. We are passionate about tackling social inequalities and making therapy accessible to everyone. Our work focuses on supporting people from marginalised communities. 

The team are at the forefront of national developments in inpatient and acute working. We are actively involved in research and keen to recruit people who share that vision of contributing to best practice, national guidelines and an evidence base. For example, a number of our team were involved in contributing to the psychological services for acute adult mental health BPS/ACP-UK guidelines. 

We are committed to supporting staff development through our in-house CPD package, and where funding allows, we aim to open up further training opportunities in models like Systemic Family Therapy, EMDR, FLP, and CBT for psychosis.

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The role will involve creative and thoughtful input including offering opportunity to develop skills in assessing, formulating and treating high risk behaviours using evidence based interventions.  We work closely with our multi-disciplinary colleagues through consultation, training, reflective practice and opportunities are available to develop these skills in integrated working .

The posts would suit someone who has a strong interest in working with crisis interventions as part of a multidisciplinary team in an inpatient or home treatment setting.

We are keen to recruit the right people who share our passion for working with people in crisis. We offer excellent development opportunities including  supervision (individual and group) to really develop psychological skills to a high standard, working groups to engage our team in current issues faced by psychology, and service improvement projects.

We also support the development of leadership skills and aim to nurture our staff and support them to become confident supervisors, devise and implement training, and conduct research. 

Diverse & Inclusive Culture

Our award winning EDI team work hard to support our staff. We pride ourselves on having a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve, and inclusive initiatives and processes in place.

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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 to strive to provide the best care by the best people.


Starting with NELFT 

NELFT place a great deal of 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 will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include 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 focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.


Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.


High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London


This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941 - per annum, pro rata for part time

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Applicants should have:

  • Doctoral level training in Clinical/Counselling Psychology and registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) OR  accredited psychotherapy qualification in CBT/DBT/systemic or psychodynamic therapy  and registration with an appropriate professional body
  • Experience of working in an evidence-based way with clients presenting with severe mental health difficulties, people in crisis and their families and carers.
  • Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary service context.

We would be happy to discuss the possibility of setting this post up as a band 7 post with a development plan to allow progression to an 8a. This option would suit someone who has an interest in gaining experience in crisis work and an opportunity to develop towards an 8a role.  For non-psychologist applicants, job plans would be tailored based upon each individual's specific skills and experience. 

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.


We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as possible as some posts close early to limit the number of applications.


Certificates of Sponsorship


Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.


Use of AI


Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process.

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Qualifications

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  • Doctoral qualification in psychology (clinical or counselling psychology) accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) if undertaken in the UK
  • Professional registration with the HCPC

Experience

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  • Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties and their families
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  • Experience working in acute, crisis or inpatient settings

Knowledge

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  • Advanced knowledge and skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment and treatment of individuals, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.

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Application numbers

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

If you require any additional support during the application process please contact [email protected]. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment journey.

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Faiza Anwar
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Principal Psychologist
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