Job summary
- Main area
- Psychologist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 9:00 - 17:00)
- Job ref
- 333-J-WE-0796-A
- Employer
- Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queens Park and Paddington Hub
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £64,156 - £71,148 per annum inc HCAS (pro rata if P/T)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Principle Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.
Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.
We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page
Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.
CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.
Job overview
The Queens Park and Paddington Mental Health Hub is seeking an enthusiastic and innovative psychologist to work in a multi-disciplinary service designed to deliver a new model of care working closely with Primary Care Networks and other community services.
The team works with clients with severe and enduring mental health problems including psychosis, bipolar affective disorder, complex emotional needs, recurrent depression and complex PTSD. The post holder will be responsible for providing psychology services and improving clinical outcomes for service users.
At the heart of our service is a strong emphasis on collaboration and team work. The post holder will have a strong commitment to multi-disciplinary working. Gaining an understanding of the interventions that other disciplines provide and offering support/consultation. This is imperative as we work together to provide interventions in line with the recovery model. Experience of working with diversity in a multicultural setting is essential.
You will be part of a supportive group of psychologists, and access opportunities for further training and career development which is supported by our continuing professional development (CPD) programmes.
If you are an enthusiastic and innovative psychologist who is excited about the prospect of working in a friendly, collaborative, multi-disciplinary team environment, we encourage you to apply.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will work in Queens Park and Paddington Mental Health Hub. The Hub offers a range of community-based interventions for clients presenting with a range of complex emotional and social difficulties. The Hub provides care for those clients whose needs cannot be adequately met within a briefer treatment framework.
We are seeking candidates with interests in specialist therapies such as CBTp, Family Interventions (FIp) MBCT, DBT, EMDR and Systemic approaches. We are also interested in candidates with experience of running therapeutic group and programmes. Finding ways to provide support to people who may be cautious about engaging with mental health services will be an important part of the role. Candidates who have experience providing therapeutic interventions to clients experiencing psychosis are encouraged to apply
The post-holder will attend weekly team meetings and case discussion forums. They will have an active role in managing referrals and planning clinical care. They will contribute to the ongoing development of effective recovery-oriented treatment models. They will also play an active role in initiatives to ensure optimal use of psychological therapy resources are widely accessible and offered in a timely manner. The post-holder will support the team in assessing the psychological and social needs of patients referred to the service, ensuring that psychological needs and factors are given due consideration in the care planning process.
Working for our organisation
- The catchment area of the post is the North of the London borough of Westminster. The Community Mental Health Hub is based at Woodfield Road.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is one of the largest trusts in the UK, caring for people with a wide range of physical and mental health needs. We have approximately 7,000 staff who provide healthcare to a third of London's population and across wider geographical areas, including Milton Keynes, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire and Central and North West London
- If you would like to see what it's like to work for CNWL please have a look at https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To provide a highly specialist psychology service to Queens Park and Paddington Mental Health Hub including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
- To support the provision of specialist psychological assessment and therapy for clients with complex and enduring mental health problems (e.g. complex PTSD, psychosis and complex non-psychosis presentations) within Queens Park and Padding Mental Health Hub.
- To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
- To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a lead specialist in secondary care psychological services for the Queens Park and Paddington Mental Health Hub.
- To manage weekly therapy meetings and case discussion forums. Managing referrals coming to the Therapies team within the Hub and alongside other therapy colleagues deciding on appropriate therapeutic treatment pathways for clients.
- To work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.
- To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.
Person specification
Training and qualifications
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counseling psychology or its equivalent (for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
Desirable criteria
- Completed training course in clinical supervision
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in Complex Mental Health Settings. Working with people with Complexity or comorbidity
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in secondary mental health care
- Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training
- Post-qualification experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities
- Experience of carrying out post-doctoral research, audit or service evaluation projects.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of representing Psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- Experience of assessing and treating clients across the full range of care settings.
- Experience of supervising other mental health staff.
- Experience of providing psychological interventions for clients living with psychosis.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and interventions for clients with complex and enduring mental health needs.
- Post-Qualification practice of CBT or other evidence-based psychological therapies
- Advanced knowledge of psychological assessment and relevant clinical psychometrics as it pertains to complex mental health presentations (e.g psychosis and Complex PTSD
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities.
- Doctoral level knowledge of psychological research methodology and complex statistical analysis
- Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care.
Desirable criteria
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialized psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. CBTP) etc
Skills
Essential criteria
- To deliver psychological therapy across cultural and other differences.
- To select and administer specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources.
- To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information
- To plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual clients and groups and carers, and for meetings such as CPAs and case review
- To plan allocation of tasks to psychologists or other related psychological practitioners
- To be skilled in the administration of psychometric and neuropsychological tests, including those that require complex manipulation of test materials.
- Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data.
- Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Zehra Emin
- Job title
- Hub Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02072669700
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