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Main area
Clinical or Counselling Psychologist or CBT Practitioner - Psychosis Pathway
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
455-NLFT-0711
Employer
North London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
North London NHS Foundation Trust
Town
London
Salary
£56,276 - £63,176 Per annum including HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/04/2026 23:59

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Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

Band 7

Thank you for your interest in the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT). This is an exciting time to join us and be part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we: 

  • Collaborate at every level by living our values to create the right conditions for us all to work together.
  • Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care.
  • Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes.
  • Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high-quality care across all our services.
  • Ensure that research, quality improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services.
  • Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do

We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer.  We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more.

The North London Way to deliver: Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.

Our trust website is:  https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ 

As a values‑driven Trust, we recruit through our values. Our selection processes focus on behaviours, attitudes, and examples that reflect our organisational values and commitment to compassionate, high‑quality care.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a set of technology that can perform various tasks that typically required human intelligence. Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role.

We recognise that AI tools can support accessibility, equity and confidence for applicants. However, it’s important that examples and responses genuinely reflect your own experience and abilities, as these will be explored further during the selection process. AI must not be used to provide misleading or false information during any stage of the application journey.

Further guidance can be found in the NLPSS Applicant Toolkit  https://royalfree.pagetiger.com/cuuomnr/1.

North London NHS Foundation Trust is committed to fair and transparent recruitment and requires applicants to provide accurate information, as misleading details may affect their application or employment and may be verified in line with the Fraud Act 2006. For further information please visit https://royalfree.pagetiger.com/cuuomnr/1.

 

Job overview

Clinical / Counselling Psychologists or Experienced CBT Practitioners (Band 7): Two posts, one based in Camden and one in Islington. 

Psychosis Pathway in Core Teams (Full-time, permanent)

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a specialist community psychosis pathway in a Core (adult mental health) Team. The post-holder will provide extended assessments, formulations, consultations and psychological therapies (individual and group) to those presenting with psychosis and other severe mental health needs (including a diagnosis of bipolar disorder).

At this stage, we are looking for a qualified psychologist / practitioner rather than one who is currently in training. Previous experience of working with severe mental health problems is essential. 

Please contact us to discuss any request in variation to the advertised hours. Please also get in touch with any other enquiries about the role.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will act as a fully integrated member of the team, providing a service to clients with a diagnosis of psychosis, bipolar disorder and co-occuring complex needs, with the aims of supporting recovery, promoting mental and physical wellbeing and optimise independence and social inclusion.

You would work directly with individuals, groups and families from a wide range of diverse backgrounds, providing tailored assessment, formulation, consultation and interventions for psychosis, bipolar and co-occuring psychological difficulties such as trauma. You would work closely with MDT colleagues and other agencies to provide psychologically informed care, through joint working, training and consultation. You would be expected to work autonomously, with support and supervision, within professional guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service.

Working for our organisation

There is a strong continuing professional development programme within NLFT and a commitment to clinically relevant research.  We have close links with UCL and other academic partners as well as training organisations.  Trainee clinical psychologists are regularly on placement from the main London based doctoral courses. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a detailed job description and a list of the main responsibilities of the post, please see the job descriptions and person specifications attached.

Person specification

Qualifications & Registrations

Essential criteria
  • Postgraduate doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society or the British Psychological Society Statement of Equivalence OR Postgraduate qualification in CBT, specialising in psychosis (plus at least a 2:1 degree, or equivalent, in a core NHS profession).
  • Current registration with the Health Professions Council as a clinical or counselling psychologist OR full accreditation with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies.

Skills / Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Skills in the use of a range of methods of psychological assessment (including psychometric tests) intervention and management for the full range of problems of severity and complexity presented in adult mental health, including challenging behaviours.
  • Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
  • Ability to offer a multi-theoretical formulation and to communicate this in a clear and concise manner
  • Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting and experience of working jointly with other professional disciplines
  • Ability to work flexibly and creatively according to the needs of local primary care services
  • Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
  • Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate and to support and maintain clinical practice
  • Specific knowledge of problems presented by clients of the specific post
Desirable criteria
  • Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
  • Skills in delivering specific interventions relevant to the post

Experience / Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working with the client group relevant to the post
  • Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
  • Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
  • Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including community, primary care, outpatient, and inpatient settings
  • Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
  • Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
  • Post registration experience of working in a setting similar to the post
  • Skills in delivering specific interventions relevant to the post

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleJob share policyAge positiveImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare Leaver CovenantStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into healthAccredited Living Wage Employer

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Mark Davies
Job title
Psychology Lead, Psychosis Pathway in Core Teams
Email address
[email protected]

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