Clinical Health Psychologist
North London NHS Foundation Trust
London, N19 5NFView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£63,665 to £70,887
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
21 October 2026
1 day leftJob description
We are delighted to offer this 11-month 0.3 wte maternity leave opportunity to lead and deliver aclinical health psychology (CHP) service to children ...
The postholder will play a pivotal role in shaping the culture of care by supporting a psychologically, trauma-informed approach, working alongside multi-disciplinary colleagues to embed psychological thinking into everyday practice.The post-holder will be able to work independently and flexibly, providing specialist psychological assessment, clinical formulation, cognitive screening and advice, intervention and management recommendations to patients, families and other staff across inpatient, day-patient, outpatient and community settings.
The post involves offering advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to highly skilled non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers; working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures; using research skills for audit, policy and service development and research. The postholder will work closely with the Haematology WH teams to support the Trust's targets of integrated care by mitigating the impact of psychological factors on the course of physical illness and improving wellbeing and adjustment to chronic ill health. The postholder will be supported by clinical and psychology leads in deciding how to prioritize resource during this fixed-term period.
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.Our Five-Year Strategy:
1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
Qualifications/ Registrations
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical, counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 2000) as accredited by the HCPC.
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a clinical or counselling psychologist.
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential
- Completion of substantial post-doctoral post-qualification supervised psychology experience working with people living with physical health problems
- Experience of the application of clinical/counselling psychology to support self-management skills for those living with physical health problems
- Experience of working as a psychologist within a physical health multi-disciplinary team in the NHS.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children and young people who are struggling with physical health conditions
Desirable
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients who are struggling with haematology conditions
- Experience of facilitating groups within a physical health NHS context
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children and young people who are struggling with haematology conditions
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Interest and ability to contribute to service development
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups with regard to chronic/acute physical health condition management
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies e.g. advanced level training in CBT, ACT, CFT narrative and/or systemic therapy
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
8 October 2026
Last checked
8 October 2026
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