Consultant Clinical Psychologist
East London NHS Foundation Trust
London, E1 4DGView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£88,250 to £100,355
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
30 October 2026
11 days leftJob description
We are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative and inspiring HCPC Registered Consultant Clinical Psychologist to lead psychological professi...
Provide professional, operational and clinical leadership and management to the psychological workforce across older adult services, with strategic and managerial oversight and responsibility for effective, robust and culturally competent psychological provision.
Monitoring and implementation of professional standards in the practice of trauma informed, applied psychology and psychological therapies and interventions.
Provide expert clinical input, leadership and consultancy within and across specialist older adults services and teams.
Provide neuropsychological and psychometric advice, consultation and supervision creating opportunities for staff to develop neuropsychological skills.
Hold a limited caseload of complex cases requiring specialised psychological assessment, formulation and intervention.
Oversee the conduct of research, quality improvement, service evaluation and audits relevant to Older Adults and Dementia psychological services.
Contribute senior psychological professions representation at the Tower Hamlets Directorate Management Team.
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Education, Qualification, Training
Essential
- Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology & HCPC Registration
- Completed training course in clinical supervision
- Relevant specialist post qualification training
Desirable
- Additional training in neuropsychological assessment, interventions and supervision of others.
- Management and/or Leadership Training
- Quality Improvement Training
- Reflective Practice and/or working with group dynamics training.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in older adult and dementia services
- Neuropsychological and therapeutic assessments, interventions, supervision of others
- Application of psychology in different cultural contexts
- Co-production with service users.
- Supervising qualified and unqualified psychological professionals and other staff
- Teaching, training, consultation to psychological professions and MDT relevant to MHCOP
Desirable
- Recruitment of psychology and psychological professions staff.
- Leading or contributing to research, audit, service development, redesign and improvements in secondary mental health services that impact beyond own service area.
- Leadership and/or operational management roles
- Representing the profession in local policy/development fora.
- Representing the profession in National or Professional Organisations.
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Highly developed skills in the effective communication of highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to a wide variety of recipientsuce comprehensive and coherent letters, reports and associated documentation.
- Ability to interpret, report and respond to performance and outcome data at all levels of the Trust.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapies across the lifespan in complex developmental trauma, and stigmatised individuals attracting diagnoses of e.g. complex needs, personality disorder, psychosis, dual diagnosis, persons with additional disabilities.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to later life mental health and dementia.
- Understanding of audit and clinical effectiveness issues.
Desirable: - Active research interests and record of published research.; - Training others in quality improvement
Other
Essential: - Able to work to professional guidelines and Trust policy.; - Respectful approach to service users, families, carers, colleagues and other professionals.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
16 October 2026
Last checked
19 October 2026
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