# Adult Psychologist - Gender Identity Clinic > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/adult-psychologist-gender-identity-clinic/19590f0e-9809-44b0-ae52-9c948f200fdf - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/adult-psychologist-gender-identity-clinic/19590f0e-9809-44b0-ae52-9c948f200fdf.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 per annum, inclusive of Inner HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-22T09:51:28.003Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/North_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Gender_Identity/Gender_Identity-v7969255 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7969255?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The post-holder is required to provide assistance to people with gender dysphoria or diversity. This will involve utilising psychological principles and approaches in assessment, diagnosis and management of gender dysphoria or diversity. The postholder will need to work closely with the multidisciplinary team and be familiar with medical as well as psychological models. There is an expectation for the postholder to engage in research and ongoing continuing professional development ### Main duties of the job See Job Description. - To provide specialist psychological assessments of allocated clients. Assessments will be based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with patients, family members, nursing staff and others involved in the patient’s care. Practitioner psychology assessments will, at times, need to be conducted using interpreters. - To formulate plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of client’s presenting issues or mental health problems based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s situation, and to employ methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings. - To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. - To exercise responsibility for the treatment of and discharge of clients whose presenting issue is managed through the medium of a psychologically based standard care plan which ensures appropriate assessment, formulation, and interventions. This will involve communicating with the referral agent and others involved with the care on a regular basis. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties. ## Person Specification ### Clinical Qualification **Essential** - Passed **Desirable** - Champion or special interest in QI, EDI and or PPI ### Appropriate clincial experience **Essential** - Relevant gender experience in a clinical role, training role or related role, **Desirable** - Understanding the emotional needs of GIC patients. ### Understanding and applying Clinical Governance **Essential** - Having an appropriate level of understanding and awareness of good governance related to record keeping **Desirable** - Examples of best practice in clinical governance. ### Clinical Applying equalities in clinical practice **Essential** - Experience of clinical or counselling psychology relevant to work with gender identity - Understanding bio-psycho-social practice in assessment of gender Identity - Understanding the Psychological needs of people experiencing gender dysphoria **Desirable** - Examples of good practice in Quality Improvement from clinical experience experience - Examples of good practice in co-production with service users at interview - example of innovative practice related to work in a GIC ## Documents - [oh (pdf, 100.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10251137) - [person spec (pdf, 144.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10251138) - [adult psychologist - gender identity clinic (pdf, 430.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10456255) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.