# Clinical Associate Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-associate-psychologist/14d808a0-da51-410e-b385-97e6d0ea75a9 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-associate-psychologist/14d808a0-da51-410e-b385-97e6d0ea75a9.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East London NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-26T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-15T09:22:09.437Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/East_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychology/Psychology-v8049354 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8049354?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.elft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified Clinical Associate Psychologist (CAP), who is keen to take on the challenges of working in a diverse borough working with people in the Complex Emotional Needs pathway in Bethnal Green. The post-holder will sit within the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team as part of the Psychology service. ### Main duties of the job Candidates should have experience and an interest in working with people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties from a range of religious, cultural and ethnic backgrounds. The post-holder will work closely with other Psychologists, and supervision will be provided by a qualified Psychologist. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The successful candidate will be part of a vibrant multi-disciplinary team operating out of our community office based in Bethnal Green. Alongside other Psychology staff the post-holder will provide assessment and empirically-informed therapy to service users.  In collaboration with more senior staff, the successful candidate will contribute to staff training and provide psychological advice (informal, ad hoc, and formal consultation) to other staff, support family members and liaise with primary and secondary care providers and various other statutory and non-statutory agencies involved in service users’ care. The post-holder will be offered a range of opportunities for post-qualification training. The role offers excellent opportunities for developing skills in service-development and co-production. Your service area is part of the wider psychology and psychological therapy provision in Tower Hamlets, and you would be joining a community of psychologists and psychological therapists working across a wide range of service areas. The department aims to develop and deliver our services through co-production with people with lived experience and has an excellent relationship with the local Recovery College. We meet regularly and support professional development in a range of ways. ## Job Details This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified Clinical Associate Psychologist (CAP), who is keen to take on the challenges of working in a diverse borough working with people in the Complex Emotional Needs pathway in Bethnal Green. The post-holder will sit within the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team as part of the Psychology service. ## Job Description Candidates should have experience and an interest in working with people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties from a range of religious, cultural and ethnic backgrounds. The post-holder will work closely with other Psychologists, and supervision will be provided by a qualified Psychologist. ## Responsibilities The successful candidate will be part of a vibrant multi-disciplinary team operating out of our community office based in Bethnal Green. Alongside other Psychology staff the post-holder will provide assessment and empirically-informed therapy to service users. In collaboration with more senior staff, the successful candidate will contribute to staff training and provide psychological advice (informal, ad hoc, and formal consultation) to other staff, support family members and liaise with primary and secondary care providers and various other statutory and non-statutory agencies involved in service users’ care. The post-holder will be offered a range of opportunities for post-qualification training. The role offers excellent opportunities for developing skills in service-development and co-production. Your service area is part of the wider psychology and psychological therapy provision in Tower Hamlets, and you would be joining a community of psychologists and psychological therapists working across a wide range of service areas. The department aims to develop and deliver our services through co-production with people with lived experience and has an excellent relationship with the local Recovery College. We meet regularly and support professional development in a range of ways. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working with long-term mental health conditions in the NHS **Desirable** - Knowledge or experience of lived experience with mental health - 2 years post-qualification experience ### Education and Training **Essential** - Completed BPS \[British Psychological Society\] accredited CAP apprenticeship training programme including EPA to IFA standards **Desirable** - Further training in areas appropriate to the Complex Emotional Needs client group ## Documents - [elft strategy (pdf, 153.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1708) - [elft at a glance (pdf, 151.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1110) - [elft staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 920.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1111) - [trust demographic information (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1844) - [cap job description & person spec (pdf, 384.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10338860) ## 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.