# Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-counselling-psychologist/3524f640-c293-4691-861f-e347783c14bc - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-counselling-psychologist/3524f640-c293-4691-861f-e347783c14bc.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Adult Mental Health Services - Tower Hamlets Directorate - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 pa - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-18T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-02T14:02:06.107Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/East_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Clinical_Psychology/Clinical_Psychology-v8301583 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8301583?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.elft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Serving people with learning disabilities in the London Borough of Hackney, the Hackney Integrated Learning Disability Team is an integrated health and social care multidisciplinary service. The service is committed to facilitation and liaison with local health and social care provider services in order that people with learning disabilities can access mainstream services where possible and that their experience and outcomes are good. Additionally, the service provides specialist input to clients where this is required. ### Main duties of the job Providing a highly specialist clinical psychology service to people with learning disability and their families/carers including assessment, development and implementation of specialist psychological interventions, the post holder will develop a key role in the Hackney Integrated Learning Disability Service. The postholder will contribute to the continuing development of psychology and of the service. Acting autonomously the postholder will manage a defined caseload of complex cases independently, evidencing problem solving and clinical reasoning skills in line with evidence based and client-centred principles. S/he will be involved in clinical research and development where appropriate. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Ensure a high standard of clinical care for the clients and those of more junior staff providing a comprehensive and appropriate psychology service to clients, families and carers 2. Play a key role in the advanced assessment and treatment of clients who may have acute, chronic or complex presentation and determine clinical diagnosis and intervention required 3. Assess clients’ needs and direct to other services as appropriate 4. Maintain records as an autonomous practitioner 5. Communicate effectively with health and social care professionals and outside agencies regarding client care and progress 6. Communicate with other members of the Team regarding policies, service development and management plans 7. Undertake a significant clinical caseload working under supervision in collaboration with other agencies and health and social care professionals ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Relevant experience working in learning disability settings - Work in a multi-cultural setting, including working with interpreters - Experience of working with people with behaviours considered to be complex or challenging **Desirable** - Experience of delivering clinical supervision ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for people with learning disabilities who have complex needs - Knowledge of psychological research, national policy and legislation relevant to learning disability - Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis - Able to provide a culturally competent service **Desirable** - Fluent in a community language (eg Turkish, Bengali/Sylheti, Vietnamese etc) ### Education/Qualification/ Training **Essential** - Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS or due to qualify - HCPC registration - Eligibility for graduate membership of BPS **Desirable** - Clinical supervision training for Doctoral trainees and qualified Clinical Psychologists after 2 years qualified - Relevant specialist training or qualifications e.g. CBT, systemic therapies, neuropsychology, etc. ## Documents - [elft at a glance (pdf, 151.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1110) - [elft strategy 2026 (pdf, 421.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3090) - [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) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 712.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10643248) ## 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.