# Clinical or Counselling Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-or-counselling-psychologist/32c0d777-f461-4b0c-a737-af28c1c14b10 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-or-counselling-psychologist/32c0d777-f461-4b0c-a737-af28c1c14b10.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** North London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** St Pancras Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 Per annum including HCAS (pro-rata) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-19T12:15:42.458Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/North_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Older_Adults_Psychology/Older_Adults_Psychology-v8272872 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8272872?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist to join NLFT's Older Adult Psychology Team. This is part-time Band 7 post working on our Older Adult Inpatient Wards and in Islington Services for Ageing and Mental Health (SAMH) Community Mental Health Team. You will be part of a large Older Adult psychology service comprised of Clinical, Counselling and Assistant Psychologists. Special interests in the service include Systemic Psychotherapy, EMDR, ACT, working with carers and research. . We welcome applications from people who are enthusiastic about working with older people, including those qualifying in 2026. This post will be capped at 25 applicants. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will work part-time in NLFT’s Older Adult Psychology service, dividing their time between the in-patient wards and our Community Mental Health Team in Islington.On the inpatient wards they will provide psychological assessment and treatment to patients with dementia and other mental health conditions. They will offer advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to referrers, non-psychologist team colleagues and other professional and non-professional carers. They will work alongside our other inpatient Clinical Psychologists. In Islington SAMH CMHT the postholder will work alongside other psychologists and provide a psychology service for clients under this team. This will include psychological assessment and treatment of older people with severe and enduring mental health needs and / or dementia. They will work with patients, their families, carers and systems though individual work, group work and indirect work. They will offer advice, consultation on client’s psychological care to referrers, MDT colleagues and non-professional carers. The role is likely to included opportunities for delivering training and contributing to the supervision of assistant psychologists and trainees working in the service as appropriate. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached job description for full details of the post and outline of main responsibilities. We are happy to speak with any interested candidates who would like to know more ### 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 ### Skills **Essential** - Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. - Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently **Desirable** - Skills in running Reflective Practice or similar ### Qualifications **Essential** - Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology - Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist ### Experience / Knowledge **Essential** - Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity - Experience of working with older people with mental or physical health needs **Desirable** - Experience of specialist psychological assessment and intervention/treatment of people across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, residential care homes and in-patient settings - Experience of working with people whose behaviour challenges - Experience of working with people with dementia ## Documents - [functional assessment form (pdf, 160.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10638915) - [a comprehensive guide for candidates (pdf, 544.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2959) - [b7 0.8wte hmhc and islington samh cmht 23.9.26 (pdf, 448.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10638914) ## 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.