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Essential
14 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills/ Abilities
Skills in the use of a range of methods of psychological assessment (including psychometric tests) intervention and management for the full range of problems of severity and complexity presented in adult mental health, including challenging behaviours. Specific knowledge of severe mental illness.
- Skills/ Abilities
Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills/ Abilities
Ability to offer a multi-theoretical formulation and to communicate this in a clear and concise manner
- Skills/ Abilities
Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting and experience of working jointly with other professional disciplines
- Skills/ Abilities
Ability to work flexibly and creatively according to the needs of local primary care services
- Skills/ Abilities
Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Personal Qualities
Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting.
- Personal Qualities
Evidence of ability to manage reasonable levels of work place stress
- Experience/ Knowledge
Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of service users with sever mental illness and comorbidities.
- Experience/ Knowledge
Experience of working with a wide variety of service users that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Experience/ Knowledge
Experience of teaching, training and offering effective consultation.
- Experience/ Knowledge
Postgraduate-level knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis as practised within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Qualifications/Registrations
Doctoral level training in clinical psychology or counselling psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society or the British Psychological Society Statement of Equivalence and other relevant qualifications in CBT
- Qualifications/Registrations
Current registration with the Health Professions Council as a clinical or counselling psychologist
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills/ Abilities
Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Experience/ Knowledge
Experience of working with complexity in stressful situations
- Experience/ Knowledge
Experience of remote or online working
Job overview
We are seeking a clinical or counselling psychologist to work in the North Islington Core team. North London Foundation Trust (NLFT) community mental health services are undergoing widespread, innovative transformation, and Core teams are at the forefront of this. We are developing a more holistic, recovery oriented, biopsychosocial approach to supporting people with mental illnesses, in partnership with primary care, other community NHS providers and the voluntary sector.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be part of a multidisciplinary team providing assessments, formulations, and interventions (individual and group) to those presenting with severe mental health problems in the London borough of Islington. This would require a sound knowledge and experience of CBT and other evidence base interventions in both groups and individual contexts. They will also support and offer liaison, education, supervision, and consultation to GPs, members of the multidisciplinary team and the wider Primary Care Network.
Postholders will be part of newly developing Virtual Psychology Hubs within each borough as well as being integrated within the MDT. This will support more effective co-ordination and delivery of psychological interventions within the borough.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
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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.
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This advert is for Clinical/Counselling Psychologist with North London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £58,133 - £65,261 Per annum including HCAS. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 20 Oct 2026.
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