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Essential
16 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Significant experience of work as a qualified Clinical Psychologist in NHS setting- working in a mental healthcare setting with older adults who experience severe mental health problems, complex trauma and dementia including neuropsychology assessment and therapy
- Experience
Use of psychological models for consultation with staff teams, notably relating to behaviours that challenge
- Experience
Experience of providing a clinical service to multicultural populations and use of interpreters
- Experience
Substantial experience of risk assessment and risk management
- Experience
Experience of supervising others’ clinical work
- Experience
Substantial experience of delivering teaching and training events
- Knowledge and Skills
Evidence of highly specialist clinical skills and knowledge in older adult mental health, complex trauma and dementia
- Knowledge and Skills
High level ability to plan and conduct assessment and psychological interventions for individual clients and groups and carers, relevant for specialist MHCOP presentations
- Knowledge and Skills
Highly specialist skills in applying theory to work with individuals, couples, families, groups and organisations
- Knowledge and Skills
Skilled in dementia assessments and competence and confidence in selection and administration of cognitive assessment and neuropsychological test equipment
- Knowledge and Skills
Awareness of national policy and guidelines as related to dementia, older adult mental health
- Knowledge and Skills
Able to manage own time and caseload
- Education/ Qualification/ Training
Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS (2)
- Education/ Qualification/ Training
Registration with the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC).
- Education/ Qualification/ Training
Clinical supervision training for Doctoral trainees
- Education/ Qualification/ Training
Relevant specialist older adult training or qualifications including two or more specialist therapies and neuropsychological assessment skills.
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
Psychologists are integral and valued key members of the Mental Health Care of Older People’s multidisciplinary teams (MHCOP) in each borough across East London. Within and across the service, in line with National Guidance, the post holder will be responsible and accountable for the provision of high quality, person-centred and culturally sensitive psychological services to older adults presenting to the service, their families and carers. Our goal is to alleviate psychological distress and promote psychological well-being, working alongside our multi-disciplinary team colleagues in the community and liaison into the centralised wards, where required through consultation, teaching and training.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be an active member of Tower Hamlet's Mental Health Care of Older Adult’s service including the centralised MHCOP inpatient wards and wider East London MHCOP Psychology and Arts Therapies professional group.
They will work closely with psychologists and other professionals in the team, maintaining a standardised approach to the assessment and care of Service Users with complex needs across community and inpatient settings. As part of this, they will contribute to the provision of a specialist psychological perspective for the work of the team, providing highly specialist psychological advice and consultation to other members of the team as well as consultation into the borough’s residential and nursing homes.
They will be responsible and accountable for the systematic provision of a highly specialist psychology service for people with severe, complex and enduring mental health and dementia related difficulties and their families, presenting to the service and across community and inpatient settings.
They will develop working partnerships with other members of psychology services locally and across East London boroughs, relevant statutory and voluntary agencies, locality services and providers/commissioners as appropriate.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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This advert is for Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist with East London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £66,274 - £73,496 per annum pro rata Inc HCA. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 12 Nov 2026.
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