Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical /Counselling Psychologist/Psychological Practitioner to join the Ealing Crisis Assessment and Home Treatment Team. The team works alongside our inpatient and community mental health services to offer an increased level of support to those experiencing a mental health crisis outside of an inpatient setting. The team currently support service users living in Ealing both in their own homes and in the Crisis Recovery House run by VCSE partners at Waythrough.
The post-holder will work collaboratively and proactively with the multi-disciplinary team to manage risk robustly and to provide a psychological perspective to the care provided. Along with providing assessment, formulation and brief interventions to service users and their families. The post-holder will also support and work with the team to develop a range of psychologically informed interventions which can be delivered across the MDT. The post holder will also be integral to decisions and delivery about reflective practice, team formulation/consultation and post incident support.
For more information, please contact:
Dr Gemma Allison, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Head of Psychological Services Acute Mental Health
[email protected] Please note working days are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Dr Julia Renton, Ealing Borough Clinical Director – Adult Mental Health Services
[email protected]
Main duties of the job
The Ealing Crisis and Home Treatment Team works alongside our inpatient and community mental health services to offer an increased level of support to those experiencing a mental health crisis outside of a hospital inpatient setting. The team currently support patients living in Ealing both in their own homes and in the Crisis Recovery House run by VCSE partners at Waythrough.
The post-holder will work collaboratively and proactively with the multi-disciplinary team in:
MAIN DUTIES
- Providing psychological therapies to service users and their families offering assessment, formulation, risk assessment and brief evidence based interventions when indicated.
- Offer indirect work ensuring that all members of the multidisciplinary team have access to a psychological framework for understanding the service user’s needs. This will be provided by giving psychological advice, consultation, contributing in clinical meetings and team formulation.
- Developing the MDT’s knowledge and skills to deliver a range of psychological interventions to service users care through teaching, training and (where appropriate) supervision.
- Work as an integrated clinical member of a multi-disciplinary team, which will include responsibility for ensuring the systematic provision and governance around the delivery of psychological interventions. ·
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Post qualification experience of working in mental health settings delivering specialist psychological assessment, formulation and interventions across a range of settings including community, primary care, inpatient, crisis services.
- Experience of working with a wide range of client groups across the whole life course presenting with a range of psychological problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
- Experience of providing clinical supervision to assistant/trainee or qualified psychologists, and/or other professionals.
Desirable
- Experience of working in acute mental health services (inpatient wards, HTT, crisis intervention services, psychiatric liaison).
- Experience of teaching/training
- Experience of facilitating reflective practice to teams
- Post qualification experience and/or training in working with adults affected by psychological trauma.
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology or its equivalent, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS and/or Accredited psychological practitioner with at least 3 years of experience.
- Professional registration with the Health and Care Professions Council and/or equivalent registering body.
- Training in clinical supervision for doctoral, and equivalent, trainees
Desirable
- Training in the supervision of psychological therapies
- Evidence of post-doctoral training in psychological therapies relevant to severe and enduring mental health difficulties including for example DBT/ CBT-P/ Systemic Practice.
Knowledge / skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, formulation, intervention and management requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Knowledge and awareness of the trauma informed approach
Desirable
- Knowledge of QN-CRHTT standards and accreditation process.
- Knowledge of quality improvement methodology
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This advert is for Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist with West London NHS Trust in Southall, London, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £63,665 - £70,887 per annum inclusive. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 22 Jul 2026.
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