# Senior Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinicalcounsellingforensic-psychologist/592a089f-2893-4d49-86fe-876c4dabb525 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinicalcounsellingforensic-psychologist/592a089f-2893-4d49-86fe-876c4dabb525.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 8 - **Salary:** £66,274 - £73,496 per annum incl HCA - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity cover) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-15T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-30T16:56:04.365Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/LONDON/East_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Senior_ClinicalCounsellingForensic_Psychologist/Senior_ClinicalCounsellingForensic_Psychologist-v8390663 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8390663?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.elft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The East London Community Forensic Service (ELCFS) is seeking a Senior Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist to join our multidisciplinary team. The ELCFS offers support for service users as they leave the inpatient Forensic Directorate to reintegrate and re-establish lives in the community. Borough based multidisciplinary teams include Psychiatrists, Social Workers, CPNs, Psychologists, OTs, Family Therapists, Arts Therapists, Drugs and Alcohol Practitioners, Peer Support Workers and Carer Peer Support Workers The overarching aims of the ELCFS are 1. to provide inreach support to help service users move safely towards discharge and so reduce length of stay in secure care, and 2. to provide enhanced support in the community, to promote sustained recovery and quality of life in the community, reducing recalls to hospital There are various components to the ELCFS model, including: developing service user skills; support in accommodation; accessing education and employment; addressing substance misuse; access to psychological and recovery focused therapies; working with carers; peer mentorship; and the development of care pathways and system relationships. There is a strong focus on service user involvement and collaboration with community organisations. We would welcome applications from those with relevant experience at Band 7 as a development opportunity ### Main duties of the job In addition to direct psychological intervention, both individual and group, the role also involves a significant amount of MDT working, including leading on psychological formulation and risk meetings. Band 8a Psychologists across the service are responsible for the supervision and line management of qualified psychologists, other therapists in the team, as well as peer support workers, trainees and students from training courses with established links to the Forensic Directorate. Psychologists are involved in service development and take up strategic roles in relation to service objective as required. Psychologists will be required to utilise research skills in audit and engage in other research and development activities. There are teaching and training opportunities and established links with University courses across London. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile. ### 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** - Post-qualification experience in adult mental health, including experience at highly specialist level in a forensic or rehabilitation specialism, across different settings/levels of security (e.g. inpatient and community; medium and low security) - Advanced level experience of risk assessments and risk management - Providing specialist psychological assessment and intervention across a range of care settings including community and inpatient. - Providing teaching, training and clinical supervision including teaching professional groups outside of psychology. - Co-produced clinical care, including goal setting, using a Recovery approach **Desirable** - Experience of representing psychology in various teams and working groups - The use of QI or other improvement methodology in clinical settings ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Additional relevant clinical and/or managerial knowledge and skills acquired through formal training, long or short courses, formal supervision (individual and/or group), structured self-study, or experience – or a combination of these – to an appropriate level approved by the Head of Psychology and demonstrated by certification, documented supervision logs, management appraisal documentation and/or assessment at interview. - Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, including the use of theoretical models to analyse information and develop formulations upon which to base choice of treatment - Postgraduate level knowledge of research methodology, including research design, and complex statistical analysis: audit skills - Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult-to-treat groups (complex needs, personality disorder, dual diagnosis, substance misuse, offending) - Ability to effectively manage verbal aggression and the risk of physical aggression from patients or carers **Desirable** - Knowledge of National and Government directives relevant to the development and delivery of forensic mental health services. - Ability to use advanced IT packages ### Education/ Qualification/ Training **Essential** - Post Graduate Doctoral level training in Clinical, Forensic or Counselling Psychology or equivalent accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS). - Evidence of CPD in accordance with BPS recommendations - Either: Recognized qualification or training in psychotherapy supervision or Clinical supervision training for doctoral clinical /counselling psychology trainees. - Registered as a practitioner psychologist by the HCPC. - Post Qualification Training in a Psychotherapy Modality: e.g. SFT, DBT, CFT, EMDR, CBTp, CBT for trauma. ## Documents - [jd/ps (pdf, 520.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10720706) - [elft strategy 2026 (pdf, 421.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3090) - [elft staff benefits (pdf, 653.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3107) - [trust demographic information (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1844) - [course content for pmva course (pdf, 210.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1112) - [elft staff benefits leaflet new (pdf, 465.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3106) ## 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.