Job summary
We are seeking a passionate and committed clinical or counselling psychologist to join our Mental Health Integrated Network Team (MINT) in Hammersmith & Fulham. MINT is a multidisciplinary service providing holistic support and treatment to adults presenting with a range of mental health difficulties within a stepped-care framework.
This post is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic early-career psychologist looking to develop and consolidate specialist clinical skills in working with complex needs, trauma and personality disorder diagnoses.
In addition to working 1-1 with clients, a significant part of this post involves embedding and developing psychological principles and thinking within the work of the whole MDT. Therefore, we require a candidate who thrives in a team environment and is passionate about dissemination of psychological thinking, consultation and leadership.
At West London NHS Trust we want to employ talented, passionate and skilled psychological professionals, so that we can provide the best healthcare possible for those who use our services. In return, we are committed to investing in and supporting our staff.
Agile and Flexible working opportunities. Please contact us for more details
Supportive work environment - in a recent survey psychological professionals in our Community and Recovery Services reported high levels of satisfaction with the psychological leadership, supervision and training they receive.
Main duties of the job
You will provide highly specialist assessments and treatment for individuals with complex mental health conditions, both 1-1 and in groups.
The role will include working with people from varied cultural backgrounds, including those seeking asylum, using interpreters when necessary. A passion for creating and enabling equality of access to services for all and an understanding of the psychological needs associated with migration is essential.
You will provide psychological consultation and guidance to the whole MDT and offer supervision and training for trainee and assistant psychologists. A genuine desire to work within an MDT and promote psychological ways of working is essential.
You will play a key role in service developments in the service and, as part of this, you will support audit and research to drive and sustain the quality of the services we deliver. There will be opportunities to collaborate with trainee psychologists, local doctorate courses and a large network of psychological colleagues across the Trust.
Please see the attached Job Pack for full job description and person specification
About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Job description
Job 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.
Job description
Job 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
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctorate in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or those in lateral transfer) as accredited by the BPS AND current registration with the HCPC
- Completed training course in clinical supervision and/or accredited to supervise qualified psychological practitioners, including Clinical and Counselling Psychologists.
- Evidence of additional graduate training (PG Dip/PG cert or equivalent) in another relevant specialised therapy modality / leadership training
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of direct clinical work as a qualified (specialist) psychologist within a secondary care community setting for people with complex mental health needs, delivering 1-1 and group interventions within a specialist therapy modality (such as CBT, DBT, EMDR, CAT)
- Significant experience of working in settings where there is a high level of social complexity, including poverty, housing instability, unemployment, marginalisation and issues related to migration and asylum seeking
- Experience of developing and delivering training or reflective practice programmes for MDT colleagues across diverse teams and settings.
- Experience of providing clinical leadership to other psychologists, psychological professionals and colleagues from other disciplines in contexts of high risk, social complexity, and cultural diversity, maintaining psychological formulation at the heart of care planning.
- Experience of providing clinical supervision AND line management to applied psychologists and/or other clinicians, with a focus on professional growth, reflective capacity, and governance.
- Experience of working collaboratively with partner agencies (e.g., primary care, social services, voluntary sector) to develop psychologically informed care plans, care pathways and joint working arrangements.
Desirable
- Experience of undertaking a role in Trust-wide or system-level leadership (e.g., policy steering groups, workforce development projects, or clinical governance initiatives).
- Experience of working in a team where psychological practice and roles are integrated within the MDT, involving attending and taking a lead role in MDT meetings, case discussions and care planning forums.
- Experience of evaluating service impact and use of outcome or population data to inform leadership decisions.
Knowledge and skills Skills
Essential
- Highly developed specialist knowledge, both theoretical and practical, of psychology applied to clinical practice, particularly in respect of adults with severe and enduring mental health needs (including psychosis, trauma and complex trauma).
- Able to provide and receive highly complex, highly sensitive or highly contentious information, where there are significant barriers to acceptance which need to be overcome using the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills such as would be required when communicating in a hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere.
- Able to make judgements involving highly complex facts or situations, which require the evaluation of a range of options (e.g. the assessment of specialist clinical conditions and the determination of treatment options), where expert opinions may differ.
- Able to lead and influence service culture towards trauma-informed, recovery-oriented and anti-discriminatory practice.
- Able to use psychological theory to make sense of organisational and team dynamics, using supervision, consultation, and leadership frameworks to promote team resilience and cohesion.
- Able to use strategic thinking to identify gaps and lead initiatives that improve access, equity, and quality of psychological care.
Other Requirements
Essential
- Evidence of CPD through short courses, conferences, research and audit activity undertaken, membership of relevant committees and working groups for example within the BPS, ACP or similar.
- Ability to plan and prioritise workload in a fast paced and busy environment with multiple competing demands
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctorate in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or those in lateral transfer) as accredited by the BPS AND current registration with the HCPC
- Completed training course in clinical supervision and/or accredited to supervise qualified psychological practitioners, including Clinical and Counselling Psychologists.
- Evidence of additional graduate training (PG Dip/PG cert or equivalent) in another relevant specialised therapy modality / leadership training
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of direct clinical work as a qualified (specialist) psychologist within a secondary care community setting for people with complex mental health needs, delivering 1-1 and group interventions within a specialist therapy modality (such as CBT, DBT, EMDR, CAT)
- Significant experience of working in settings where there is a high level of social complexity, including poverty, housing instability, unemployment, marginalisation and issues related to migration and asylum seeking
- Experience of developing and delivering training or reflective practice programmes for MDT colleagues across diverse teams and settings.
- Experience of providing clinical leadership to other psychologists, psychological professionals and colleagues from other disciplines in contexts of high risk, social complexity, and cultural diversity, maintaining psychological formulation at the heart of care planning.
- Experience of providing clinical supervision AND line management to applied psychologists and/or other clinicians, with a focus on professional growth, reflective capacity, and governance.
- Experience of working collaboratively with partner agencies (e.g., primary care, social services, voluntary sector) to develop psychologically informed care plans, care pathways and joint working arrangements.
Desirable
- Experience of undertaking a role in Trust-wide or system-level leadership (e.g., policy steering groups, workforce development projects, or clinical governance initiatives).
- Experience of working in a team where psychological practice and roles are integrated within the MDT, involving attending and taking a lead role in MDT meetings, case discussions and care planning forums.
- Experience of evaluating service impact and use of outcome or population data to inform leadership decisions.
Knowledge and skills Skills
Essential
- Highly developed specialist knowledge, both theoretical and practical, of psychology applied to clinical practice, particularly in respect of adults with severe and enduring mental health needs (including psychosis, trauma and complex trauma).
- Able to provide and receive highly complex, highly sensitive or highly contentious information, where there are significant barriers to acceptance which need to be overcome using the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills such as would be required when communicating in a hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere.
- Able to make judgements involving highly complex facts or situations, which require the evaluation of a range of options (e.g. the assessment of specialist clinical conditions and the determination of treatment options), where expert opinions may differ.
- Able to lead and influence service culture towards trauma-informed, recovery-oriented and anti-discriminatory practice.
- Able to use psychological theory to make sense of organisational and team dynamics, using supervision, consultation, and leadership frameworks to promote team resilience and cohesion.
- Able to use strategic thinking to identify gaps and lead initiatives that improve access, equity, and quality of psychological care.
Other Requirements
Essential
- Evidence of CPD through short courses, conferences, research and audit activity undertaken, membership of relevant committees and working groups for example within the BPS, ACP or similar.
- Ability to plan and prioritise workload in a fast paced and busy environment with multiple competing demands
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
