Practitioner Psychologist, Psychotherapist or Psychological Therapist
The closing date is 12 November 2025
Job summary
The job includes contributing to the systematic provision of highly specialised individual and group psychological therapy for mood, anxiety, personality disorders, and complex traumas in adults in the Southwark community.Primary models used are CBT for complex traumas, EMDR, and Schema-informed Therapies. The psychology pathway works in parallel with other psychotherapists who are registered as Cognitive Analytical Therapists, Psychoanalytic Therapists and Family Therapists. Candidate will provide assessments and therapies for clients as well as will have a leading role in providing formulation, consultation, and guidance to non-psychological colleagues in MDT about psychological referral processes.
Main duties of the job
To provide specialist psychological interventions for adult clients in a community mental health service with complex traumas and personality disorders, including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
To provide clinical consultations and formulations to non-psychological MDT.
To promote service evaluation, audit and research, as appropriate.
To take a lead role as in a multidisciplinary team service, supporting the coordination of consultation, formulation, and referral pathways.
To work as an autonomous professional within registration body guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor
To be active in the provision of staff support within their area, including but not limited to Critical Incident Staff Support and Reflect-Support-Resolve.
To participate, as a recipient, in staff support work when appropriate.
About us
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provides the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.
By coming to work at SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care. You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities, and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field. SLaM delivered more than 14,000 training experiences in 2014; providing an extensive range of learning opportunities for staff at all levels. In addition, our working relationship with King's Health Partners allows those working at the Trust to get involved in academic research.
Details
Date posted
29 October 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£56,276 to £63,176 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
334-CLI-7527412
Job locations
Chaucer Resource Center
London
SE16 2TH
Employer details
Employer name
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Chaucer Resource Center
London
SE16 2TH
Employer's website
https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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