North London NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Associate Psychologist (CAP)

The closing date is 12 October 2025

Job summary

Community Mental Health Services are undergoing widespread, innovative transformation. North London Foundation NHS Trust is at the forefront of this transformation, developing a more holistic, recovery oriented, biopsychosocial approach to supporting people with mental health difficulties, in partnership with primary care, other community NHS providers and the voluntary sector. The aim is to build support systems that reach the whole mental health population with a focus on prevention and sustained recovery delivered by multi-agency collaboration. Each population unit is based on the footprint of a Primary Care Network (PCN), bringing together NHS, voluntary sector, peer support and community organisations. These relationships will be central to the new community mental health model.Clinical Associate Psychologists are an innovative role in mental health services, that are core to this community transformation and offering high quality clinical care to the Camden borough.We have an opportunity for a qualified Clinical Associate Psychologist (Band 6) to join our Kentish Town Core Team on a full-time basis. They will join a team of SeniorClinical Psychologist, CBT therapist linked to their multi-disciplinary team and PCN.Interested applicants are encouraged to make contact for an informal conversation.

Main duties of the job

The CAP role is central to the team's psychological provision, with opportunities for 1:1 therapy using a Structured Clinical Management model, offering group interventions, and joint assessment and consultation. There will be opportunities for leadership, research, service development and consultation to the system, which will involve liaising with professionals involved in the in care of the individual. The teams work closely as MDTs, with weekly clinical meetings where complex cases can be thought about and MDT formulations can be developed. There is also opportunity to work jointly with other members of the MDT in cases of particular complexity.By coming to work at North London Foundation NHS Trust you will be joining a Trust with a national reputation for research, whereservices recognise that research underpins its commitment to providing high quality and innovative clinical care. North London Foundation NHS Trust is excited to be part of the development of new Clinical Associate Psychologists (CAP) roles in the UK.These new clinical roles deliver on the NHS Long Term Plan by enhancing the provision and access to psychological therapies using innovativeways of working with a focus on community engagement. This initiative will pay particular attention to the social and cultural needs of those weserve and be involved in the development of Trauma Informed Care.

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care

Why NLFT?

We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
Excellent internal staff network

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Date posted

30 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£46,419 to £55,046 a year Per annum including HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

455-NLFT-0419

Job locations

Kentish Town Core Team - JML House

Regis Road

London

NW5 3EG

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Clinical Associate Psychologist is a key role within both the psychology team and the wider Camden Core Mental Health team.

Key duties include:

Assessment and formulation for service users referred to Camden Core Mental Health team, under supervision from the wider Psychology team.
Brief interventions for complex presentations above the threshold for Camden Talking Therapies but below threshold for secondary care.
Individual interventions delivering Structured Clinical Management-informed interventions including problem-solving and skills focused work.
Group interventions: psychoeducation and skills workshops.
Working as part of a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team.
Working with diversity and a range of clinical presentations.
Opportunities for service development, research projects and audit of interventions.
Interdisciplinary and inter-agency working (e.g. with recovery college)

These are well supported roles, with the successful candidate receiving high quality supervision, alongside learning and development opportunities.

Please see the attached Job Description for detailed information on the role and main duties / responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Clinical Associate Psychologist is a key role within both the psychology team and the wider Camden Core Mental Health team.

Key duties include:

Assessment and formulation for service users referred to Camden Core Mental Health team, under supervision from the wider Psychology team.
Brief interventions for complex presentations above the threshold for Camden Talking Therapies but below threshold for secondary care.
Individual interventions delivering Structured Clinical Management-informed interventions including problem-solving and skills focused work.
Group interventions: psychoeducation and skills workshops.
Working as part of a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team.
Working with diversity and a range of clinical presentations.
Opportunities for service development, research projects and audit of interventions.
Interdisciplinary and inter-agency working (e.g. with recovery college)

These are well supported roles, with the successful candidate receiving high quality supervision, alongside learning and development opportunities.

Please see the attached Job Description for detailed information on the role and main duties / responsibilities.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

Masters Clinical Associate in Psychology qualification

Experience

Essential

Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team

Experience

Essential

Relevant supervised experience of delivering psychological assessments and interventions in community mental health settings.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

Masters Clinical Associate in Psychology qualification

Experience

Essential

Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team

Experience

Essential

Relevant supervised experience of delivering psychological assessments and interventions in community mental health settings.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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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).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details

Employer name

North London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kentish Town Core Team - JML House

Regis Road

London

NW5 3EG

Employer's website

https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

North London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kentish Town Core Team - JML House

Regis Road

London

NW5 3EG

Employer's website

https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)