Senior (Specialist) Clinical / Counselling Psychologist

4 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Band 8A Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist


We are happy to consider interest from applicants currently working as a Band 7 Psychologist who would be interested in a development post, working towards becoming an 8A psychologist in six months.


ARCH (Addiction Recovery Community Hillingdon). You work alongside a range of professionals including psychiatrists, mental health nurses, social workers, drug and alcohol practitioners, experts by experience, criminal justice staff, recovery workers and group facilitators.
Specifically in Hillingdon, the ARCH service is an NHS and third-sector partnership providing comprehensive health care for local people with drug, alcohol and other addictions.


The successful applicant will be involved in the provision of therapy and supervise both qualified and trainee psychology staff.
Liaising and developing effective collaborative relationships with other services such as social care and mental health is a key part of the role. The post holder will have some management and clinical supervision responsibilities for assistant and trainee psychologists and other staff as required, and will assist in embedding a psychologically informed environment (PIE) across all levels of working. The post holder will be responsible for screening and assessing referrals, managing wait lists, and providing psychological consultation to colleagues and other services about the mental health and psychological needs of clients. You will have assessment, formulation, therapy, and leadership and supervision skills and you will have (and/or want to develop) experience, training and knowledge in working with Addictions and associated complex presentations. Tailored induction and training will be provided to enable you to work effectively with this client group.


You will have good research and audit skills, be familiar with care quality and clinical governance and be expected to contribute to service development in this way.


You will be operationally responsible to the team manager and receive regular clinical supervision, support and reflective practice from your Professional Lead for Addictions, as well as peer support and guidance from other senior team members.
Doctoral level training in clinical psychology as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
Training in Family Interventions.
Training in other psychological therapies such as EMDR, CAT.

Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
Experience of working in secondary care mental health services with clients presenting with comorbidity, such as chronic mood disorders, psychosis, personality difficulties and trauma.
Experience of carrying out psychological assessment, developing theory-driven psychological formulation and delivering evidence-based psychological interventions to clients presenting with complex mental health difficulties.
Demonstrate further specialist training/experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours of clinical supervision of working as a qualified clinical/counselling psychologist.

Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
Experience of the application of psychology and psychological therapy in different cultural contexts.
Experience of representing psychological therapies within the context of multidisciplinary care.
Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. psychosis, personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Doctoral-level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of psychology.
Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS and/or HCPC.
Formal training in supervision of other psychologists/psychological therapists
Awareness of the impact of working with clients with complex mental health difficulties on self and others.

High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust



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