Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

4 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full time

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Clinical Psychologist to join our team at West London NHS Trust. This is a challenging and rewarding role that will involve working with individuals who have complex mental health needs and offending histories.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

  • Conduct highly specialist psychological assessments of service-users who present with enduring mental health difficulties and offending behaviour.
  • Formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a service-user's mental health and high risk behaviours.
  • Deliver a range of evidence-based psychological interventions for individuals and groups.
  • Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models.
  • Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, initiation and termination of psychological treatment.
  • Provide specialist consultation, advice and support on psychological approaches.
  • Undertake on-going risk assessment and risk management, and provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of forensic risk assessment and risk management.
  • Communicate the outcome of assessment and therapy to the referrer, the multi-disciplinary team and the wider health, social care and criminal justice system, as appropriate, including the production of formal written reports.
  • Support psychological practice within the team and the wider service through consultation, supervision, formulation and training.
  • Provide line management and supervision to qualified, trainee and assistant psychologists as delegated by the lead psychologist.
  • Utilise skills in research, service evaluation and audit to improve the understanding and effectiveness of services.

About Us

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK. We provide a broad range of forensic mental health care in adult male and female services, across high, medium and low security settings, as well as in a community and court diversion setting. The post is based in the low secure service, which provides 72 beds across assessment, rehabilitation, and pre-discharge wards. West London Forensic Service has been rated as outstanding by the CQC.

The psychological therapies department, which comprises a team of over 30 psychologists and psychological therapists, is well-established and supportive with high standards of clinical supervision and excellent opportunities for continuing professional development.



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