Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - TransPlus

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the leading providers of services for the LGBTQI+ communities including our gender dysphoria clinic ‘TransPlus’, trans sexual health service ’56T’ and Chelsea Centre for Gender Surgery. Our Trans services are recognised for their inclusivity & diversity, and recently won a Nursing Times Award for ‘Enhancing Patient Dignity’. Our ambition is to be the leading healthcare provider for Trans and non-binary service users in the UK, building on the specialist expertise and knowledge of our clinical teams.

The role will be to provide a specialist psychology service to clients with gender dysphoria at TransPlus, our specialist gender identity clinic. To provide specialist psychological therapy to TransPlus service users around any aspect of their mental or sexual health connected to their diagnosis of gender dysphoria. The post holder will offer advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers or external agencies. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures., The post holder will work with clients who may have had psychological needs identified as part of their assessment in the service. The post holder would be expected to provide short- to medium term evidence based psychological assessment and therapy to clients for a range of presenting difficulties including issues related to living with gender dysphoria, difficulties related to sex and sexual health, difficulties with transphobia or negotiating relationships with family or sexual partners, promoting sexual wellbeing, managing presentations of low mood/anxiety health anxiety or supporting clients who have experienced physical and sexual assault. We also anticipate that the post holder may contribute to the design and running of group psychoeducation interventions on mental wellbeing related to gender dysphoria under the supervision of the senior psychologist in the service.

To provide supervision to trainee psychologists and non-psychologist staff within the team, as well as offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to colleagues and to other, non-professional carers; working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.

The post holder will need to work autonomously within professional practice guidelines.

56 Dean Street

London

W1D 6AQ, 56 Dean Street

London

W1D 6AQ

Employer’s website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Clinical Psychologist

Dr Michael Yates

michael.yates6@nhs.net