Psychological Therapist - HMP Woodhill | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award winner and works in partnership to provide responsive and dependable primary care, mental health, intellectual disability and substance misuse services to diverse communities. We are recruiting a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic Psychological Therapist to join our forward-thinking, expanding Mental Health Team at HMP Woodhill. We provide a wide range of therapies and work with partners to deliver timely and trauma-informed systems of care. You will be joining an established MDT that includes nursing, psychiatry, assistant psychologists, clinical psychologists, art therapy, occupational therapy and neurodiversity practitioners, contributing to meeting the needs of our diverse population and providing high-quality group and individual therapies while helping develop and promote inclusive and trauma-informed pathways of care.

We are keen to recruit a confident and compassionate Psychological Therapist with expertise in delivering high-intensity therapy, to join our team. You will be a clinician with experience of working with complex needs and a real passion for supporting some of the most vulnerable in society. You should work well with a range of professions within the established MDT and with wider prison staff, respecting and integrating varying opinions and approaches to achieve the best outcomes. A clinical interest in trauma-informed approaches and working with complex psychological needs would be advantageous.

By joining CNWL’s Health & Justice Directorate you will be part of a large department of psychologists and psychological therapists providing a variety of mental health and OPD services across London, Surrey, Kent and Bucks. Our staff are dynamic and welcoming; networking and CPD opportunities are central to our service ethos. We have active research forums and promote our work through academic and clinical forums. All staff receive regular supervision and support with career aspirations and progression.

Key responsibilities

CNWL is recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high-quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ in line with our values. Our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries. With us, you will get:

• A Trust committed to staff personal development, with a trust-wide culture change and leadership programme that has staff wellbeing at its core.
• An opportunity to work for one of the top 10 NHS employers
• Flexible working
• Variety of work
• Access to a variety of CPD opportunities

We encourage staff input and ideas in relation to moving services forward, improving care pathways and meeting the client group’s needs.

As a Trust we are committed to investing in our staff through a range of initiatives, both profession-specific and organisation-wide. Psychological professions staff are able to access a range of trust-wide CPD initiatives. We have partnered with Bespoke and Contextual Consulting to provide profession-specific CPD, alongside additional CPD sessions we commission as part of CNWL CPD programme for Psychological Professions. CNWL also has seven established staff networks supporting a range of individual needs.

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working in our healthcare settings.

This advert closes on Sunday 12 Oct 2025.