Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

A part-time post in the Older Adult Psychology Team at North London NHS Foundation Trust, split between the older adult inpatient wards and Islington's Services for Ageing and Mental Health community team. The work centres on assessing and treating older people with dementia and other mental health conditions, and advising referrers and carers. The role may also include training and supervising assistant psychologists and trainees. Doctoral training and HCPC registration are needed; applicants qualifying in 2026 are welcome.

What the job involves

• Provide psychological assessment and treatment to patients with dementia and other mental health conditions on the inpatient wards
• Provide psychological assessment and treatment to older people with severe and enduring mental health needs and/or dementia in the Islington SAMH community team
• Work with patients, families, carers and wider systems through individual, group and indirect work
• Offer advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to referrers, MDT colleagues and professional and non-professional carers
• Work alongside the inpatient Clinical Psychologists
• Deliver training and contribute to supervision of assistant psychologists and trainees, as appropriate

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology

Registration & licences

• Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

Experience

• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the life course, with problems across the full range of clinical severity
• Experience of working with older people with mental or physical health needs

Skills & knowledge

• Skills in providing consultation to professional and non-professional groups
• Skills in complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, used frequently

Nice to have

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and intervention across outpatient, community, residential care and inpatient settings
• Experience of working with people whose behaviour challenges
• Experience of working with people with dementia
• Skills in running Reflective Practice or similar

What’s offered

• NHS discounts
• Generous annual leave
• NHS pension scheme
• Support for flexible working
• Health and wellbeing initiatives
• Leadership and managers programme
• Internal staff network

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