Senior Psychological Therapist - Clinical/Counselling/ForensicNHS
Job summary
Are you an experienced and passionate psychological practitioner looking for your next leadership opportunity?
Central andNorth WestLondon NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) isseekingan enthusiastic and highly skilledBand 8a Senior Psychological Therapistto join our Health & Justice Psychology Team based at HMPDownview. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, evidence-based psychological services within a specialist prison healthcare setting.
Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will provide expert psychological assessment,formulationand intervention for individuals with complex mental health needs, trauma histories, neurodiversepresentationsand personality difficulties. You will lead psychological practice within the service through consultation, supervision,trainingand service development activities.
Main duties of the job
About the Role
As a Senior Psychological Therapist, you will:
- Deliver highlyspecialist psychological assessment and intervention to individuals and groups.
- Hold and manage a complex clinical caseload.
- Provide clinical supervision and professional leadership to Band 7 therapists, assistant psychologists, traineepsychologistsand other staff.
- Offer consultation and psychologically informed guidance to multidisciplinary colleagues.
- Contribute to service development, quality improvement,auditand research activities.
- Lead on psychological governance and support the development of innovative and responsive services.
- Promote trauma-informed,person-centredand recovery-focused approaches to care.
About You
We are looking for a compassionate and motivated practitioner with:
- A professional qualification and registration as a Practitioner Psychologist, accredited CBT Therapist, or accredited Psychotherapist/Counsellor with relevant post-qualification specialist training.
- Significant post-qualification experience working with complex presentations.
- Experience of supervision, consultation and multidisciplinary team working.
- Knowledge of evidence-based psychological therapies and psychological assessment.
- Excellent communication,leadershipand relationship-building skills.
- A commitment to equality,diversityand psychologically informed care.
Job description
Please see attached detailed job description & person specification.
We are a friendly team and encourage any prospective candidate to contact us with any questions and/or to book an informal visit. For an informal discussion about the role, please contact the recruiting [email protected]
About us
This is an opportunity to work within one of the UK's leading Health & Justice services, supporting some of the most vulnerable and underserved populations. You will join a highly supportive psychology network with access to excellent supervision, CPD opportunities, specialisttrainingand career development pathways. We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where innovation, compassion and clinical excellence thrive.
By joining CNWL you will be joining a large department of psychologists and psychological therapists that provide an array of mental health and OPD services across London and the home counties. Our staff are dynamic and welcoming and the networking and CPD opportunities are central to our services ethos. We have active research forums and promote our services and work through academic and clinical forums. All staff receive regular supervision and are supported with career aspirations and progression.
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Excellent staff benefits, our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include:Health and wellbeing services, Season ticket loans,Cycle to work scheme
HMP Downview is in easy reach of London and the surrounding areas. The prison offers free use of onsite leisure facilities and free parking for all staff.
Join us and help make a meaningful difference to the lives of people in contact with the criminal justice system.