Senior Applied Psychologist | East London NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	East London NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£66,274 - £73,496 per annum Inc HCA
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, E9 6AT
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	3 Jul 2026
Closing date:	2 Aug 2026

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Summary

The post will involve working in the newly created referrals and assessment service in City and Hackney. As part of a multi-disciplinary team, the post-holder will carry out triage and assessment, as well as providing consultation with colleagues from other professions to guide initial formulations and ensure service users receive care in the correct pathways.

The post-holder will work with the psychological lead to develop good working relationships with in-borough psychological services and partnership agencies, including primary care and third-sector organisations who provide support to specific ethnic, cultural and religious groups in City and Hackney.

The post-holder will have a role in developing the service in co-production with service users, and will provide training and support to multi-disciplinary colleagues.

This an exciting opportunity to be involved in the launch of a new service model and we are looking for someone who is enthusiastic about improving the experience of care for service users and increasing equity of access to psychological services for people from marginalised communities.

1. Undertake specialist assessment of service users

2. Commitment to promoting inclusive ways of working and challenging health inequalities for the populations of City & Hackney.

3. Robust, formulation-driven risk assessment

4. Develop collaborative treatment and safety plans with service users

5. Maintain strong links with the community teams (‘quadrants’) and other parts of the system, including inpatient and voluntary and third sector organisations, to ensure a robust knowledge of the support and interventions available, and proactively addressing and problem solving any interface issues.

6. Offer support, formulation and consultation to the MDT

7. Co-produce ways of working and improvement ideas with experts by experience, people participation and local partners (including voluntary and third sector organisations)

8. To contribute to, and where requested, hold delegated responsibility for maintaining and developing the operational management structure in the service, compliant with Trust Policies and Key performance indicators.

9. To provide clinical supervision and line management as appropriate to B7 psychologist and designated junior colleagues, e.g Clinical Associate Psychologist in Training, Assistant Psychologist and/or Trainee Clinical Psychologist

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

The ‘front door’ is the single point of access for urgent and non-urgent referrals to City & Hackney ELFT secondary care community mental health services. The service seeks to screen referrals and offer comprehensive assessments to service users who meet eligibility criteria within 28 days for non-urgent, and either four or 24 hours for urgent referrals. The senior applied psychologist will be part of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) in the front door, offering assessments to service users and supporting the rest of the team to integrate psychological thinking into their work, ensuring formulation is at the heart of the service’s practice. The post will be supervised by the principal lead for psychology within the front door and be part of the psychological network throughout the borough and wider trust. The successful candidate will be passionate about inclusive working, ensuring that the diverse populations of City & Hackney are receiving an equitable service.

This advert closes on Sunday 12 Jul 2026

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