Consultant Clinical Psychologist | East London NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	East London NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£79,504 - £91,609 per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Bedford, MK41 6AT
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	10 Jul 2026
Closing date:	9 Aug 2026

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Summary

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative and inspiring HCPC Registered Consultant Clinical Psychologist to welcome into our Senior Leadership and Management Teams in Bedfordshire & Luton. The post holder will have specific responsibility for Older Peoples' Psychological Professions within the County. The Mental Health Care of Older Peoples' Services includes CMHT, Inpatient, Memory Assessment Service and a Dementia Intensive Support Service. The post is suitable for an experienced Psychologist who champions older adults and older adults' psychology. You must have an excellent understanding of working systemically across and within organisational boundaries. You must be keen to embrace the privileges of working in a diverse County, have experience of working with adults with complex mental health needs and from a range of religious, cultural and ethnic backgrounds. We develop and deliver our services through co-production with staff and people with lived experience. We would expect you to be fully committed to partnership working and co-production.

There are opportunities for excellent CPD that supports the Trust Strategy. Much of the work is in person and you will be expected to travel across the County and on occasion to London.

Provide professional, operational, and clinical leadership and management the psychological workforce with strategic and managerial oversight and responsibility for effective, robust and culturally competent psychological provision.

Monitoring and implementation of professional standards in the practice of trauma informed, applied psychology and psychological therapies and interventions.

Provide expert clinical input, leadership and consultancy within and across specialist older adults services and teams.

Provide neuropsychological and psychometric advice, consultation and supervision creating opportunities for staff to develop neuropsychological skills.

Hold a limited caseload of complex cases requiring specialised psychological assessment, formulation and intervention.

Oversee the conduct of research, quality improvement, service evaluation and audits relevant to Older Adults and Dementia psychological services.

Contribute senior psychological professions representation at the Bedfordshire Directorate Management Team and regional representation at the Trust Psychological Professions Board.

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.

We expect all staff to work inline with the Trust's mission, values and strategy. Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for the details of the post.

This advert closes on Friday 31 Jul 2026

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