Clinical/Counselling Psychologist | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	CNWL NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£55,524 - £62,652 per annum inc HCAS (pro rata if P/T)
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Harrow, HA1 3UJ
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	8 Sept 2026
Closing date:	8 Oct 2026

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Summary

CNWL Harrow Adult Mental Health is looking for a highly motivated and passionate Band 7 Psychologist to join our therapies team at Northwick Park Hospital. This post is based at the Mental Health Centre at Northwick Park Hospital, where the successful applicant will work on the two adult inpatient mental health wards (Eastlake and Ferneley) but also work closely with our Home Treatment Team (HTT), and Community Mental Health Hub (CMHH).

The postholder will be required to provide psychological assessment and intervention for adults with a range of mental health presentations, including; psychosis, complex emotional needs, PTSD, and emotional difficulties (anxiety, depression). They will also play a key role in providing consultation to the wider multidisciplinary team (MDT), supporting the development of creative and personalised care plans for our patients. You will be encouraged to further develop your therapeutic skills in a friendly and supportive context.

In line with the NHS 10-year Plan and the award-winning Trauma-Informed Approaches (TIA) work within our borough, which has been published in the peer-reviewed literature (Nikopaschos et al., 2023; 2025) and is influencing national policy (NHS England,Guidelines for Acute Inpatient Mental Health Care for Adults and Older Adults, 2023), the postholder will play a key leadership role in the continued development, implementation, and embedding of trauma-informed principles and practices across the inpatient wards.

The postholder will join an expanding therapies team committed to delivering highly specialist, trauma-informed psychological care across inpatient and crisis services. Working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, including psychiatry, nursing, occupational therapy, and peer support, they will play a key role in psychological assessment, formulation, and risk management. The role involves providing brief stabilisation-focused psychological interventions on both an individual and group basis across the inpatient wards and Home Treatment Team (HTT).

The postholder will also provide consultation, training, and supervision to colleagues, supporting the ongoing development of trauma-informed practice across service. A strong commitment to collaborative working, reflective practice, and culturally responsive care is essential. The successful applicant will contribute to the continued development, dissemination, and embedding of Trauma-Informed Approaches (TIA) throughout the pathway.

Applicants must hold a postgraduate qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology and be registered with the HCPC.

Specialist supervision is available across a range of evidence-based models, including EMDR, DBT, Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET), CBT, Open Dialogue, CAT, systemic, and psychodynamic approaches.

There’s a place for you at CNWL.

We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.

We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverserange of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

Job Purpose:

· To provide a specialist psychology service to service users of Northwick Park Hospital inpatient mental health wards and crisis services (HTT). This includes specialist assessment, formulation, planning, brief treatment and monitoring of outcomes.

· To contribute to a psychologically safe environment, enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish.

· To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate.

· To undertake service evaluation, audit and research.

· To work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor.

Key Responsibilities:

KR 1 Clinical and Client Care

· To provide specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for clients admitted to the adult inpatient wards or under the Home Treatment Team (HTT).

· To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.

· To provide culturally appropriate psychological liaison with carers or families of patients when required.

· Where appropriate, to take responsibility for initiating planning and reviewing of care plans and co-ordination of multi-professional meetings.

KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning

· To contribute to the effective working of the team or service and to a psychologically informed framework for the service.

· To contribute to the team or service’s delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities.

· To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services.

· To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clients in order to develop and review care plans.

KR 3 Policy and service development

· To implement policies and procedures in own area of work, and to propose improvements or beneficial changes.

· To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.

· To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects.

KR 4 Care or management of resources

· To take care of, and use carefully, the Trust’s equipment and physical resources.

· To ensure that the post-holder has sufficient resources by estimating future needs and requesting or ordering supplies as needed.

KR 5 Management and supervision

· To be responsible for the allocation and/or clinical supervision of the work of an assistant psychologist if required, under supervision from a more senior psychologist.

· To supervise trainee applied psychologists within own area of specialism after completion of the relevant Training Course’s Supervision Training.

KR 6 Teaching and Training

· To provide specialist training in trauma-informed approaches to other professions as appropriate.

· To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.

KR 7 Record-keeping and Information Governance

· To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures.

· To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry.

KR 8 Research and development

· To undertake regular complex service evaluation, audits or research relevant to service needs.

This advert closes on Tuesday 22 Sep 2026

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