Clinical/Counselling Psychologist


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£55,524 to £62,652 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Harrow, HA1 3UJ
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	8 Sept 2026
Closing date:	22 Sept 2026

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Summary

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 services 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 Trusts 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 Courses 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.

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