Assistant Clinical Psychologist - Burns Service | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £34,186 - £37,389 per annum inc HCAS |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | London, SW10 9NH |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 17 Sept 2026 |
| Closing date: | 17 Oct 2026 |
Summary
We are looking to recruit a full-time Assistant Psychologist to join the Burns Psychology Team at the London Regional Burns Service based at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. We provide psychological support to current and historical patients of all ages – from neonates to centenarians. This may include families, especially parents of burn-injured children, and the social networks who have been, or will be, supporting patients to manage having experienced a burn and the challenges this may bring. Our usual adult/paediatric caseload ratio is approximately 2:1. We also provide support, training and consultation to other burns and non-burns professionals.
This position would especially suit someone looking to gain experience in clinical health psychology as we offer a broad variety of working opportunities in terms of patient demographics (age, ethnicity, gender, culture, language), problem presentation, length of intervention (brief to long-term) and setting (inpatient, outpatient, charity and community-based).
The postholder will be at the centre of the psychology team, embedded within the adult and paediatric burns MDT, working closely and collaboratively to deliver high quality, evidence based and effective psychological care to burns patients at all stages of their injury and recovery.
The role primarily involves supporting a team of practitioner psychologists to deliver a specialist applied psychology service onsite at the burns unit and to assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work. In addition, the postholder will provide face to face clinical work, under direct guidance and supervision, including the provision of specialist psychological screening, assessment, therapy, advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers.
This role requires applicants to:
• Workin person and onsiteat the Burns Service, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Fulham Road. Remote working is not suitable for this role.
• Regularly attendonsite 8:00 AM handover meetings.
Applicants must explicitly confirm their agreement to both requirements in their application.
The psychology service sits within Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Burns Service and works with individuals under their care. The postholder will work within the multi-disciplinary Burns Service at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and will also have links with the Adult Clinical Health Psychology and Paediatric Psychology teams. The wider Adult Clinical Health Psychology Team work across a number of specialities including Bariatric Surgery, ICU, Sexual Health, IBD, Pain and Staff Support. The Paediatric Psychology Service provide support to specific specialities including gastroenterology, diabetes, orthopaedics, cranio-facial, oncology and NICU, as well as other health conditions. As part of both of these wider teams the successful candidate will have opportunity to network with colleagues and to be part of regular programs of teaching.
For further information about the advertised role, please refer to the job description & person specification included in the documents section of this advert.
We acknowledge that applicants may use AI tools to assist them in preparing their application and we therefore encourage applicants to ensure that they read the application requirements carefully and are providing personalised examples and evidence of how they meet all the essential and any of the desirable criteria. AI generated applications are often very similar and do not tend to differentiate good candidates and what they will uniquely bring to the role. The application is an opportunity to demonstrate the ability to fulfil an important aspect of the role, which is to communicate information clearly and concisely.
Please answer the following three questions and use them to demonstrate your interest, personal experience and reflexivity.
· What aspects of the psychological impact of burn injuries do you find most interesting or challenging, and why?
· Describe a situation where you supported someone experiencing distress, adjustment difficulties, trauma, or changes in self-confidence or identity. What did you learn from the experience?
· Describe a piece of work, project, or improvement that you are particularly proud of that aligns with the requirements of this post. What was your personal contribution, what obstacles did you encounter, what was the measurable outcome, and which of your values informed your approach?
This advert closes on Friday 18 Sep 2026
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