Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£63,665 to £70,887 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Harrow, HA1 3UJ
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	22 Sept 2026
Closing date:	6 Oct 2026

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Summary

To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both: Theoretical and therapeutic models. Highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans ensuring appropriate assessment, formulation and intervention communicating with the referral agents and others involved with the care on a regular basis. To develop and provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan in accordance with NICE guidelines and evidence-based practice. To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care, to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group. To act as a Lead Professional, including for cases when initial comprehensive assessments are carried out by the post holder, ensuring the provision of a care package appropriate for the clients needs, co-ordinating the work of others involved with care, arranging clients care reviews as required and communicating effectively with the client, her family and all others involved in care; and to monitor progress during the course of multi-disciplinary interventions. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management in line with Trust and inter-agency policies and procedures with the aim of overall risk reduction. To ensure that practice operates within the adult and children safeguarding frameworks. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care. To provide expertise, advice and support to facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care by all members of the treatment team. To provide comprehensive psychological reports and to carry out psychological testing as required by the service or the courts. To attend and contribute to appropriate MDT meetings within the Perinatal service. To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups, if the service model has capacity for this.

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