Clinical/Counselling or Forensic Psychologist & Psychology Lead
| Posting date: | 28 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £64,156 - £71,148 pro rata per annum inclusive of inner London HCAS |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 28 September 2025 |
| Location: | London, SW17 0YF |
| Company: | South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7445430/294-MHCA-7445430-JB |
Summary
A Vacancy at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
We are looking to appoint a passionate Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychologist to join the Trust’s inpatient rehabilitation teams based on Phoenix Ward and at Burntwood Villas step-down service, both located at Springfield Hospital.
Phoenix Ward is a Level 2 high dependency rehabilitation ward which has a focus on managing severe and complex mental disorders within the recovery model. The ward provides intensive support to those patients who present with severe and treatment resistant symptoms of mental illness, associated with multiple or severe co-morbid conditions, and significant risk histories. The ward has a total of 16 beds, and all patients are detained under the Mental Health Act. Patients are admitted from acute psychiatric wards, forensic settings, as well as from the private sector. The expected length of stay is six months to a year.
Burntwood Villas is a Level 1 Community Rehabilitation facility which comprises an 8-bedded unit with 1 satellite self-contained 4 bedroomed unit. Staff strive to support residents in their recovery through meaningful and purposeful activities, hobbies, learning, and self-development. The shared goal is to support residents back to a community setting, enhancing confidence, communication skills and coping strategies. The expected length of stay is six months to a year.
The postholder will provide psychological assessments as well as group and individual treatment interventions to patients from both services. In addition, they will have a key role in providing education, training and consultation to MDT colleagues working across the rehabilitation pathway (incl. psychiatrists, nurses, OTs, assistant psychologists). They may also be asked to contribute to wider service line initiatives and improvement projects that would benefit from their specialist clinical expertise.
The successful applicant will receive regular one-to-one clinical supervision and will also be able to access peer supervision via the Trust’s Forensic Psychology and Psychotherapies team. The postholder will be actively supported via funding and study leave to undertake relevant further training as required for the role.
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological (and neuropsychological) tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care.
To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s mental health problems and problematic/offending behaviour, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, adjusting and reformulating the therapeutic models as appropriate on the basis of feedback and follow up, drawing on a number of different explanatory theoretical models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and 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 care plans.
To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to the clients’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all residents.
To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide specialist advice to other professionals in the NHS on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management, as well as to other external agencies concerned with Public Protection, such as Social Services, Probation, Multi Agency Public Protection Panels (MAPPPs) where necessary.
To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during multi-disciplinary care.
This advert closes on Sunday 14 Sep 2025
We are looking to appoint a passionate Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychologist to join the Trust’s inpatient rehabilitation teams based on Phoenix Ward and at Burntwood Villas step-down service, both located at Springfield Hospital.
Phoenix Ward is a Level 2 high dependency rehabilitation ward which has a focus on managing severe and complex mental disorders within the recovery model. The ward provides intensive support to those patients who present with severe and treatment resistant symptoms of mental illness, associated with multiple or severe co-morbid conditions, and significant risk histories. The ward has a total of 16 beds, and all patients are detained under the Mental Health Act. Patients are admitted from acute psychiatric wards, forensic settings, as well as from the private sector. The expected length of stay is six months to a year.
Burntwood Villas is a Level 1 Community Rehabilitation facility which comprises an 8-bedded unit with 1 satellite self-contained 4 bedroomed unit. Staff strive to support residents in their recovery through meaningful and purposeful activities, hobbies, learning, and self-development. The shared goal is to support residents back to a community setting, enhancing confidence, communication skills and coping strategies. The expected length of stay is six months to a year.
The postholder will provide psychological assessments as well as group and individual treatment interventions to patients from both services. In addition, they will have a key role in providing education, training and consultation to MDT colleagues working across the rehabilitation pathway (incl. psychiatrists, nurses, OTs, assistant psychologists). They may also be asked to contribute to wider service line initiatives and improvement projects that would benefit from their specialist clinical expertise.
The successful applicant will receive regular one-to-one clinical supervision and will also be able to access peer supervision via the Trust’s Forensic Psychology and Psychotherapies team. The postholder will be actively supported via funding and study leave to undertake relevant further training as required for the role.
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological (and neuropsychological) tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care.
To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s mental health problems and problematic/offending behaviour, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, adjusting and reformulating the therapeutic models as appropriate on the basis of feedback and follow up, drawing on a number of different explanatory theoretical models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and 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 care plans.
To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to the clients’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all residents.
To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide specialist advice to other professionals in the NHS on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management, as well as to other external agencies concerned with Public Protection, such as Social Services, Probation, Multi Agency Public Protection Panels (MAPPPs) where necessary.
To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during multi-disciplinary care.
This advert closes on Sunday 14 Sep 2025