Clinical/Counselling Psychologist – Adult Inpatient Wards | East London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 12 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £55,690 - £62,682 per annum, pro-rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 26 October 2025 |
| Location: | LUTON, LU4 0FF |
| Company: | East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7464482/363-LUT7464482 |
Summary
East London Foundation Trust are pleased to offer the opportunity for a Psychologists to join us in our Inpatient Services in the Luton area of our Trust. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and will join the other Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists who work across our 7 adult acute psychiatric inpatient wards.
As a psychologist whose time is dedicated to 1 or 2 ward teams, you will apply your expertise in clinical and risk assessments, develop formulations and care plans with service users, and provide guidance and formal consultation to the MDT. You will supervise Assistant Psychologists and Trainee Psychologists. One of the key roles is the facilitation of reflective practice and team formulation approaches to support staff wellbeing and to promote psychological understanding of complex cases.
We provide access to training and CPD to support development in clinical and leadership roles. In ELFT we are passionate about our Quality Improvement approach and psychologists are key players in many projects on the wards. We have a thriving therapies workforce in the Trust with opportunities for learning and supporting each other.
We have community based posts available or an opportunity for protected research time for those working full-time hours , so do challenge us to find creative solutions if you are keen to work in a hybrid role! We would welcome your enquiries!
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy for further information on this role.
This advert closes on Sunday 12 Oct 2025