Practitioner Psychologist, Psychotherapist & Psychological Therapist
| Posting date: | 09 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £72,921.00 to £83,362.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £72921.00 - £83362.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 January 2026 |
| Location: | London, SE5 8AZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9334-25-1285 |
Summary
Key Responsibilities: Clinical and Client Care To develop, co-ordinate and ensure the systematic provision of a highly specialist MDT service. To provide and lead a highly specialist psychological and behavioural support service to the Intensive Support Team in the Mental Health in Learning Disability Service. To provide highly specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for adults with learning disabilities at levels expected of a psychological practitioner who has achieved the equivalent of a PG Diploma-worth of post-qualification specialist development. To select and deliver evidence-based specialist therapeutic interventions, drawing from a spectrum of ideas and models, monitoring outcome and modifying and adapting interventions as necessary, based on the highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, couple, family or group. Responsibilities for team or service clinical functioning To co-ordinate (and chair) meetings for IST to ensure effective functioning and review, when appropriate. To take a lead in ensuring a psychologically and psychotherapeutically informed framework for the IST To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clients in order to develop and review care plans. Policy and service development To implement policies and procedures in own area of work. To identify any aspects of IST which could be improved and propose changes to practices or procedures that affect IST and may also affect other services. To initiate and implement service development projects, as agreed with clinical/professional lead 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. To ensure the cleanliness and safe functioning and use of equipment that will be used by clients or other persons. To monitor and advise clients on the safe use of materials and processes. Management and supervision To provide clinical leadership to more junior psychological practitioners and other professionals, as appropriate. To be responsible for the allocation and/or clinical supervision of the work of more junior psychological practitioners. To contribute to the recruitment of more junior psychological practitioners as appropriate. Teaching and Training To undertake occasional teaching and training of pre and post-qualification psychological practitioners and specialised training to other professions as appropriate. To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within the service by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychology and by implementing knowledge gained in practice. 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 ensure the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry, in those parts of the service for which the post-holder has leadership responsibility.