Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
| Posting date: | 20 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 January 2026 |
| Location: | Dagenham, RM10 9HU |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9395-26-0035 |
Summary
To be responsible for holding and managing a clinical caseload to clients referred to the Adult Autism Service and utilising planning and organisational skills, to exercise autonomous assessment, treatment and discharge of clients, within the parameters of the service operational policy and professional responsibility for the planning and prioritising of own workload To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others workload in the day-to-day allocation of work. Clinical Skills To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols. 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. To undertake comprehensive diagnostic assessment of referred individuals, developing skills as required. Under supervision, to employ analytical and judgment skills and be responsible for taking clinical management decisions in complex clinical issues. Working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures, to provide consultation and advice about autism issues to other professionals working with service users refer main jd