Principal Clinical/Counselling Psychologist | East London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 29 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £70,396 - £80,837 per annum pro rata Inc HCA |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 28 February 2026 |
| Location: | London, E13 8SL |
| Company: | East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7772345/363-NEW7558394-A |
Summary
There is an exciting role for a Principal/Counselling Psychologist in Newham Psychiatric Liaison Service (PLS). The Principal Psychologist will deliver specialist psychological input and be part of the operational leadership of wider crisis pathway. The PLS provides specialist multidisciplinary assessment and signposting for people presenting with complex mental health difficulties attending at Accident and Emergency and in the acute hospital setting.
The principal psychologist will work as a senior member of the services to provide direct psychological input for service users alongside training, support, supervision and formulation with colleagues to promote psychologically-informed conceptualisation and intervention across the system, including colleagues in A&E and the acute hospital.
This role is being offered 0.8 WTE for a fixed term/secondment of 12 months.
This post is responsible for ensuring the systematic provision of specialist psychological input to the Core 24 Psychiatric Liaison Service (PLS). The PLS service provides specialist multidisciplinary assessment and management and signposting for people presenting with complex mental health difficulties attending at Accident and Emergency and in the acute hospital setting.
The post holder will utilise research skills for audit, policy, research and quality improvement, and contribute strongly to strategic service development for PLS.
Key Roles of the Job:
1. Specialist psychological input to the Core 24 Psychiatric Liaison Service (PLS)
2. Direct clinical work as part of the MDT- work as a senior member of the services to provide systematic specialist clinical psychological assessment, formulation, brief interventions, consultation and care planning as part of the multidisciplinary team.
3. Indirect work (training, supervision and formulation) with colleagues.
4. Being part of operational leadership of PLS and wider crisis pathway
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.
Principal/CounsellingPsychologist: please see attached job description and person specification for further details on this post.
This advert closes on Thursday 12 Feb 2026