Specialist Clinical Psychologist | West London NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 06 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £53,751 - £60,651 Pro rata Inclusive |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 08 March 2026 |
| Location: | London, UB2 4SD |
| Company: | West London Mental Health Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7790894/222-LS-CAMHS-764 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 1-year fixed term maternity cover Specialist Clinical Psychologist (0.7WTE) to join a highly regarded MHST in Ealing. We are looking for a passionate practitioner, who is keen to support an innovative early intervention team that provide direct interventions for mild-to-moderate low mood, anxiety and behaviours that challenge, into schools; as well as wider whole school approach interventions, such as group work, workshops, wellbeing assemblies and classroom interventions.
Our team has grown significantly over the last two years, and we place a lot of emphasis on wellbeing and creating an environment where people want to stay and develop. We have a lot of positive feedback from staff about the team, and continue to value their contributions and feedback to further support the development of the team.
Locally and nationally, the team is well-regarded. We were recently invited by the Department for Education to attend a ministerial event with the Education Secretary in one of our schools, where an announcement was to be made about the expansion of MHSTs nationally. We have also been contacted by the national MHST team and more recently the Mayor’s children and young Londoners team to share good practice about our innovative and unique Autism/Learning disability offer in mainstream schools.
In this role, you may be balancing clinical, supervisory, leadership and service development duties.
The main focus is to:
• Lead on and directly provide comprehensive assessment, risk management and interventions for children and young people experiencing emotional and mental health difficulties.
• Offer one to one and group interventions
• Offer Clinical Supervision to team members, which may include Assistant Psychologists, Trainee Clinical Psychologists, and trainees or staff in other psychological professions e.g. CBT trainees, and wellbeing practitioners
• Work with school staff and cultures to develop school environments that are more conducive to supporting better emotional health and wellbeing.
• Work with parents/carers to raise awareness of the mental and emotional wellbeing needs of children and young people and strategies to protect and promote these.
• Take part in meaningful service development and improvement projects for the team
• Join the West London CAMHS psychology team as a representative of your profession.
If you are interested in working with schools and want to help shape new models of evidence-based support for children and young people, this job could be for you!
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
This advert closes on Friday 20 Feb 2026