Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 11 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £55,690 - £62,682 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 April 2026 |
| Location: | Milton keynes, MK14 6BL |
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7861132/333-D-MK-MH-1312 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist to join our growing older people’s mental health teams in Milton Keynes.
The service has two pathways:
• The Specialist Memory Service (SMS) offering diagnostic assessment to people with suspected dementia and post diagnostic support to them and their families.
• The Healthy Ageing Team, offering mental health treatment and support to people aged over 70 years old or anyone with a diagnosis of dementia regardless of age.
The service is clinically led by psychology and psychological approaches are a valued and key aspect of the provision of both pathways.
We are looking for someone who is dynamic and motivated who can work autonomously and as part of a team to continue to provide and develop the existing service. The role also involves supervising trainee and assistant psychologists, and contributing to teaching, service development, audit and quality improvement.
We are passionate about growing our team and this post would be suitable for a newly qualified clinical psychologist (Band 7 Preceptorship) who would be supported to develop to an 8A position.
· To provide a highly specialist psychology service to the Specialist Memory Service and Healthy Ageing Teams including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
· To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
· To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a lead specialist in psychological care of older people.
· To undertake service evaluation, audit and research.
· To work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.
· To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.
CNWL Psychological Professions
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Here at CNWL we encourage our psychological professions staff to pursue leadership opportunities in senior roles. Various prominent leadership roles within the Trust are currently held by Psychologists including: Director of Strategy and Integration, Chief Information Officer, 3 Clinical Directors. We try to facilitate the development of our psychological professions staff across all areas.
What we can offer you:
CNWL is recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ in line with our values, our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries. With us, you will get -
As a Trust we are committed to investing in our staff through a range of initiatives, both profession-specific and organisation wide. Psychological professions staff are able to access a range of trust-wide CPD initiatives. We have partnered with Bespoke and Contextual Consulting to provide some of the profession specific CPD, alongside additional CPD sessions we commission as part of CNWL CPD programme for Psychological Professions. CNWL also has seven established staff networks supporting a range of individual needs.
Please see full job description which is attached to the to the advert and gives information about main responsibilities.
This advert closes on Wednesday 25 Mar 2026
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