Clinical / Counselling Psychologist | East London NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 13 Mawrth 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £56,276 - £63,176 pro rata |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 12 Ebrill 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | London, E1 4DG |
| Cwmni: | East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7853146/363-TH7853146 |
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We are recruiting a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist for a part-time (0.6 WTE, 3 days) Band 7, 12-month fixed-term post in the Tower Hamlets Psychological Therapies Service (PTS).
PTS is a friendly and supportive team committed to providing effective interventions for adults with complex emotional and relational difficulties, including depression, anxiety and complex trauma.
This role sits at the start of the service pathway and offers a unique opportunity to shape service users’ initial experience of psychological care in PTS. The post holder will help ensure referrals are responded to in a timely, compassionate and clinically informed way.
A central component of the role involves telephone screening and engagement calls with individuals referred to the service. These conversations gather key clinical information, assess risk, support safety planning where needed, and provide information about the service and next steps. The post holder will also support service users to access community and voluntary sector resources while awaiting therapy.
The role will also contribute to referral triage, communication with referrers, and specialist psychological assessments, with opportunities to undertake some individual clinical work. PTS offers a range of evidence-based therapies including CBT, Psychodynamic Therapy, MBT, DBT, EMDR, CFT and ACT. The post holder will be supported to contribute to this work in line with their training and experience.
· To act as afirst clinical point of contact for service users referred to the Psychological Therapies Service, conducting telephone screening conversations to gather key information, assess risk, and provide a containing and psychologically informed introduction to the service.
· To supportsafe and effective triage of referrals,contributing to clinical decision-making about pathways into the service and liaising with referrers where further information or clarification is required.
· To undertakerisk assessment and safety planning, ensuring that service users receive timely support and appropriate signposting where immediate needs are identified.
· To support aholistic approach to careby identifying and signposting to relevant community, voluntary sector and third-sector services that may support individuals while they wait for therapy.
· To maintain and develop knowledge oflocal community resources, including updating and managing information on support services and acting as a point of contact within the team for community-based support options.
· To contribute to the provision ofspecialist psychological assessments and treatment, in line with training, interests, and service needs.
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.
To act as a first clinical point of contact for service users referred to the Psychological Therapies Service, conducting telephone screening conversations to gather key information, assess risk, and provide a containing and psychologically informed introduction to the service.
To support safe and effective triage of referrals, contributing to clinical decision-making about pathways into the service and liaising with referrers where further information or clarification is required.
To undertake risk assessment and safety planning, ensuring that service users receive timely support and appropriate signposting where immediate needs are identified.
To support a holistic approach to care by identifying and signposting to relevant community, voluntary sector and third-sector services that may support individuals while they wait for therapy.
To maintain and develop knowledge of local community resources, including updating and managing information on support services and acting as a point of contact within the team for community-based support options.
To contribute to the provision of specialist psychological assessments and treatment, in line with training, interests, and service needs.
To work closely with the locality neighbourhood teams to further develop pathways and facilitate the provision of psychological therapy and psychologically informed care to the local population we serve.
To provide specialist advice to NHS and voluntary sector agencies concerning the assessment, treatment and management of service users.
Follow defined practices and procedures under the management and co-ordination of the Operational and Clinical Leads. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice.
Participate in CPD and other developmental activities, keeping up to date with relevant psychological research and national guidance (DoH, NICE etc)
This advert closes on Wednesday 22 Apr 2026