Highly Specialist Clinical / Counselling Psychologist – Band 8a
4 days ago
Uxbridge
Highly Specialist Clinical / Counselling Psychologist – Band 8a Location: Hillingdon Community Learning Disability Team, Uxbridge Organisation: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) Contract Type: Full-Time Salary: Band 8a NHS Agenda for Change Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Highly Specialist Clinical / Counselling Psychologist to join the Hillingdon Community Learning Disability Team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced psychologist to work within a well-established multidisciplinary team supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic people across the Hillingdon borough. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering specialist psychological assessments, formulations, and evidence-based interventions while contributing to service development, supervision, and leadership within the team. Key Responsibilities: • Deliver highly specialist psychological assessments and interventions for adults with learning disabilities and autistic people, • Develop formulations and Positive Behaviour Support plans where appropriate, • Undertake risk assessments and contribute to risk management planning, • Provide consultation, supervision, and training to multidisciplinary colleagues, • Support families, carers, and partner agencies to deliver person-centred care, • Contribute to service development, audit, research, and quality improvement initiatives, • Supervise trainee and assistant psychologists, • Promote trauma-informed and psychologically informed approaches across the service What We’re Looking For: • HCPC registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist, • Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology or equivalent recognised qualification, • Significant post-qualification experience working within Learning Disability services, • Experience undertaking complex psychological assessments and interventions, • Experience supervising assistant and trainee psychologists, • Strong communication, leadership, and multidisciplinary working skills, • Commitment to evidence-based and person-centred practice Desirable: • Experience in Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), Functional Analysis, or Applied Behaviour Analysis, • Experience working with autistic adults and individuals presenting with behaviours that challenge, • Experience contributing to research, audit, and service development projects What’s on Offer: • Opportunity to join a highly regarded Community Learning Disability Team, • Strong multidisciplinary support and clinical leadership, • Ongoing professional development and supervision, • Opportunities for teaching, research, and service development, • Flexible and supportive working environment within CNWL If you are an experienced Clinical or Counselling Psychologist looking for your next opportunity within Learning Disability Services, we would welcome a confidential discussion.