Senior Clinical​/Counselling Psychologist - Maternity Cover

Job overview

We are seeking a Clinical/Counselling Psychologists (CP) to join our Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) service in Redbridge to provide maternity cover for 6 months.

NELFT EIP is a supportive multidisciplinary team working with people between 14-65 experiencing a first episode of psychosis and their family. Redbridge EIP has an 8b CP specialising in family interventions in psychology across the four NELFT EIP boroughs, and a team of Clinical Psychologists, CBT therapist, Family Interventions worker and Assistant Psychologist.

NELFT EI services are interested in the provision of trauma informed care, with a particular focus on NET and EMDR. The pathway offers supervision and CPD opportunities, including individual and group supervision in CBTp, and group FIp and NET supervision (with world leading experts). We offer annual NET training. The Trust has strong links with the UCL, UEL and Royal Holloway CP courses.

The post holder would be supported to participate in teaching and research projects should they wish.

We also welcome applications from current final year training programme students - those due to complete training by September 2026 as the post could be adapted to suit somebody at Band 7.

NELFT is an inclusive employer. Applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, disabled candidates and LGBT+ candidates are particularly encouraged.

The post holder will provide assessment and evidence-based interventions for this client group including individual, group, and family work. The post holder will be expected to work closely with the multidisciplinary team and offer support and supervision on psychological approaches to working with psychosis.

The post holder will be expected to participate in supervision and CPD focused on evidence-based interventions in psychosis. We offer monthly group supervision in FIp.

In addition, the post holder will receive individual supervision and group supervision in CBT for psychosis. The service has practitioners interested in Narrative Exposure Therapy and EMDR amongst other approaches.

The Trust has strong links with the UCL, UEL and Royal Holloway clinical psychology courses and several Counselling Psychology courses and the post holder will be expected to supervise trainee psychologists when appropriate. Current members of the department are engaged in teaching and research projects with local clinical training courses.

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

NELFT places great importance on new starters being properly welcomed into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will also have the opportunity to meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend several drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing, and key processes.

The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes, Essex.

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,313 to a maximum of £5,436 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for a detailed description of the job and main responsibilities of the role.

• Doctoral level qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
• Professional registration with the appropriate body :
  
  HCPC
• Experience of:
  
  - Substantial post qualification experience of working with people with complex mental health needs to include…