Consultant Clinical Psychologist; Wellbeing

Overview

Flexible working:
We support a range of flexible working arrangements, including compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, and part-time working where possible. Due to the sensitive nature of the role, opportunities for home or remote working are limited and considered on a case-by-case basis, based on business need.

MI5 keeps the country safe from serious threats like terrorism and attempts by states to harm the UK, its people, and way of life. We carry out investigations by obtaining, analysing, and assessing intelligence, and then work with a range of partners, including MI6 and GCHQ, to disrupt these threats. Through our protective security arm, we provide advice and guidance to government, businesses, and other organisations on how to keep themselves safe.

A role in MI5 means you ll do unique and challenging work in a supportive and encouraging environment, making a real difference to UK national security.

As a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, you’ll lead the strategic development and delivery of psychological services within the Health and Wellbeing Team. Working in a multidisciplinary environment, you’ll ensure services are clinically robust, ethically sound, and aligned to organisational priorities.

This is a senior leadership position where you’ll shape how psychological support is embedded across the service. You’ll lead strategy, policy and clinical pathways, and provide expert consultation in high-risk or sensitive situations, including contributing to cultural improvement and organisational resilience. You’ll represent psychology and wellbeing at senior and critical meetings, contributing to decision-making where risk, resilience and wellbeing intersect. Drawing on your expertise, you’ll help shape organisational processes as the focus shifts from individual interventions to innovative, preventative approaches that strengthen resilience across teams and the wider organisation.

Alongside this, you’ll manage and develop a team of clinical psychologists, providing supervision, mentoring and professional leadership, as well as line management responsibilities. You’ll also support training, development and partnership working, ensuring continuous enhancement of capability across the service. In addition, you’ll oversee clinical governance and quality assurance to maintain consistent standards across service delivery.

Your work will span both direct and indirect clinical practice across individuals and teams. This includes delivering specialist interventions, reflective practice and wellbeing support, alongside in-depth assessments and consultation on complex and high-risk cases. You’ll contribute to multidisciplinary team working, including case discussions and supervision, while working with stakeholders across the organisation and wider intelligence community to ensure integrated and effective services.

A varied portfolio spans support to individuals and teams in challenging environments, alongside contributions to work on risk, resilience, trauma and wellbeing. Activity operates across both strategic and clinical levels, shaping organisational culture and capability in dynamic contexts where priorities shift. This is a highly evolving role, requiring comfort with ambiguity and the ability to work effectively in less structured environments, applying expertise to drive innovation, population-level approaches to wellbeing and organisational resilience.

You hold a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or equivalent) and current HCPC registration, with significant post-qualification experience at senior level within complex organisational environments.

Extensive expertise in assessment, formulation and intervention underpins your practice, including experience of high-risk and sensitive cases. You deliver specialist psychological interventions, provide expert consultation and second opinions, and utilise a range of assessment tools. You have extensive experience in line management and supervision of other psychologists, alongside providing professional leadership across teams. Your contributions to service development, clinical pathway design and…