Deputy Director of Psychological Professions Havering

Deputy Director of Psychological Professions for Havering

The closing date is 23 March 2026.

We are seeking an experienced and visionary psychological professional to join NELFT as Deputy Director of Psychological Professions for Havering
. This senior leadership role offers the chance to shape and oversee psychological services across Havering, working as part of NELFT's most senior psychological leadership team.

You will report to the Director of Psychological Professions and work alongside peers covering Redbridge, Waltham Forest, Barking & Dagenham, Redbridge, Essex, Talking Therapies, and our Acute & Rehabilitation Directorate.

The role includes strategic oversight of all psychological provision in Havering, with strategic responsibility across the Trust for Community Psychology and Eating Disorder services – these responsibilities are subject to change depending on specialist skills.

You will also be a core member of the directorate's multidisciplinary senior leadership team.

We are looking for a senior psychological professional who can provide strategic leadership and drive innovation.

You will have:

• Professional registration (e.g., HCPC, BABCP)
• Significant experience in senior leadership within psychological services including neuro developmental services
• A track record of service development and transformation
• Strong commitment to inclusion, coproduction, and trauma‑informed care
• Proven ability to lead and inspire a multidisciplinary team

Our Values 2025 – 2030

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

They are:

• 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.

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

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

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

This post also attracts payment for a High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,714 to a maximum of £5,941 per annum, pro rata for part time).

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for psychological services across Havering
• Oversee Trust provision of Community Psychology and Eating Disorders from a strategic perspective – the Trust wide portfolio will be subject to the candidate's clinical specialism and may change
• Contribute to organisational transformation and integration of care
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary senior leadership team

Now is an important time to join us. NELFT is a patient and clinically led organisation, operationally enabled, and committed to delivering high‑quality, inclusive care. Our vision for Psychological Professions focuses on:

• Coproduction and partnership working
• Trauma‑informed care for service users and staff
• Building a community of psychological professionals
• Promoting inclusion and parity of access
• Reducing health inequalities and addressing social injustice

We strive to provide individualised, timely care and work with integrity, authenticity, and courage to deliver the best possible psychological support.

In recent years, NELFT has invested significantly in Psychological Professions and clinical leadership, resulting in a major transformation. This includes:

• C…