East London NHS Foundation Trust • London E9 6SR
About this role
Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to provide psychological expertise across both inpatient and community multidisciplinary team settings in City and Hackney. The post-holder will work across one of the male acute wards at the City & Hackney Centre for Mental Health (CHCMH) and the associated quadrant within the Community Mental Health Service (CMHS), a community-based multidisciplinary service, therefore offering continuity of care to those service users who are supported across these settings.
The successful candidate work closely with psychologists and other professionals in the team maintaining a systematic approach to the assessment and care of Service Users with severe, complex and enduring mental health needs across community and inpatient settings.
The post holder will have the opportunity to engage with service development and must have experience in developing and facilitating group psychological interventions. The role also involves developing partnerships across local community groups to promote social connections, community engagement and participation. The post-holder will contribute to staff training and provide support (supervision, reflective practice, informal, ad hoc, and formal consultation) to other psychological therapists, mental health practitioners, nursing and other multi-disciplinary colleagues, carers and people with lived experience of mental distress. There are a broad range of leadership opportunities including leadership of service delivery and Quality Improvement projects, staff development initiatives, and supervision.
The successful candidate will be an active member of the City & Hackney inpatient and the Community Mental Health Service as well as closely involved with the Department of Psychological Therapies in City & Hackney, under whose governance they will experience continuing professional development.
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.
You must be keen to embrace the privileges of working in a diverse borough, have experience of working with people with complex mental health difficulties and from a range of religious, language, cultural and ethnic backgrounds as well as working in partnership with staff teams and community organisations to deliver psychologically informed care.
Please see JD (Job Description) and PS (Personal Specification) for full details of the role requirements.
Please consult the attached job description and person specification associated with the vacancy profile of this advertisement.
This advert closes on Sunday 31 May 2026