Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist | North London NHS Foundation Trust

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We are pleased to be advertising a part-time 8a clinical / counselling psychology post working in the Older Adult Inpatient Wards at Highgate Mental Health Centre (HMHC).  We are looking for an experienced HPC registered clinical psychologist or counselling psychologist with a Doctoral qualification to join a group of dynamic and creative psychologists working with older adults.  You will need to be passionate about working with older people, their families, systems and networks and committed to MDT working.  

You will work closely with another specialist older adult psychologist based on the same site and form part of a small team of older adult clinical psychologist working in inpatient settings, as well as joining a vibrant, supportive and dynamic older adult psychology team working across NLFT.

We have a commitment to shared learning and have special interests in systemic work with older people, EMDR, CFT, ACT and research.  We committed to trauma informed care and attempt to embed anti-discriminatory practice into our work with older adults and their systems.

The post holder will work part-time on the older adult mental health inpatient wards at Highgate Mental Health Centre. 

The post holder will be responsible for providing highly skilled psychological assessment and specialist intervention to highly complex clients on the older adult mental health inpatient wards. They will work closely with MDT colleagues and offer advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to referrers, non-psychologist team colleagues and other professional and non-professional carers.   

The post holder will provide reflective practice and staff support sessions as appropriate and become actively involved in staff training and service education/training initiatives as required.

The post holder will provide supervision to qualified clinical psychologists and trainee clinical psychologists on the older adults’ wards, ensuring high-quality evidence-based interventions. 

The postholder will manage trainee clinical psychologists and other psychological staff working in older adult inpatient settings, where appropriate and ensure delivery of high-quality evidence-based interventions.

 

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:  

1.  We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.

2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all

3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

4.  We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology. 

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.

• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.

• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme

• Excellent internal staff network

 

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

 

The post holder will work part-time on the older adult mental health inpatient wards at Highgate Mental Health Centre. 

The post holder will be responsible for providing highly skilled psychological assessment and specialist intervention to highly complex clients on the older adult mental health inpatient wards. They will work closely with MDT colleagues and offer advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to referrers, non-psychologist team colleagues and other professional and non-professional carers.   

Please see the attached JD and PS for details

This advert closes on Tuesday 24 Nov 2026