Job summary
The Tri-borough Learning Disabilities Service in Hammersmith and Fulham is a well-established and highly regarded team, dedicated to delivering high-quality care for individuals with learning disabilities. We pride ourselves on a collaborative, inclusive approach where psychology plays a pivotal role in shaping and delivering services tailored to the needs of our service users.
We are looking for an experienced, qualified psychologist with a passion for working in adult learning disability services. In this role, you will have the opportunity to deliver specialist psychological assessments and interventions, offering expert advice and consultation to both non-psychologist colleagues and the families who access our service.
As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will work closely with individuals with learning disabilities, autism and behaviours of concern. You will provide direct and indirect support to service users, their families, carers and other professionals, ensuring a holistic, person-centred approach.
Our service has strong links with the North London Doctoral Training Courses in Clinical Psychology, regularly hosting clinical placements for doctoral trainees, which makes this role ideal for those committed to both personal and professional development.
Main duties of the job
* Specialist Psychological Assessments:You will carry out detailed psychological assessments of clients with complex and challenging needs, using a variety of tools such as neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales and structured interviews. These assessments will involve working with clients, family members, carers and other relevant individuals to gain a thorough understanding of the client's psychological state.
* Psychological Formulation and Treatment Planning:You will create comprehensive psychological treatment and management plans for clients, using evidence-based practices. This includes formulating interventions based on a solid conceptual framework of the client's difficulties, ensuring the plans are appropriate across a variety of care settings.
* Implementation of Interventions:You will lead the implementation of a wide range of psychological interventions, tailored to individuals, families and groups. This may involve working across different teams, adjusting interventions as needed, and refining psychological formulations while maintaining an open mind to multiple hypotheses.
Applications are welcome from candidates who meet the majority of the essential criteria; consideration may be given to appointment at Band 7 on a developmental basis with progression to Band 8a subject to meeting the required competencies within an agreed timeframe.
About us
We are proud to be one of the largest community healthcare providers in the country, with more than 4,500 colleagues caring for over four million people across London and Hertfordshire. Every day, our teams bring their skill, compassion, and determination to the people who depend on us.
What inspires us is at the heart of who we are: when we work together, we can help people move forward in ways that truly matter. Our teams support children as they take their first steps in life, and they stand beside adults as they rebuild strength, confidence, and independence. From newborn health visiting to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation, and palliative care, we are there for people through some of life's most important moments.
Joining Central London Community Healthcare means becoming part of a community that lifts each other up. It means working in an organisation that values compassion, welcomes new ideas, and believes in the potential of every colleague. Your development matters here. Your wellbeing matters. Your voice helps shape the future of the care we provide.
We offer a competitive employment package because the work you do matters. At Central London Community Healthcare, you will join an inclusive organisation that invests in its people, supports development, and helps you thrive while delivering high-quality care.
Details
Date posted
25 February 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£64,156 to £71,148 a year per annum, inclusive of HCAS (pro rata)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
824-INNER
Job locations
Parkview Centre for Health and Wellbeing
56 Bloemfontein Road
London
W12 7FG
Job description
Job responsibilities
Applicants are expected to present clear and relevant evidence of the competencies and responsibilities detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, together with a demonstrated commitment to the Trusts values of Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Applicants are expected to present clear and relevant evidence of the competencies and responsibilities detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, together with a demonstrated commitment to the Trusts values of Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment.
Person Specification
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
* Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
* Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers, and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
* Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
* Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology
* Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
Desirable
* Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
* Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies
Key Attributes
Essential
* Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours
* Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
* Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings
Desirable
* Experience of working within a multicultural framework
Education/Qualification
Essential
* Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited/recognised by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
Desirable
* Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
Experience
Essential
* Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist for a minimum of two years.
* Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse, and the threat of physical abuse.
* Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified clinician and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan
* Experience of teaching and training.
Desirable
* Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
* Experience of assessing and treating clients across the full range of care settings.
* Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
Person Specification
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
* Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
* Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers, and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
* Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
* Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology
* Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
Desirable
* Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
* Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies
Key Attributes
Essential
* Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours
* Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
* Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings
Desirable
* Experience of working within a multicultural framework
Education/Qualification
Essential
* Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited/recognised by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
Desirable
* Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
Experience
Essential
* Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist for a minimum of two years.
* Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse, and the threat of physical abuse.
* Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified clinician and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan
* Experience of teaching and training.
Desirable
* Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
* Experience of assessing and treating clients across the full range of care settings.
* Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Central London Community Health Trust
Address
Parkview Centre for Health and Wellbeing
56 Bloemfontein Road
London
W12 7FG
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Employer details
Employer name
Central London Community Health Trust
Address
Parkview Centre for Health and Wellbeing
56 Bloemfontein Road
London
W12 7FG
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