Job summary
* Do you have an interest in high quality assessment, intervention, and care for people living with dementia?
* Do you also want to work for an older adult mental health service with a track record in developing and leading innovative practice?
If you are, we have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join a new BPSD pathway in Hillingdon Older Adult Mental Health services. The post holder will join a new group of clinicians providing this service, which will comprise of a Guided Care Matron, a band 6 nurse / OT, an Assistant Psychologist, and a Care Assistant.
Main duties of the job
* The role will have a focus on triage, assessment, formulation, and care planning for older adults in Hillingdon who have been referred into the service for support with BPSD; of which a large percentage are Care Home residents.
* The role will work as part of the Older Adult Service to offer intensive support and treatment to patients within their own homes and Care homes and support in the reduction of A&E and hospital admissions for this group in our community.
* The post holder will be working with service users, but also with families, informal carers, care home teams, and other services and agencies involved in an individual's care.
* As this is a new pathway in our service there will be opportunities for the post holder to support service initiation, development, and review.
* This post is community based, so would ideally suit someone with access to a car or other transport for work use; however, we are more interested in findingthe person and we can work around this within the team.
About us
The Hillingdon OAMH service works with older adults covering the Hillingdon borough and is based in Woodland Centre in Hillingdon. Hillingdon is home to a diverse population and contexts, from urban to semi-rural. Situated in North West London, it has good transport links with the rest of London and surrounding counties and is home to a wide range of social, leisure, and sporting opportunities available to people working and living in the area.
The Older Adult CMHT is a multidisciplinary team; comprising of mental health nurses, psychiatrists, occupational therapists, social worker, psychologists and support workers. The team is supported by a good administrative system and offers an excellent work environment. The team also works closely with our colleagues in the Older Adult Home Treatment Service, Oak Tree Ward, our Older Adult Acute Mental Health inpatient ward, and the Hillingdon Memory Service. The team has good partnership working with wider local statutory and non-statutory Dementia services.
The post holder will also be joining CNWL's community of Psychological Professionals, which has a network for people working in older adult mental health services. We have a range of developmental opportunities including a Senior Psychologist forum, and access to a range of CPD.
Details
Date posted
11 February 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£61,631 to £68,623 a year per annum (pro rata P/T) inc HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
333-G-HM-0764
Job locations
Woodland Centre
Pield Heath Road
Uxbridge
UB8 3NN
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a highly specialist psychology service to older people including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a lead specialist in older adult mental health and dementia care.
To undertake service evaluation, audit and research.
To work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.
To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.
To provide a highly specialist psychology service to older people including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a lead specialist in older adult mental health and dementia care.
To undertake service evaluation, audit and research.
To work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.
To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.
To contribute to the effective working of the team or service and to a psychologically informed framework for the service.
To contribute to the team or services delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities.
To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services.
To advise other members of the service on specialist psychological care of clients.
To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clients in order to develop and review care plans.
To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
To implement policies and procedures in own area of work, and to propose improvements or beneficial changes.
To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects.
To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.
Please see Job Plan / Person Specification document for full details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a highly specialist psychology service to older people including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a lead specialist in older adult mental health and dementia care.
To undertake service evaluation, audit and research.
To work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.
To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.
To provide a highly specialist psychology service to older people including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a lead specialist in older adult mental health and dementia care.
To undertake service evaluation, audit and research.
To work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.
To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.
To contribute to the effective working of the team or service and to a psychologically informed framework for the service.
To contribute to the team or services delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities.
To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services.
To advise other members of the service on specialist psychological care of clients.
To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clients in order to develop and review care plans.
To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
To implement policies and procedures in own area of work, and to propose improvements or beneficial changes.
To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects.
To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.
Please see Job Plan / Person Specification document for full details.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Registration
Essential
* Entry-level qualification in Applied Psychology (professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level additional training) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration. Clinical psychologist: Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent; Counselling psychologist: MSc and PG Diploma in Counselling Psychology;
Qualifications and Registration
Essential
* Current registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
Qualifications and Registration
Essential
* oAdditional training in a specialised area of psychological practice (neuropsychology / dementia care / working with behaviours that challenge / CBT) through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses, or an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma.
Qualifications
Essential
* Completed training course in clinical supervision.
Experience
Essential
* Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in older adult mental health and dementia care
Desirable
* Experience working with service users living in care homes and care home systems and teams.
Experience
Essential
* Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training.
Experience
Essential
* Post-qualification experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities.
skills
Essential
* To plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual clients and groups and carers, and for meetings such as CPAs and case reviews
Skills
Essential
* Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.
Skills
Essential
* Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate
Person Specification
Qualifications & Registration
Essential
* Entry-level qualification in Applied Psychology (professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level additional training) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration. Clinical psychologist: Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent; Counselling psychologist: MSc and PG Diploma in Counselling Psychology;
Qualifications and Registration
Essential
* Current registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
Qualifications and Registration
Essential
* oAdditional training in a specialised area of psychological practice (neuropsychology / dementia care / working with behaviours that challenge / CBT) through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses, or an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma.
Qualifications
Essential
* Completed training course in clinical supervision.
Experience
Essential
* Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in older adult mental health and dementia care
Desirable
* Experience working with service users living in care homes and care home systems and teams.
Experience
Essential
* Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training.
Experience
Essential
* Post-qualification experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities.
skills
Essential
* To plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual clients and groups and carers, and for meetings such as CPAs and case reviews
Skills
Essential
* Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.
Skills
Essential
* Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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 and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Woodland Centre
Pield Heath Road
Uxbridge
UB8 3NN
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Employer details
Employer name
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Woodland Centre
Pield Heath Road
Uxbridge
UB8 3NN
Employer's website
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