Job summary
Applications are invited to join the Psychology Service in Infection & Immunity at Barts Health NHS Trust.

We would like to recruit an experienced HCPC-registered Practitioner Psychologist who has specialist interests and skills in psychology as applied to HIV and sexual health. The primary purpose of this post is to provide psychological support to patients from our three HIV clinics across East London. The post also involves working in our sexual health and psychosexual services, which are based in Whitechapel and Stratford, with a focus on providing support to our Female Sexual Wellbeing Clinics.

This work will largely take place at Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel. Some amount of remote working will be possible, but most of the work will be patient-facing.

The Psychology Service enjoys good close working relationships with the multi-disciplinary teams in Infection & Immunity. We are an energetic and supportive team offering excellent professional support, supervision and CPD. There is a wealth of specialist clinical expertise, and the service has an active audit, research and teaching programme. There are also close links with North London Clinical Psychology training courses and Queen Mary Medical School.

We will be open to applications from those who might be open to job sharing.

Main duties of the job
This post involves the provision of specialist psychological support to patients from Infection & Immunity at Barts Health from across East London. This work will involve both HIV and sexual health services at Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel. Clinical provision will consist of psychological assessments and psychological therapy, in addition to psycho-educational workshops. Some amount of remote working will be expected, as well as onsite patient-facing work at Royal London Hospital.

The primary purpose of this post is to provide psychological support to patients from our three HIV clinics across the Trust. However, the post also involves working in our sexual health and psychosexual services.

The post holder will also contribute to our multi-disciplinary staff teaching programme to promote psychosocial knowledge and skills in responding to the psychosocial needs of our service users. The post holder will also provide supervision to clinical psychology doctorate trainees and or psychosexual therapy trainees.

The post holder will also contribute to audit, research and service development. The post holder will further the practice of psychosexual counselling, by assisting in service development, audit/evaluation and clinical governance.

About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Details
Date posted: 03 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £66,274 to £73,496 a year per annum inc
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 259-8130136RLH
Job locations: Royal London Hospital, London, E1 1FR, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Experience in working within NHS Clinical Health Psychology Services
• Experience in working in HIV
• Experience in working with sexual health difficulties.
• Experience in working with compulsive sexual behaviour and/or high sexual risk taking
• Experience of applying clinical psychology in culturally diverse contexts.

Desirable

• Experience in working in a health care setting with chronic health conditions
• Experience in developing, delivering and evaluating psycho-educational workshops

Skills and Knowledge
Essential

• Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
• Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in patients with physical health problems, including those with HIV and sexual health difficulties
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Familiar with information technology and able to develop and use multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.

Desirable

• Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in patients with physical health problems, including those with HIV and sexual health difficulties.
• Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of working with sexual risk taking and/or substance misuse.

Qualifications
Essential

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent, if trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
• HCPC registration

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 (Apply through our website).

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 (Apply through our website).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Stuart Gibson
stuart.gibson5@nhs.net