Closing date: 06 August 2026

Job summary
We are pleased to offer this Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist post in the Islington Learning Disabilities Partnership (ILDP) and the LD Psychology service. This post provides psychological interventions and expertise within the Integrated Health and Social Care Team. We would be happy to accept applications from Band 7 colleagues who will enter into an Band 7/8a Development post.

Main duties of the job
The postholder will support the delivery of a systematic provision of a high-quality specialist clinical psychology service to users, relatives, carers and all appropriate specialist services for people with learning disabilities in Islington. They will provide interventions including specialist psychological assessment; advice and consultation on psychological care through direct and indirect care; and working autonomously within professional guidelines and the framework of the Service's policies and procedures. The post will also take on the supervision of more junior staff and trainees, lead on pathways and deputise for the Lead Psychologist as required.

About us
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:

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

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.

Job responsibilities
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification attached for more detailed information.

Person Specification
Qualifications/ Registrations
Essential

• Post-graduate doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society, or British Psychological Society Statement of Equivalence
• Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a clinical psychologist or a counselling psychologist
• Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.

Desirable

• Completion of pre- or post-doctoral post-qualification specialist training in areas of practice relevant to the post (e.g. Positive Behaviour Support, ADOS-2)

Skills/ Abilities
Essential

• Skills in the use of a range of methods of psychological assessment (including psychometric assessments), intervention and management for the full range of problems presented by adults with Global Learning Disabilities, including behaviours that challenge
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
• Interest and ability to consider the role and responsibilities of psychologists in embedding non-discriminatory practice
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups

Desirable

• Highly 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)
• Interest and ability to contribute to service development

Experience/ Knowledge
Essential

• 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 qualified clinician leading the care and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
• Knowledge in the areas of Global Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Autism, ADHD, behaviours that challenge (including Positive Behaviour Support) and dementia
• Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the Health Care Professions Council and British Psychological Society
• Experience of representing psychology within the context of multidisciplinary care/services
• Experience of working with people with autism and/ or severe learning disabilities
• Experience of working with people whose behaviour challenges
• Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting

Desirable

• Experience of working within a multicultural framework.

Personal Qualities
Essential

• Good conflict resolution skills
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary service setting including a 'can-do/ attitude and motivation towards continuous improvement and change.
• Ability to demonstrate Trust Values
• Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severe behaviours of concern

Other Requirements
Essential

• 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 behaviours of concern
• Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings
• Ability to articulate and interpret clearly the role of the profession of clinical psychology based upon a good understanding of the framework, government and national professional policy

Desirable

• Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books

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: North London NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Islington Learning Disabilities Partnership (ILDP), 52d Drayton Park, London, N5 1NS
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Associate Director for Psychological Professions, Ayo Sodeke-Gregson, ayo.sodeke-gregson@nhs.net, 02087026898