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Job summary

Main area
Psychology
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
9 months (Fixed Term until 31st March 2026)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
260-TP-939
Employer
Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust - Whole Family Team - Perinatal Specialism
Town
London
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 Per annum base rate
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/07/2025 23:59

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Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust logo

Specialist Clinician - Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (2 Posts)

NHS AfC: Band 7

It is a condition of this employment that you must live in and remain a resident of the United Kingdom during your employment with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

 

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The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health trust with a focus on training and education alongside a full range of mental health services and psychological therapies for children and their families, young people and adults.

We are committed to improving mental health and emotional wellbeing, believing that high quality mental health services should be available for all who need them. We bring a distinctive contribution based on the importance we attach to social experience at all stages of people’s lives, and our focus on psychological and developmental approaches to the promotion of health and the prevention and treatment of mental ill health

We contribute to the pool of ideas through our own research and development, but are also committed to bringing together the best ideas of the time, old and new, from inside and out, together with the most gifted and able professionals in our fields of endeavour. We aim to share our ideas and practice through as many routes as possible.

As a Trust we aim constantly to be evolving in nature and form in relation to the environment in which we work, to ensure that our contribution remains relevant.

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

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Job overview

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity within our Whole Family Perinatal Specialist Team for two passionate and experienced Band 7 Clinical or Counselling Psychologists to join our clinical services on an 11-month fixed-term basis. These dynamic roles offer a unique chance to work across both the Best Start for Baby and Whole Family teams, delivering specialist perinatal psychological care. The successful candidates will play a key role in supporting parents and families during the crucial early years, contributing to integrated, psychological informed healthcare pathways. This is a rare and rewarding chance to make a meaningful impact at a pivotal time in family life, working alongside a committed multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity within our Whole Family Perinatal Specialist Team for two passionate and experienced Band 7 Clinical or Counselling Psychologists to join our clinical services on an 11-month fixed-term basis. These dynamic roles offer a unique chance to work across both the Best Start for Baby and Whole Family teams, delivering specialist perinatal psychological care. The successful candidates will play a key role in supporting parents and families during the crucial early years, contributing to integrated, psychological informed healthcare pathways. This is a rare and rewarding chance to make a meaningful impact at a pivotal time in family life, working alongside a committed multidisciplinary team.

   

Working for our organisation

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We are particularly keen to attract candidates from underrepresented backgrounds to better meet the needs of the service users and students that we serve. The Trust aims to ensure that all job applicants, employees or clients are treated fairly and valued equally regardless of sex, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, domestic circumstances, age, race, colour, disablement, ethnic or national origin, social background or employment status, sexual orientation, religion, beliefs, HIV status, gender identity, political affiliation or trade union membership. Selection for training and development and promotion will be based on the individual’s ability to meet the requirements for the job. You are responsible for ensuring that the Trust’s policies, procedures and obligations in respect of promoting equality and diversity are adhered to in relation to both staff and services.

 

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Person specification

Specialist Clinical /Counselling Psychologist - Qualified

Essential criteria
  • Degree level as a minimum plus developed specialist and practical knowledge equating to postgraduate degree/ Masters level
  • Registration with HCPC or relevant body as a Clinical Psychologist or Counselling Psychologist.
  • Evidence of clinical experience of working with client population. A clear track record of managing complexity and risk whilst maintaining high standards of service delivery
  • Expertise of managing and treating the client group Some experience of clinical supervision
  • Experience in supporting direct wellbeing reviews with parents and their babies in a health visiting clinic
  • Knowledge of working with families facing complex difficulties, who may be working with several professionals or struggle to access community services
  • Skilled in offering safegaurding, consultation, assessment and intervention to families referred to the service.
  • Demonstrate equality, diversity and inclusion awareness and application of EDI issues
Desirable criteria
  • Involvement in interventions for families where there are issues related to complex trauma and attachment.
  • Some experience of involvement in project work e.g. quality improvement
  • Some experience of clinical management of staff

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Jessica Elmer
Job title
Team Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
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