Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 15 hours per week (Part Time)
- Job ref
- 363-LUT8145633-A
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Charter House
- Town
- Luton
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 Per Annum Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist - Luton Community Mental Health
8a
ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Clinical Psychologist to join our Adult Community Mental Health Hubs in Luton. This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside other Psychologist practitioners and within a supportive multi-disciplinary team. We welcome applications from psychologists who are passionate about delivering compassionate, trauma-informed and recovery-focused care.
We are located in Luton town centre, with excellent transport links to London, the Midlands and beyond. Working in Luton offers the opportunity to make a meaningful difference within a vibrant, diverse and culturally rich community.
There may be opportunities to undertake additional sessions to the successful candidate, subject to service need and mutual agreement.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and evidence-based group and individual interventions for adults with complex and enduring mental health difficulties, and their families.
They will possess an enthusiasm for multidisciplinary team working and the skills to support care planning, consultation, supervision, teaching and service development.
Working for our organisation
Working for East London NHS Foundation Trust means joining an organisation recognised for its commitment to high-quality, compassionate care, innovation and continuous improvement. Through Quality Improvement and People Participation we work in partnership with service users, carers and communities to shape and improve our services. We are committed to supporting our staff through excellent professional development, strong clinical supervision, flexible working opportunities and an inclusive culture where collaboration, well-being and learning are valued.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy for a detailed account of the role
Person specification
Education/ Qualification
Essential criteria
- Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology or equivalence and able to demonstrate eligibility for BPS CPsychol (Chartered Psychologist) and HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.
Desirable criteria
- Further training or qualifications in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
- Quality Improvement Training.
- Clinical supervision training for doctoral psychology trainees.
Experience
Essential criteria
- 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 range of care settings, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the treat of physical abuse.
- Experience of providing teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision
- Experience in working in multidisciplinary settings and representing a psychological perspective in teams and services.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of professional management of qualified and pre-qualified clinical psychologists.
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience in the recruitment of psychology staff.
- Experience in contributing to service development, redesign and improvements in secondary mental health services
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, psychometrics and neuropsychology.
- Able to draw upon a broad theoretical knowledge base in the analysis of highly complex facts and situations, requiring sustained and intense concentration, to arrive at appropriate formulation and compare and select from a range of treatment options. Skills in two or more distinct psychological therapies.
- An in depth knowledge and skills in applying clinical risk assessment and management in own and others’ clinical caseload.
Desirable criteria
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and delivery of specialised psychological practice relevant to a secondary mental health setting (e.g. psychosis, personality disorder, complex trauma).
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Rachel Gibson-Dunt
- Job title
- Principal Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07827 902838
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