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From the employer's careers site First seen 12 Nov 2026

Practitioner Psychologist, Psychotherapist & Psychological Therapist

Description

We are looking to appoint a Highly Specialist Psychological Therapist to work with our community rehabilitation services in Lambeth.

The post holder will work with multidisciplinary rehabilitation Mental Health Teams in Lambeth. Teams work with working-age adults with complex mental health needs.

The post-holder will specialise in work with a particular presentation (e.g., psychosis, bipolar, complex emotional needs, complex trauma) and offer evidence-based interventions in group and individual formats.

Main Duties of the Job

  • Provide a highly specialist psychological therapy service as part of a multidisciplinary team to service users and their families/caregivers.
  • Conduct specialist assessments and interventions, multidisciplinary formulation, treatment support and planning, implementation, and monitoring of outcomes.
  • Be proactive in engaging individuals and their carers who might express some ambivalence about engaging in psychological therapy.
  • Support staff wellbeing and contribute to enabling other staff, service users, and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
  • Provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate.
  • Work flexibly across settings.
  • Undertake service evaluation, audit, and research as appropriate.
  • Work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct.

Person Specification

  • Relevant entry-level qualification in applied psychology/psychological therapy/psychotherapy.
  • Additional training beyond entry-level qualification in a specialised area of psychological practice.
  • Completed training course in clinical supervision and/or accredited to supervise qualified psychological practitioners.
  • Registered/accredited with a professional or regulatory body as appropriate to the discipline.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the professional body.

Benefits

  • Flexible working arrangements.
  • Opportunities for career progression and professional development.

Location

  • The post will be based at our rehabilitation team at 5 Stockwell Mews, Lambeth.

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Skills

Required

  • specialist psychological assessments
  • psychotherapeutic interventions
  • clinical supervision
  • multidisciplinary teamwork
  • complex mental health needs

Nice to have

  • experience working with adults with complex mental health needs
  • post-doctoral research experience
  • supervision training

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9334-26-1089

Apply on South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust