Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

Job Advert Skip to main content Cookies on NHS Jobs We've put some small files called cookies on your device to help us make improvements to our site. To improve our site we'd also like to use cookies which will send information to Google Analytics. You can read more about our cookies before you choose. Accept analytics cookies Do not accept analytics cookies Jobs Menu Sign in Create an account English Cymraeg Menu Close menu Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) BETA Your feedback will help us to improve this service. South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist The closing date is 02 November 2026 Apply for this job Job summary o A great opportunity for a clinical or counselling psychologist provide psychology input to the Kingston Hospital Psychiatric Liaison Service. This is a varied role with opportunities to use your skills in direct assessments and interventions with service users, as well as indirect workto support the whole team in gaining a psychological perspective when formulating and planning interventions.o You will have a wide breadth of work, including working with people presenting to hospital due to mental health crisis, as well as supporting other hospital inpatients who have co-ocurring mental health difficulties. o You will work along side other professionals including psychiatrists and nurses, helping to develop the whole team approach to managing their cases.o You will have strong links with the SWLSGT Acute & Urgent care Psychology team. Main duties of the job o Direct work with service users. Assessments, Formulations, Crisis planning and care planning, providing recommendations for treatment. Providing brief psychological interventions to address difficulties, such as work on emotion regulation, relapse prevention etc.o Indirect work with service users: Contribution to team meetings to communicate psychology perspective in planning their care. Engaging with other stakeholders to establish treatment needs when discharged from Liaison team.o Clinical work will include supporting people presenting in A&E with mental health crisis including helping to establish pathways for frequent attenders. You will also work with people across the range of physical health wards in the hospital who have comorbid mental healthdifficulties.o Team work: Supporting the team more generally through provision of regular reflective practice, teaching and case formulations.o Opportunity for supervision of clinical psychology trainee. About us Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK. We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust. We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'. This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027. We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do. We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive. Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on thei