Clinical Psychologist ARFID Pathway: Sponsorship Available

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

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Main duties of the job

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Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

  • Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychology, or equivalent qualification such as Statement of Equivalence, leading to eligibility for Chartered status,
  • Depending on training needs, may hold a professional qualification in psychology and be undertaking further training to complete requirements for a Statement of Equivalence
  • Post-qualification training in a relevant field of applied psychology

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of providing specialist psychological assessments and treatment interventions to patients with complex problems
  • Experience of working with patients reflecting a wide range of clinical severity and need
  • Experience of involving service users in the coproduction of service delivery.
  • Experience of teaching, training, and supervision

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a range of care settings, including outpatient, inpatient and community

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Awareness of diversity, and skills and commitment to provide a service that is appropriate to a diverse population
  • Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, including the use of theoretical models to analyse information and develop formulations upon which to base choice of treatment
  • Skills in working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Skills in delivering psychological interventions in individual and/or group formats, adapted to meet the needs of the individual or group

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).

Closing Date: 30 August 2026

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