Highly Specialist Psychologist – Islington LD Partnership (ILDP)

Job summary

We are pleased to offer this Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist post in the Islington Learning Disabilities Partnership (ILDP) and the LD Psychology service.This post provides psychological interventions and expertise within the Integrated Health and Social Care Team.

We would be happy to accept applications from Band 7 colleagues who will enter into an Band 7/8a Development post.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will support the delivery of a systematic provision of a high-quality specialist clinical psychology service to users, relatives, carers and all appropriate specialist services for people with learning disabilities in Islington. They will provide interventions including specialist psychological assessment; advice and consultation on psychological care through direct and indirect care; and working autonomously within professional guidelines and the framework of the Service’s policies and procedures. The post will also take on the supervision of more junior staff and trainees, lead on pathways and deputise for the Lead Psychologist as required.

Person Specification

Qualifications/ Registrations

Essential

• Post-graduate doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society, or British Psychological Society Statement of Equivalence
• Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a clinical psychologist or a counselling psychologist
• Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.

Desirable

• Completion of pre- or post-doctoral post-qualification specialist training in areas of practice relevant to the post (e.g. Positive Behaviour Support, ADOS-2)

Skills/ Abilities

Essential

• Skills in the use of a range of methods of psychological assessment (including psychometric assessments), intervention and management for the full range of problems presented by adults with Global Learning Disabilities, including behaviours that challenge
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
• Interest and ability to consider the role and responsibilities of psychologists in embedding non-discriminatory practice
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups

Desirable

• Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc)
• Interest and ability to contribute to service development

Experience/ Knowledge

Essential

• 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 full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, both as a qualified clinician leading the care and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
• Knowledge in the areas of Global Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Autism, ADHD, behaviours that challenge (including Positive Behaviour Support) and dementia
• Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the Health Care Professions Council and British Psychological Society
• Experience of representing psychology within the context of multidisciplinary care/services
• Experience of working with people with autism and/ or severe learning disabilities
• Experience of working with people whose behaviour challenges
• Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting

Desirable

• Experience of working within a multicultural framework.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Good conflict resolution skills
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary service setting including a ‘can-do/ attitude and motivation towards continuous improvement and change.
• Ability to demonstrate Trust Values
• Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severe behaviours of concern

Other Requirements

Essential

• Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and behaviours of concern
• Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings
• Ability to articulate and interpret clearly the role of the profession of clinical psychology based upon a good understanding of the framework, government and national professional policy

Desirable

• Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books

Closing Date: 6 August 2026