Co-Lead Psychologist for Early Intervention Services
Location
Mitcham, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
7/9/2025
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Description
We are looking for a Clinical/Counselling psychologist with experience of working with psychosis to act as pathway lead alongside the existing lead for Early Intervention in Psychosis psychology and psychotherapy services. You will be based clinically in Merton Early Intervention service, Wilson Hospital in Mitcham, South West London, providing individual and family interventions to service users. You will offer supervision and leadership to qualified and trainee psychologists, CBT therapists and family intervention therapists across the SWLSTG trust early intervention services covering Wandsworth, Sutton, Merton, Kingston and Richmond and develop innovations and promote access to talking therapies across these services.
We are preparing to implement the trust’s community transformation plans in line with the Community Mental Health Framework, to improve access and provision for clients with severe mental health difficulties. In doing so we will be strengthening relationships with primary care and developing new links with the voluntary sector. The trust also provides regular CPD covering a wide range of clinical topics and opportunities for individual and specialist group supervision to support your development. In particular, our Early Intervention therapy provision has expanded over the last few years, and each team now has a strong team of therapists who can offer a range of therapies including Family Interventions, CBT for psychosis and EMDR.
The successful applicant will be committed to MDT working and to advancing trauma informed care and anti-racist practise across the pathway. You will contribute to and supervise the delivery of high quality evidence-based psychological therapies for people who have experienced a first episode of psychosis and their families. The role is dynamic and will require you to attend multidisciplinary meetings and to offer supervision, consultation, and training to clinicians within the wider MDT team. You will utilise your research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
There is a significant leadership component to the role and alongside the co-lead you will be overseeing a large team of psychologists, CBT therapists and family intervention therapists based in the different boroughs, contributing to job and service planning, recruitment, supervision and service development.
Agile And Flexible Working
As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible and agile working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage.
The Trust is committed to supporting flexible working, including a blended approach of on-site and home working. We will consider job shares/part time working requests.
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 of benefits 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 their recovery journey.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Claire Thompson Job title: Lead Psychologist Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07816 334728
We are preparing to implement the trust’s community transformation plans in line with the Community Mental Health Framework, to improve access and provision for clients with severe mental health difficulties. In doing so we will be strengthening relationships with primary care and developing new links with the voluntary sector. The trust also provides regular CPD covering a wide range of clinical topics and opportunities for individual and specialist group supervision to support your development. In particular, our Early Intervention therapy provision has expanded over the last few years, and each team now has a strong team of therapists who can offer a range of therapies including Family Interventions, CBT for psychosis and EMDR.
The successful applicant will be committed to MDT working and to advancing trauma informed care and anti-racist practise across the pathway. You will contribute to and supervise the delivery of high quality evidence-based psychological therapies for people who have experienced a first episode of psychosis and their families. The role is dynamic and will require you to attend multidisciplinary meetings and to offer supervision, consultation, and training to clinicians within the wider MDT team. You will utilise your research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
There is a significant leadership component to the role and alongside the co-lead you will be overseeing a large team of psychologists, CBT therapists and family intervention therapists based in the different boroughs, contributing to job and service planning, recruitment, supervision and service development.
Agile And Flexible Working
As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible and agile working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage.
The Trust is committed to supporting flexible working, including a blended approach of on-site and home working. We will consider job shares/part time working requests.
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 of benefits 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 their recovery journey.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Claire Thompson Job title: Lead Psychologist Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07816 334728
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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