Senior Practitioner Psychologist

Community Psychologist (Clinical / Counselling Psychologist) based in Mental Health and Wellness Team Band 8a Part Time 33.75 hours per week An exciting opportunity has arisen for an innovative psychologist to join our small but expanding group of psychologists working in Mental Health and Wellness Teams (MHWT) across the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The post holder will sit within the MHWTs but focus on outward facing work with communities to develop projects with grassroots organisations using community psychology principles and frameworks. Within MHWT they will be expected to lead on championing psychologically minded work with their MDT colleagues and trauma informed care., The community work focus will be informed by local demographics and is part of the Trusts commitment to address health inequalities experienced by our communities. This is a really exciting and novel post within the NHS so we are inviting a clinician who is very passionate about systems and social activism to apply. The post holder will join a collaborative of Psychological professionals across East London working within a community psychology framework. The purpose of the collaborative is to build connections across east London and provide support to clinicians working in this way in an NHS context.

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.