Band 7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/CBT Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 21/09/2026
- Closes
- 02/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting part-time opportunity for a Band 7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or High Intensity CBT Therapist to join the HIV psychology team at Royal Free Hospital. The role involves providing psychological assessments and interventions to people living with HIV within the Ian Charleson Day Centre. The successful candidate will work autonomously, support a multi-disciplinary team, and may offer clinical supervision to trainees. A strong interest in health psychology, particularly with HIV populations, is desirable.
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments
- Education & professional Qualifications
- Doctoral level training in counselling/clinical psychology including specifically, models of psychopathology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- Registration with Health and Care Professions Council
Desirable criteria
- BABCP accreditation or strong evidence of interest and further training in CBT
- Experience of working as a qualified / trainee clinical psychologist and/or CBT therapist.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient 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 including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care and treatment.
- Desirable: experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Desirable: experience within HIV / health settings.
- Skills and aptitudes
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, including the use of theoretical models to analyse information and to develop formulations upon which to base choice of treatment.
- A high-level ability to communicate effectively at both a written and oral level to patients and professional persons within and outside the NHS.
- Ability to act as a clinical psychologist / CBT therapist and work autonomously in hospital settings.
- Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the patient group and mental health
- Highly developed knowledge of the psychological theory and practice.
- Doctorate level knowledge of research design and methodology practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
- Other
- 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 challenging behaviour.
- Knowledge and understanding of confidentiality issues.
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Royal Free Shared Commitments
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments
- Education & professional Qualifications
- Doctoral level training in counselling/clinical psychology including specifically, models of psychopathology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- Registration with Health and Care Professions Council
- BABCP accreditation or strong evidence of interest and further training in CBT
- Experience of working as a qualified / trainee clinical psychologist and/or CBT therapist.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient 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 including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care and treatment.
- Desirable: experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Desirable: experience within HIV / health settings.
- Skills and aptitudes
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, including the use of theoretical models to analyse information and to develop formulations upon which to base choice of treatment.
- A high-level ability to communicate effectively at both a written and oral level to patients and professional persons within and outside the NHS.
- Ability to act as a clinical psychologist / CBT therapist and work autonomously in hospital settings.
- Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the patient group and mental health
- Highly developed knowledge of the psychological theory and practice.
- Doctorate level knowledge of research design and methodology practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
- Other
- Ability to identify, a
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Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Band 7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/CBT Therapist
The closing date is 02 October 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 0.6wte / 3 day per week Band 7 Clinical / Counselling Psychologist or High Intensity CBT Therapist to join our friendly HIV psychology team comprising of clinical psychologists and CBT therapist.
The post-holder will work will support our creative, vibrant multi-disciplinary clinical team (consultants, doctors, nurses, research nurses and pharmacists) to deliver integrated care.
The successful applicant will assist in the provision of offering assessments and interventions to people living with HIV within the Ian Charleson Day Centre, the first open-access HIV clinic in the UK, which is based at Royal Free Hospital.
You will be joining a team of clinical and counselling Psychologists with a particular expertise in health psychology for HIV populations. You will have access to supervision (clinical or cognitive-behavioural supervision).
You will have a clear expression of interest in working within health psychology and a desirable interest in working with people living with, affected by HIV. You will need to be adaptable, confident and able to prioritise a combination of diverse demands on your time and be able to work autonomously.
Main duties of the job
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