Clinical Psychologist in Sexual Function
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
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 role is for a Clinical Psychologist to join the nationally respected Jane Wadsworth Sexual Function Service at St Mary's Hospital. The post holder will work with adults experiencing a wide range of sexual difficulties, providing assessment and treatment. It's a part-time, fixed-term position within a specialist multidisciplinary team, offering supervision and CPD opportunities. The role requires sensitivity in working with diverse patient backgrounds.
Key responsibilities
- Assess and treat patients referred to the Jane Wadsworth sexual function clinic using evidence-based approaches.
- Administer outcome measures and track patient progress.
- Keep contemporaneous notes of patient attendance and session content.
- Contribute to audit and research relevant to the service.
- Attend supervision with relevant patient information.
- Liaise with other departments, agencies, or individuals relevant to the patient.
Essential criteria
- Entry-level qualification in Clinical Psychology (professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level additional training) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration
- Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist.
- Proven interest in sexual health and/or sexual function
- Experience of working with patients with physical health concerns
- Experience of receiving clinical supervision across a range of client needs
- Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature
- Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. This may have been gained through work, research, volunteering and / or lived experience.
- Evidence of an interest in research beyond the formal requirements of doctoral training
- Theoretical knowledge of sexual function issues and existing evidence base for the relevant treatment
- Knowledge of psychological assessment and clinical psychometrics.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities
- Doctoral level knowledge of psychological research methodology and complex statistical analysis.
- Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of psychologically based treatments.
- Experience of delivering psychological therapy across gender, sexuality, ethnic, age, cultural and other differences.
- Skill in selecting and administering specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources.
- Sensitivity and tact in communicating with clients on intimate topics in ways which take account of their background and treatment needs, adapting to try to overcome barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information.
- To plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual clients and groups and carers, and for meetings such as CPA and case reviews
- To plan allocation of tasks to assistant psychologists.
- To be skilled in the administration of psychometric and neuropsychological tests, including those that require complex manipulation of test materials.
- Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data.
Desirable criteria
- Additional training related to sexual function
- Experience in treating individuals with sexual concerns
- Experience of working in an acute hospital environment
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £58,133 – £65,261 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Psychologist in Sexual Function
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
Clinical Psychologist - Jane Wadsworth Sexual Function Service (Band 7, part-time at .5 wte, Fixed Term 1 Year)Based at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - St Mary's Hospital
Join a nationally respected sexual function service at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. We are looking for a Clinical Psychologist with interest and experience in working therapeutically with sexual problems (Band 7 .5 WTE) to join our Sexual Function Service based at St Mary's Hospital. This is an opportunity to contribute to a specialist MDT with a reputation for clinical excellence, collaborative working, and compassionate, patient-centred care.
You will work with adults across genders presenting with a wide range of sexual difficulties. The postholder will have confidence and sensitivity in working with people from diverse cultural, societal, and religious backgrounds.
The role sits within the wider Clinical Health Psychology department, which provides services across all Imperial College Healthcare hospital sites -- offering you support from peers and a wide range of CPD opportunities offered by CNWL Foundation Trust.
You will receive supervision from a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who also supervises sex therapists in training. Th
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