Lead Clinical Psychologist-Islington Learning Disabilities Partnership

A Vacancy at North London NHS Foundation Trust.

We are delighted to be advertising the role of Lead Psychologist in the Islington Learning Disabilities Partnership (ILDP). This role will lead a team of psychological professions and provide Psychology leadership and expertise within the integrated health and social care team. They will lead in ensuring the systematic provision of a high‑quality specialist clinical psychology service to clients, relatives, carers and all appropriate specialist services for people with learning disabilities in Islington.

The post is provided with professional supervision by the Associate Director for Psychological Professions within Older Adults, Rehab and Learning Disabilities (LD) Care Group in NLFT and managed by the Assistant Director for Islington Learning Disabilities Partnership (ILDP). Specialist LD clinical supervision is currently provided externally.

Responsibilities

• To lead in delivering a psychological assessment and intervention/therapy service provided by psychologists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
• To identify and develop training/awareness workshops which assist the delivery and improvement of high‑quality services for people with learning disabilities, their relatives, and carers.
• To provide clinical supervision and clinical leadership of the psychology team members in delivering a psychological consultation, assessment and intervention service, and support to colleagues who provide psychologically based care and treatment, within ILDP.
• To provide consultation and psychology expertise to other disciplines with the integrated Learning Disabilities Service. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise local responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service/team. Dissemination of broader clinical governance issues will be a significant part of the role as the psychology representative within ILDP.
• To liaise and collaborate with other consultant and lead psychologists in NLFT Learning Disabilities services.

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy

1. We will provide consistently high‑quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all.
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
• Excellent internal staff network

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification document for detailed responsibilities.

This advert closes on Wednesday 29 Apr 2026.

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