Counselling jobs in Croxley Green

Location: London
Salary: Competitive (Equivalent to NHS Band 8C)
Time Type: Part-time (3 days a week)
Closing Date: 4 December 2026

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Consultant Clinical Psychologist to join our team on a part-time basis (3 days per week).

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about applying advanced psychological expertise within environments of high complexity and criticality, working with public sector, law enforcement and government bodies in high profile and high-risk environments.

Operating as a senior member of the Prompt UK™ team, this successful candidate will provide clinical leadership, consultation, psychological assessment and intervention, supervision, training delivery and service development support within the London area.

This role will suit someone who can balance excellent clinical practice with operational service and procurement / commercial processes, with the insight to contribute strategically within our Leadership Team. We are offering a development pathway for progression into a Clinical Lead role within 12 months, subject to performance and organisational requirements.

About Us

For nearly 25 years Prompt UK™ has provided Specialist Psychological services through a team of highly experienced registered consultant and senior applied psychologists. Our overall aim is to promote a sense of psychological safety for all.

We support organisations operating in complex, dynamic and high-stakes environments to create cultures where individuals and teams can thrive. Through evidence-based psychological assessment, consultation, intervention and tailored learning solutions, we help organisations strengthen wellbeing, resilience, performance and psychological safety.

Our work focuses on understanding complex behaviours and presentations, supporting teams engaged in sensitive, discreet and high-risk work, and enabling organisations to develop psychologically informed cultures capable of meeting demanding operational challenges.

Prompt UK™ understands the realities of environments where critical decisions have significant consequences. People are at the heart of everything we do. Our services are grounded in compassion, integrity, scientific rigour and practical impact. Our values reflect this:

• We Are Focused on People
• We Are Committed to Excellence
• We Are Highly Collaborative
• We Act with Integrity

What Makes This Role Different?

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced consultant psychologist seeking a pathway into a Clinical Lead position whilst maintaining direct clinical practice. The successful candidate will be working in a niche and specialised organisation with best-in-class psychologists.

We operate within complex environments, supporting organisations and teams facing challenging, high-risk and psychologically demanding situations. This role will offer unique and stimulating, opportunities that lead the way in psychological best practice and the promotion of psychological safety for all.

The role offers real scope to contribute to the development of our practice and the strategic direction of the

company. If you are interested in more than delivery and have the instincts to shape how a specialist service is built and run this role is for you.

About You

• You will have genuine care, empathy and compassion and a commitment to promoting wellbeing, resilience and psychological safety.
• You will have strong emotional resilience and psychological flexibility.
• You will exhibit professionalism when working in highly emotive and complex situations.
• You will show excellent discernment, professional judgement and risk management.
• You will have credibility, maturity and a commitment to excellent outcomes.
• You will have clear strategic instincts and strong commercial awareness in service delivery.
• You have a collaborative and adaptable approach with (sometimes competing) stakeholders.
• You thrive within dynamic, complex and evolving environments.
• You are comfortable working with change and uncertainty.
• You will be committed to continual learning, professional development and the promotion of best practice.
• You are aligned with Prompt UK™ Ltd.’s vision, values and ethical standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical psychology input across a broad range of complex presentations and client groups.
• Deliver psychologically informed assessment, consultation and intervention services.
• Exercise full clinical responsibility for psychological care and treatment planning.
• Operate effectively within multidisciplinary and multi-agency environments.
• Build productive relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Support service development, quality assurance and governance of psychological practice.
• Contribute to commissioning, service delivery evaluation and continuous service improvement.
• Deliver training programmes, workshops and learning products to a range of professional audiences.
• Provide professional and clinical supervision to other HCPC registered staff members.
• Support the development of innovative, evidence-based psychological services.
• Contribute strategically to organisational growth and future service provision.
• Demonstrate sound professional judgement and risk management in highly complex situations.
• Operate ethically and within HCPC standards.

Essential Requirements

Due to the nature of the role the successful candidate must be based in or near London with ability to travel within London and surrounding areas as required.

Qualifications

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
• Post-doctoral specialist training and development consistent with consultant-level practice.
• HCPC registration as a Practitioner Clinical Psychologist.

Experience

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Significant experience working as a Consultant Clinical Psychologist or equivalent senior clinical role.
• Experience working with a wide range of client groups across the lifespan and across varying levels of clinical complexity.
• Experience exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological assessment, formulation, care and treatment.
• Additional qualifications in model-based therapies and their delivery
• Consultant-level clinical and leadership experience.
• Experience of multidisciplinary and multi-agency working.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or professional supervision.
• Experience facilitating training courses, workshops and learning products.
• Experience of service development, commissioning and operational service management, including end to end service design and delivery, quality evaluations, and managing fee structures
• Experience managing risk and making sound decisions in complex and sensitive circumstances.
• Expertise in integrating complex clinical, psychometric, behavioural and organisational information to formulate evidence-based recommendations.
• Strategic stakeholder development and management
• Highly developed communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex and clinically sensitive information to varied audiences.

Desirable: Forensic psychology experience and / or experience of working in law enforcement or equivalent Security and Background Check Requirements

Due to the nature of Prompt UK™'s work and client base, appointment to this role is subject to:

• Successful completion and maintenance of National Security Vetting (NSV) Security Check (SC) clearance.
• Existing Security Clearance (SC) is not essential but would be desirable
• Verification of relevant qualifications.
• Confirmation of the right to work in the UK.
• Satisfactory employment and personal references.
• Successful completion of all pre-employment checks.

Applicants who are invited to interview will be required to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) as part of the recruitment process.

Salary

Competitive salary package equivalent to NHS Band 8C, dependent upon experience, qualifications and specialist.

Prompt UK™ Ltd. is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where equality and diversity is valued and respected. We welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates from all backgrounds and communities.

Pay: £79,504.00-£91,609.00 per year

Work Location: On the road