Practitioner Psychologist

Role Overview

The Royal Free London Fatigue Service is seeking a skilled and compassionate Practitioner Psychologist (Band
7) to join its specialist Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / ME (ME/CFS) service, based at Royal Free Hospital, on a 0.6 WTE (22.5 hours per week) basis. This post is offered as a 12‑month fixed‑term contract.

• Provide high‑quality, evidence‑based psychological assessment and intervention to adults experiencing chronic fatigue and related conditions.
• Support patients with complex physical and psychological needs, contributing to holistic care planning and promoting engagement in rehabilitation and self‑management.
• Work autonomously within professional and service frameworks, offering specialist psychological input, consultation, and advice to colleagues.
• Supervise assistant psychologists, psychology students, undergraduate students and contribute to the learning environment within the service.
• Deliver interventions informed by approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT).
• Manage an autonomous clinical caseload, including treatment planning, risk assessment, review, and discharge.
• Communicate assessment findings and care plans clearly and sensitively to patients, carers, and professionals, using high‑quality written and verbal communication.
• Work collaboratively with patients, support networks and the multidisciplinary team to promote holistic, person‑centred care.
• Provide psychological consultation and advice to non‑psychologist colleagues and liaise with internal and external services as required.
• Contribute to service development, audit and quality improvement activities, including the use of outcome and experience measures.
• Maintain professional registration, high standards of clinical record keeping, and engage in CPD, supervision, and mandatory training in line with Trust policies.

• Professional registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.
• Experience delivering evidence‑based psychological treatment, particularly with adults who have chronic fatigue or related conditions.
• Ability to work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team and provide supervision to assistant psychologists and students.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, and high standards of clinical record keeping.