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Principal Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Psychotherapist

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust • Denmark Hill, South East London

Salary

£75k – £86k

Posted

15 October 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is hiring a Principal Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Psychotherapist in Denmark Hill, a full-time healthcare & nursing role. The advertised salary is £75k – £86k. South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Job summary This post is for an 8b SLaM AVATAR therapy Training Lead for a new Wellcome funded study, AVATAR-RWE (Real World Evidence).The successful candidate will work as part of an NHS implementation study of AVATAR therapy, a blended digital intervention for distressing voices in psychosis. Having tested efficacy in rigorous randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and with replication emerging from independent research groups, our focus is on national and international implementation of AVATAR …

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £75k – £86k
How this salary compares: about 84% above the £46,778 median across 3,638 healthcare & nursing roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Denmark Hill, South East London · Full-time
Similar roles nearby: 9 other live healthcare & nursing roles in Denmark Hill — browse them
Posted: 15 October 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

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Healthcare and nursing is the largest sponsored category in the UK. NHS trusts, private hospitals, GP practices, and specialist clinics sponsor registered nurses, doctors, allied health professionals, and support workers through the Health and Care Worker visa — which carries lower application fees and faster processing than the standard Skilled Worker visa.