Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist | East London NHS Foundation Trust

East London NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service in London seeks a passionate clinical psychologist to work with children and young people with neurodevelopmental difficulties. You will provide evidence-based care in an ethnically diverse setting, contributing your expertise to a multidisciplinary team that offers tailored assessments and treatments. The ideal candidate thrives in collaborative environments and is committed to quality improvement and holistic care.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children and young people with neurodevelopmental difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence based episodes of care, assessments and treatment to young people.
• Contribute to a range of evidence-based interventions.
• Join committed colleagues and contribute to the team's development.

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a clinical psychologist who is passionate about working with children and young people with neurodevelopmental difficulties to come and work in the socially and ethnically diverse borough of Tower Hamlets. Tower Hamlets CAMHS is a friendly, thriving and innovative service; ELFT has a strong ethos of Quality Improvement, and we are keen to continually develop our service. The service includes professionals from various disciplines including psychiatry, nursing, social workers, psychology, occupational therapy, psychotherapy and family therapy, who come together to provide high quality holistic care for young people and their families.

This is a community-based post, located within the Neurodevelopmental Team in Tower Hamlets CAMHS offering flexible, evidence-based episodes of care, assessments and treatments to a wide variety of clinical presentations.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence based episodes of care, assessments and treatment to young people with moderate to severe Learning Disability.
• Bring clinical psychology knowledge and skills to the Neurodevelopmental Team.
• Contribute to a broad range of evidence-based interventions including an established group programme (supporting behaviour, sleep, and a neuroaffirmative group for young people who have received recent diagnosis of ASC), Positive Behaviour Support, ASC assessment clinic, consultation to CAMHS colleagues and schools, and direct work with children and their families.
• Join committed and enthusiastic colleagues and contribute to the next phase of development for the team.

About the Team and Mission

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Details

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details.

For further details and/or an informal discussion, please contact Dr Farjana Nasrin, Clinical Team Lead NDT on 0207 426 2375.

This advert closes on Sunday 5 Oct 2025