East London NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Psychologist (NDT)
The closing date is 22 November 2026

Job summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic and creative Clinical Psychologist with considerable Neurodevelopmental CAMHS experience, 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 in the Neurodevelopmental Team pathway within Tower Hamlets CAMHS. The post holder will directly contribute to the positive working environment within the service. The post holder will require a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management and will be required to account for their professional practice through appraisal and audit.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide evidence-based episodes of care, assessments and treatment to young people with moderate to severe Learning Disability. The post holder will bring clinical psychology knowledge and skills to this team. NDT provide a broad range of evidence-based interventions including an established group programme (supporting behaviour, sleep, and a neuroaffirmative group for YP 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, which the post holder will contribute towards. The post holder will join committed and enthusiastic colleagues.

About us
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.

Clinicians work in a hybrid model of direct face to face and remote working as appropriate. We are looking for: good communicators with energy, motivation and enthusiasm; the ability to work with individuals and families with complex difficulties and to work effectively with multi-disciplinary and multi-agency contexts; flexibility of approach; commitment to evidence-based practice; and the pursuit of the highest possible quality of service.

Details
Date posted: 12 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £66,274 to £73,496 a year, per annum inc HCA
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 363-SS8128777-B
Job locations: Tower Hamlets CAMHS, 18 Greatorex Street, London, E1 5NF, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Education/Qualification/Training

• Essential: Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996)
• Essential: Registration with HPC
• Desirable: Further qualifications/ training in specialist skills relevant to post (e.g. ADOS, 3Di, systemic therapy, CBT, Training in Positive Behaviour Support or Applied Behavioural Analysis etc)

Experience

• Essential: Experience of working in CAMHS and/or experience in Adult Services for Autism/ Learning Disability with clear evidence of transferable skills
• Essential: Experience of specialist assessments and treatments for LD/ASD and behaviours that challenge
• Essential: Experience of risk assessment and risk management
• Essential: Experience of working with children, young people and families in emotional crisis
• Essential: Experience of working with complex networks
• Essential: Experience of outcome measures
• Essential: Knowledge and experience with working with safeguarding issues and serious mental health problems, including challenging behaviour
• Essential: Experience, skills and flexibility to contribute to and facilitate effective working within a multi-disciplinary team setting
• Essential: Experience/knowledge of working in a multi-ethnic community and of working with interpreters
• Desirable: Experience of group work
• Desirable: Experience of quality improvement and innovative projects
• Desirable: Supervision training and/or experience of supervising others
• Desirable: Project management or service development

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Essential: Specialist clinical skills within specific therapeutic modalities, in particular, Positive Behaviour Support intervention, behavioural/functional analysis
• Essential: Evidence of highly specialist clinical skills and knowledge in working with children/young people and/or adults with moderate to severe learning disability
• Essential: Skilled in emergency and crisis assessments
• Essential: Ability to multi-task, prioritise and work flexibly according to need
• Essential: Excellent verbal and written communication skills; at an age appropriate level, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to children, adolescents, their families, carers and professionals within and outside the NHS
• Essential: Able to work effectively across organisational boundaries
• Essential: Skills in supervising and facilitating the development of skills in others (e.g. through consultation or training)
• Essential: A high degree of self-awareness and an ability to reflect on personal and professional attitudes and accept feedback
• Essential: Knowledge of current guidelines and recent developments in evidence based assessments and interventions for children and young people with mental health problems/disorders (including young people with moderate to severe Learning Disability, presentations of behaviours of concern, assessment of co-morbid presentations)
• Essential: Knowledge of current guidelines and recent developments in evidence based assessments for ADHD assessment
• Essential: Evidence of continuing professional development as required by professional guidelines
• Essential: Knowledge, understanding and experience with diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation

Other

• Essential: Ability to deal sensitively with stressful situations including staff and/or organisational problems, child abuse, family breakdown, serious mental ill health, and to cope with verbal abuse and to recognise and diffuse potential physical abuse from clients
• Essential: Ability to work autonomously, setting appropriate goals, in accordance with professional ethics guidelines and Trust policies
• Essential: Understanding of equality of opportunity and related policies and procedures
• Essential: Respectful approach to service users, families, carers, colleagues, and other professionals
• Desirable: Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic professional journals and/or books

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: East London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer's website: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Dr Farjana Nasrin, Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Team Lead, farjana.nasrin1@nhs.net, 02074262375

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