Specialist CAMHS Clinical or Counselling Psychologist | North London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 22 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £59,490 - £66,239 Per annum including HCAS |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 21 June 2025 |
| Location: | East Finchley, N2 8LT |
| Company: | Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7210165/455-NLFT-0090 |
Summary
Are you passionate about working with young people and families? Do you enjoy variety in your work? Would you like to join a warm, thoughtful and inclusive CAMHS team dedicated to providing flexible, creative, developmentally-sensitive, person-centered, trauma-informed and evidence-based support to children and young people who are struggling with moderate to severe mental health difficulties?
An opportunity has arisen for a Band 8a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to work in the generic Barnet CAMHS Teams, primarily based at the Oak Lane Clinic, in East Finchley.
The Post Holder will:
Offer specialist CAMHS assessments and interventions to children, young people and their families/carers in a community CAMHS setting, under the supervision of a senior psychologist.
Contribute to the work of Barnet CAMHS neurodevelopmental service.
Offer supervision to Assistant Psychologists, Psychology students and CBT therapists, and Qualified Clinical Psychologists.
Work alongside MDT colleagues and represent Psychology in MDT meetings, and CAMHS in multi-agency contexts as appropriate.
Work autonomously within professional Psychology guidelines and exercise responsibility for their continuous professional development.
Utilise research skills for audit, policy, and service development and research.
This post is located within the multidisciplinary CAMHS 0–18 service, delivering generic and neurodevelopmental assessments and psychological interventions to families living within the borough of Barnet.
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
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This advert closes on Thursday 5 Jun 2025