Clinical Psychologist/DBT Therapist
| Posting date: | 02 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £51,883.00 to £58,544.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £51883.00 - £58544.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 July 2025 |
| Location: | South Harrow, HA2 8EQ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9333-25-0835 |
Summary
Job Title: Clinical Psychologist and DBT Therapist Grade: Band 7 Hours: 37.5 / 1.0 WTE (2.5 days Clinical Psychologist in Harrow CAMHS Enhanced Treatment Team + 2.5 days DBT Therapist for Harrow) Salary: Agenda for Change Location: Harrow Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Ash Tree Clinic, 322 - 326 Northolt Road, South Harrow, HA2 8EQ In order to meet the needs of the Trusts service, you may be required from time to time to work outside your normal place of work. The Trust reserves the right to change your normal place of work to any other location within the Trust. Responsible to: Lead Clinical Psychologist at Harrow & DBT Lead for CNWL CAMHS Accountable to: Service/Team Manager Harrow CAMHS Key Relationships: CAMHS colleagues, service line managers in CAMHS, social workers, school staff, frontline workers in other agencies, Adult Mental Health Services, members of other disciplines and agencies responsible for a clients care JOB SUMMARY: To join the multi-disciplinary CAMH Service in the delivery of mental health care to children and young people and their families, including involvement in the multi-disciplinary assessment pathway. To work autonomously, with support from the staff in the Enhanced Treatment Team in Harrow CAMHS, as well as 2.5 days dedicated to the DBT Team in Harrow for CNWL CAMHS. To work with colleagues within the pathway to ensure systemic and high-quality provision of assessment and both individual and group treatments. This role will join up referral and support for clients identified in the inpatient setting to be suitable for DBT or other relevant care and support as they are discharged into the community. To liaise with colleagues from other pathways to ensure seamless delivery of services. To work as part of the DBT team developing the DBT based ethos within the team and to facilitate training, supervision and development as required. To provide specialist clinical psychology input to children and young people and their families. To provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy including specialist assessments for neurodevelopmental concerns (e.g. ASD and ADHD). To offer advice and consultation on clients psychological care to colleagues from all disciplines and to individuals external to CAMHS working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures. To support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by other professionals and to offer supervision as agreed per job plan. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the areas served by the services. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of ones psychological practice.