Principle Psychologist | East London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 01 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £64,455 - £74,896 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 August 2025 |
| Location: | Bedford, MK40 3JT |
| Company: | East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7366192/363-SSLB7366192 |
Summary
8B Principle Psychologist for Looked after children
We are excited to be recruiting into our Band 8b principle Clinical Psychologist in Bedfordshire and Luton CAMHS Looked After Children’s Team. We are looking for someone to join us who has passion and experience of working with looked after children and able to contribute positively to the growing team.
We are looking for a dynamic and highly motivated individual, with a strong professional identity to work as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team. You will work with children and adolescents who have highly complex and persistent mental health difficulties, using evidence based practice to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.You will contribute to the senior leadership of the team and provide specialist clinical interventions and supervision, consultation and training to members of the team, the wider service and to external agencies.
The team works with looked after children ages 0-17, including those placed on SGO orders and Unaccompanied asylum seeking children. There are many opportunities for development with the team and being a part of a wider collaborative CAMHS service.
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.
For further and more in depth details please see the attached Job Description and person specification.
This advert closes on Sunday 17 Aug 2025