Principal Clinical 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 Pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 31 August 2025 |
| Location: | Bedford, MK40 3JT |
| Company: | East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7366448/363-SSLB7366448 |
Summary
Job Advertisement
Title: Principal Clinical Psychologist
Band: 8b or developmental from 8a to 8b
Team: Emotional Behavioural Teal 3
Permanent – 0.8 wte
We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Principal Clinical Psychologist with a keen interest in service development and delivery to join our thriving and innovative multi-disciplinary Emotional & Behavioural Team (EB3). We are also open for Band 8a's to apply as a development role into the Band 8b post. This is an opportunity to bring a psychological perspective in clinical thinking to the team and to shape and develop the service which offers a range of therapeutic interventions to young people aged 5-18 and their families. This is a leadership role that will also oversee clinical supervision and consultation within the team and participate in leadership meetings and decision making.
We are a team that prides itself on creative, innovative and evidenced based approaches to our work with service users and carers and value a supportive and reflective culture in the work environment. Our team is inclusive and we consciously think about varying contexts we work within (i.e. ethnic, neurodiversity, cultural and socio-economic factors). Our work is underpinned by strong values to treat each other, service users and agency partners with respect and care.
The post holder will provide guidance on evidence-based therapies that can help address the demand on service, and in particular the growing complex challenges that young people and their families face, and how we as a service can most effectively respond. They will lead on service audits, quality improvement projects and clinical outcomes, ensuring that the findings of the audits inform service development. The successful candidate will also have responsibilities that include direct clinical work and case management of complex and high-risk cases, line management and clinical supervision.
The post holder will work with the Clinical Team Lead to ensure operational services are effective andwill provide frontline leadership to the staff within the Multidisciplinary Team.The successful post-holder will directly contribute to service development and to the positive working environment within the multi-disciplinary team.The post holder will lead by example to maintain high standards of care and practice and to empower the team to take on a greater range of clinical tasks to improve client care in the specialist CAMH service. The post holder will be a highly visible presence in clinical practice and be accessible to clients and their families.
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 a more detailed information please see attached job description and person specification document
This advert closes on Sunday 14 Sep 2025