Clinical Psychologist | East London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 08 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £55,690 - £62,682 PER ANNUM |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 September 2025 |
| Location: | Bedford, MK40 3JT |
| Company: | East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7371737/363-SSLB7371737 |
Summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinical psychologist to take up a senior position with the CAMHS Adolescent Mental Health Team within North Bedfordshire CAMHS.
The post is located within our North Bedfordshire clinic offering therapeutic work to families with specific emphasis on adolescents with complex, severe and enduring mental health problems, It will include the provision of specialist advice/consultation/ formulation, psychological assessment, liaison with other agencies, clinical psychology interventions, clinical supervision and teaching of staff and/or students. The post holder will offer 2 sessions per week into our Crisis & Home Treatment team, offering consultation, psychological assessment and intervention for some cases that are transferred to the Adolescent Mental Health Team.
We are looking for someone who is an experienced clinical psychologist with a substantial knowledge in the field of child and adolescent mental health, especially in the areas of adolescent mental health and crisis / risk management. In addition to contributing to the operational delivery of the Adolescent Mental Health Team, the post holder will be responsible for the supervision/management of Band 7 and other staff as required. The post holder will formulate and undertake clinical audit, service evaluation, service development and research activities as requested by the Clinical Team Lead.
The post holder will need to work flexibly, and be able to provide the appropriate contextualised formulation-based intervention, using the evidence base and have the ability to design individually tailored intervention program based on client need, clear analysis of causes of symptomatology and a formulation based and trauma-informed approach, using evidence-based components, and apply regular validated outcome measures.. You will provide evidence based interventions including individual work, group work and other evidence based interventions.
We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and experienced individual to join our friendly, dynamic and professional team. The post-holder will require a high degree of professional autonomy, self-management and drive with the ability to work well in a team and within the multi-agency environment.
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.
Our clinically-led service is strongly committed to continuously improving the experience and quality of care we offer our families. The successful candidate will receive a robust induction program, regular clinical and management supervision to support this role.
The Senior Management Team within North Beds CAMHS is committed to staff development: there are regular opportunities for staff to apply for appropriate training courses and to get involved in quality improvement initiatives and new developments in the service, some associated with a higher banding during the time of the project. We also have a significant number of positions in the trust for clinicians up to band 8D, opening up paths for promotion for ambitious members of staff. The East London NHS Trust prioritizes staff wellbeing and we have a range of staff wellbeing initiatives to support this.
This post is based in Bedford, Bedfordshire, close to the M1 and easily reached by rail and car from North London, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire. The clinic also has the added benefit of free parking and all clinicians are supported by very dedicated and efficient administrative staff. Whilst some of the work is based in the clinic, access to a car is essential as some travel will be required to undertake outreach support at home or other CAMHS/ multi-agency sites.
If you have highly developed communication and leadership skills and would enjoy this opportunity to ensure robust patient safety, improved patient experience, clinical outcomes, quality and performance standards, we encourage you to apply.
This advert closes on Friday 22 Aug 2025