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Job summary

Main area
Clinical Psychology/Counselling Psychology
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Secondment: 12 months
Hours
Part time - 18.75 hours per week (0.5 WTE)
Job ref
220-WHT-8264293
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northern Health Centre
Town
London
Salary
£58,133 - £65,261 per annum including HCAS (pro-rata)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/10/2026 23:59

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Whittington Health NHS Trust logo

CAMHS Clinician - CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Team

Band 7

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Job overview

CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Clinician (Clinical psychologists, Counselling psychologists)

0.5 WTE  sessions within Islington CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Team.

We are looking for proactive, creative and highly skilled colleagues to join a dynamic multi disciplinary neurodevelopmental diagnostic service for CYP 5-18 years. The successful applicant(s) will be passionate about promoting a holistic,  neuro-affirmative, strength based approach to the process of assessment and diagnosis of autism and ADHD, and associated conditions, and reaching vulnerable families in our borough. 

Main duties of the job

Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role. If you are unable to access the PDF, the details of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Borough

Islington is a wonderfully diverse borough. Despite its relatively small size it is densely populated with a resident child population of 40,000, which is about 20% of the total. The borough is a varied community with extremes of affluence and poverty. There is a broad cultural mix from a range of ethnic minority groups.

The Post

The post will involve leading and contributing to multi disciplinary assessments of autism, adhd and associated/overlapping conditions. The NDT provides holistic assessments within a strong multi disciplinary framework which includes clinical psychology, psychiatry, paediatrics,  speech and language therapy, family therapy and occupational therapy. Other opportunities could include: supporting and supervising of junior staff; contributing to the programme of post diagnostic support for parents and YP; contributing to service developments and Quality improvement projects.

 

 

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Post-graduate/doctoral level qualification in a core profession and appropriate registration (e.g. HCPC)
  • ADOS training

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Able to confidently and competently take a generic developmental history.
  • Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communication
  • Skills in the assessment of clinical risk and safeguarding concerns.
  • Strong report writing skills; able to use Word and Excel and analyse/present basic data
  • Significant cognitive assessment competence

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Understands the importance of assessment that explores and considers individual cultural identity and associated support needs.
  • Able to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team, actively engaging in and supporting rotas, peer support, training and skills development
  • Understands the process for keeping safe, secure and relevant clinical records
  • Experience of working with children in a mental health or neurodevelopmental context.
  • Experience of screening for neurodevelopmental conditions.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jen Gallagher
Job title
Clinical Psychologist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02033161824
Additional information

For further details / informal visits contact

Name

Vicky Matthews/ Jen Gallagher

Job title

Clinical psychologists, Joint managers NDT

Email address

[email protected]

[email protected]

Telephone number

020 3316 1824

 

 

 

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