CAMHS Practitioner – Clinical Psychologist

Job overview

This is a community Clinical Psychology post based in Emotional & Behavioural/EB1 team within Tower Hamlets CAMHS.

The majority of referrals to CAMHS are seen by the two Emotional Behaviour teams, which leads to a wide variety of clinical presentations being held by these teams.

The post holder will offer flexible, evidence-based episodes of care including a range of assessment and treatment options such as individual, parenting, family and group-based interventions, as well as specialist CAMHS advice/consultation and liaison with other agencies.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will join a supportive and vibrant culturally diverse service and contribute to the positive working environment of our multi-disciplinary teams. There is a large group of Clinical Psychologists working across all aspects of CAMHS.

The post holder will require a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management and will be required to account for their professional practice through appraisal and audit.  ELFT has a strong ethos of Quality Improvement and we are keen to continually develop our service.

We strive to provide an accessible, high-quality mental health service for young people in Tower Hamlets which is sensitive to their cultural, ethnic, religious, contextual, family and developmental needs.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

For more information and/or an informal discussion, please contact: Dr Sarah Oliver, Specialist Clinical Psychologist - [email protected].