Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
38 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
- Skills
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively highly complex and sensitive matters to patients, which give rise to psychological distress.
- Skills
Highly developed ability to integrate complex clinical information into a coherent formulation.
- Skills
Specialist skill in the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside SET CAMHS.
- Skills
Ability to tolerate anxiety without recourse to premature action whilst appreciating the role of the supervisor.
- Skills
Capacity to work alone, involving colleagues and manger as relevant
- Skills
Capacity to write clear records and observe policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Skills
Ability to plan and organise own workload and time.
- Skills
Ability to use outcome monitoring across all clinical work.
- Knowledge
An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities
- Knowledge
High level knowledge of the theory and practice of short term and long term clinical interventions in SET CAMHS
- Knowledge
Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and Adolescents and safeguarding procedures and policies.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of NHS, Social Care and Education structures, national policies and frameworks, evidencebased practice including NICE guidelines.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of risk management and ability to monitor and assess risk and act accordingly to ensure safety.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of research methodology and outcome research methodology and outcome research design and ability to critically interpret research findings.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of Electronic record systems, ie Rio, SystmOne
- Experience
Extensive experience of working with eating disorders, difficult, disturbed or challenging children/young people requiring skilled and complex interventions.
- Experience
Extensive experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young People in crisis with complex mental health problems
- Experience
Experience of carrying out generic assessment with other colleagues in the multidisciplinary team
- Experience
Experience of specialist assessment carried out autonomously in order to determine the most appropriate treatment plan from a range of options.
- Experience
Experience of leading and developing a team.
- Experience
Experience of initiating, organising and planning inter-agency meetings aimed at setting in place a treatment package tailored to the individual needs of a child/young person.
- Experience
Experience of providing professional teaching and training for other professionals working with the client group within the service and within related agencies.
- Experience
Experience of providing clinical interventions in different cultural contexts.
- Qualifications
NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
- Qualifications
Successful completion of a post-graduate training in psychological practice (e.g. nurse psychologist, or family therapist)
- Qualifications
To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, ACP, AFT, NMC)
- Other / Personal Qualities
To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area
- Other / Personal Qualities
To be aware and demonstrate the Trust Values
- Other / Personal Qualities
To be able to work within the Professional Code of Conduct and Ethics.
- Other / Personal Qualities
To be able to work autonomously within the overall framework of the Trust’s policies and procedures.
- Other / Personal Qualities
Able to form good working relationships with others in multi-disciplinary and inter-agency settings.
- Other / Personal Qualities
Evidence of personal resilience and aptitude for dealing with challenging, potentially distressing and highly emotional clinical work.
- Demonstration of Trust Values
Putting people first
- Demonstration of Trust Values
Prioritising quality
- Demonstration of Trust Values
Being progressive, innovative, and continually improve
- Demonstration of Trust Values
Being professional and honest
- Demonstration of Trust Values
Promoting what is possible, independence, opportunity, and choice
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Extensive experience of working with children and adolescents with comorbid difficulties and special needs (i.e. combination of organic and emotional deficits, such as autistic spectrum disorders and trauma).
- Experience
Experience of assessing and reviewing medication.
- Experience
Experience of completing full physical health examinations including ECG and blood tests.
Job summary
An exciting opportunity to work within an innovative and friendly SET CAMHS Eating Disorder Service We are looking for an compassionate, skilled and experience Psychologist or Cognitive Behaviour Therapist to join our multi disciplinary team and support the development and implementation of a range of NICE concordant interventions for the SET CAMHS Eating Disorder Core Pathway and Day Service. The post holder will work with the Band 8b Principal Clinical lead to help support the delivery of psychological support and share clinical oversight across the service. They will be responsible for assessment, treatment and outcome measurement and provide Line and Clinical Supervision to staff as well as development. The post holder would require a Professional registration (HCPC/UKCP/BABCP/AFT) and/or accreditation.
Main duties of the job
This post would suit clinicians with experience working with young people who present with mental health disorders, adapting support for young people with neurodevelopment issues and working with the wider systems including education, social care, Acute Hospital, Psychiatric Hospitals and family/carers.
About us
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.
Details
- Date posted: 04 September 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 8a
- Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: WHX-3EL-001989
- Job locations: Widford Hall, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 8TD, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
To provide an efficient, effective, comprehensive and specialist psychological service for children and adolescents with emotional and mental health problems, their carers/parents and families.
To contribute to Multi-Disciplinary assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with emotional and mental health problems, their carers/parents and families.
To undertake a range of highly specialist clinical work, urgent assessment work, parenting support and specialist cases.
To provide extensive expert supervision and consultation on SET CAMHS cases to other multi-disciplinary staff within SET CAMHS, including junior medical staff.
To contribute to audit and research.
To actively engage in treatment and outcome monitoring, including the use of normed measures associated with CYP-IAPT
To work in clinical practice, making use of supervision, within the overall framework SET CAMHS and the Trust’s policies and procedures
We are a friendly and innovative team covering the Essex, South End and Thurrock
You would have experience of supervising and managing others. You would also have a keen interest in developing innovative strategies to support young people and their families.
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT. They are:
- We are kind.
- We are respectful.
- We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes Hospital.
Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period.
Certificates of Sponsorship Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust. .
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as possible as some posts close early to limit the number of applications.
ADD CONTACT DETAILS FOR CONTACT /. INFORMAL CHATS OR VISITS
NAME Jubeida Adams
JOB TITLE Team Manager CONTACT NUMBER 0300 3001600 EMAIL Jubeida.Adams@nelft.nhs.uk
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This advert is for Clinical Lead with North East London NHS Foundation Trust in Ilford, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Lead (legacy management group) role. The advertised salary is £57528.00 to £64750.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 18 Sep 2026.
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