# Clinical Lead > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North East London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-lead/5968bc60-db90-45c2-93c0-98cce90dd983 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-lead/5968bc60-db90-45c2-93c0-98cce90dd983.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** North East London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Meadow Court - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Lead (legacy management group) - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57528.00 to £64750.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-09-18T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-04T13:47:49.269Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9395-26-0502 - **Application URL:** https://jobs.careers.nelft.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?jobid=2015&source=JobtrainNHSJobs - **Employer website:** https://www.nelft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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 ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Basic awareness of IT and IT skills - Ability to communicate clearly and effectively highly complex and sensitive matters to patients, which give rise to psychological distress. - Highly developed ability to integrate complex clinical information into a coherent formulation. - 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. - Ability to tolerate anxiety without recourse to premature action whilst appreciating the role of the supervisor. - Capacity to work alone, involving colleagues and manger as relevant - Capacity to write clear records and observe policies, procedures and guidelines. - Ability to plan and organise own workload and time. - Ability to use outcome monitoring across all clinical work. ### Knowledge **Essential** - An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities - High level knowledge of the theory and practice of short term and long term clinical interventions in SET CAMHS - Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and Adolescents and safeguarding procedures and policies. - Knowledge of NHS, Social Care and Education structures, national policies and frameworks, evidencebased practice including NICE guidelines. - Knowledge of risk management and ability to monitor and assess risk and act accordingly to ensure safety. - Knowledge of research methodology and outcome research methodology and outcome research design and ability to critically interpret research findings. - Knowledge of Electronic record systems, ie Rio, SystmOne ### Experience **Essential** - Extensive experience of working with eating disorders, difficult, disturbed or challenging children/young people requiring skilled and complex interventions. - Extensive experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young People in crisis with complex mental health problems - Experience of carrying out generic assessment with other colleagues in the multidisciplinary team - Experience of specialist assessment carried out autonomously in order to determine the most appropriate treatment plan from a range of options. - Experience of leading and developing a team. - 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 of providing professional teaching and training for other professionals working with the client group within the service and within related agencies. - Experience of providing clinical interventions in different cultural contexts. **Desirable** - 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 of assessing and reviewing medication. - Experience of completing full physical health examinations including ECG and blood tests. ### Qualifications **Essential** - NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy - Successful completion of a post-graduate training in psychological practice (e.g. nurse psychologist, or family therapist) - To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, ACP, AFT, NMC) ### Other / Personal Qualities **Essential** - To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area - To be aware and demonstrate the Trust Values - To be able to work within the Professional Code of Conduct and Ethics. - To be able to work autonomously within the overall framework of the Trust’s policies and procedures. - Able to form good working relationships with others in multi-disciplinary and inter-agency settings. - Evidence of personal resilience and aptitude for dealing with challenging, potentially distressing and highly emotional clinical work. ### Demonstration of Trust Values **Essential** - Putting people first - Prioritising quality - Being progressive, innovative, and continually improve - Being professional and honest - Promoting what is possible, independence, opportunity, and choice ## Documents - [SET CAMHS EDS Clinical lead Band 8a (PDF, KB)](https://jobs.careers.nelft.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1920&JobId=2015) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.