# Clinical Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-psychologist/73ec12ad-b7d7-4130-9810-324519ed2f6d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-psychologist/73ec12ad-b7d7-4130-9810-324519ed2f6d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Tavistock Centre - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 per annum, inclusive of HCAS pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent: Monday to Friday - **Employment type:** Part time - 18.75 hours per week (Must be available Thursdays) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-01T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-18T09:30:36.951Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/North_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Clinical_Psychologist/Clinical_Psychologist-v8236378 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8236378?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you passionate about working with children and young people with complex mental health and neurodevelopmental needs? Are you committed to reflective and anti-discriminatory practice? Do you want to be part of an innovative, supportive and engaging team? The Autism and Learning Disabilities Team is seeking a highly motivated and committed Clinical Psychologist with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. The post-holder will provide their psychological expertise to multi-disciplinary clinical assessments, interventions and reviews of service effectiveness. Interventions that may be provided include research- and evidence-informed approaches that make a difference for the children, young people and families we work with. This is an exciting time to be joining the service in terms of the strategic aims in the NHS Long Term Plan to ensure that all people with a learning disability, autism or both can live happier, healthier and longer lives. ### Main duties of the job The post-holder will be expected to offer highly specialised assessments and interventions with children and young people with disabilities and their parents/carers, within a multidisciplinary context. For this role, there is also a particular emphasis on diagnostic assessment for young people where there are concerns about social communication and interaction as well as their mental health. Relatedly, the post-holder will also support the management of the autism assessment waiting list and utilise their research skills to carry out audits and service evaluations relevant to the service. Professional supervision is provided by the discipline and the post-holder will also be responsible for clinically supervising and managing the workload of assistant psychologists and other more junior members of staff within the service. The team works with children and young people up to the age of 25 and has a long-standing national and international reputation for the application of psychodynamic psychotherapies and other evidence-informed approaches to meet the mental health needs of this client group. We are keen to develop our offer further and to support staff to develop innovative clinical practice in assessment and treatment, including group work as appropriate. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - High level of skill and knowledge in safeguarding and risk management - Ability to manage own clinical case load ### Experience **Essential** - Evidence of clinical experience of working with client population and of undertaking Autism Assessments - A clear track record of managing complexity and risk whilst maintaining high standards of service delivery - A comprehensive understanding of the changing NHS and Social Care environment and the challenges they face - Experience of working at all levels of the system with internal and external stakeholders - Expertise of managing and treating the client group Some experience of clinical supervision **Desirable** - Some experience of clinical management of staff - Some experience of involvement in project work e.g. quality improvement ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree level as a minimum plus developed specialist and practical knowledge equating to postgraduate degree/ Masters level - Registration with HCPC or relevant body as a Clinical Psychologist, **Desirable** - ADOS/ 3DI or ADIR trained ## Documents - [functional reqs (pdf, 100.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10546819) - [jd-ps clinical psychologist (pdf, 552.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10546817) - [jd-ps clinical psychologist (pdf, 624.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10546818) ## 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.