# Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/highly-specialist-clinical-psychologist/26eca268-2fe1-41c7-abb5-73b159bd3447 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/highly-specialist-clinical-psychologist/26eca268-2fe1-41c7-abb5-73b159bd3447.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £66,274 - £73,496 Per annum including HCAS (pro-rata) - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (backfill for post holder on secondment) - **Employment type:** Part time - 18.75 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-07T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-23T12:22:14.489Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/North_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Specialist_Clinician/Specialist_Clinician-v8069749 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8069749?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Whole Family Service is a highly specialist CAMHS which works with families who might have a complex relationship with help. The service uses creative and flexible approaches to engage families whose multiple difficulties mean they might not be able to access a traditional clinic-based service.  The service is co-located across local authority services to enable effective partnership working and facilitate coordination amongst professional networks. The service is comprised of two teams, the Whole Family Team with Perinatal Specialist (WFT-P) and the Whole Family Team (WFT). The WFT-P is a highly specialist service offering psychological therapy to families during pregnancy and with babies, toddlers and children up to the age of 5 years. The WFT is based with Camden local authority social care teams such as safeguarding and family help (previously children’s services), alternative education provision (e.g. SEMH school, PRUs), youth justice, early help and the adolescent prototype team. The teams offer both direct assessments, interventions and consultation to other professionals and comprise of Psychology, Systemic Family Therapy, Child Psychotherapy and Psychiatry, Mental Health Nurses, and Senior Practitioners. ### Main duties of the job The post holder would be expected to spend their time in the WFT supporting the team clinical delivery of a high standard by attending team referral meetings, providing supervision, and attending weekly clinical team and business meetings. The post holder will be based between 5 Pancras Square, the local authority head office, and an allocated specialist Camden service as a link worker. The post holder will hold a complex caseload within the multi-disciplinary team, undertaking a range of clinical assessments and offering highly skilled treatments or therapies that are outcome focused and evidence based, using appropriate therapeutic modalities. You will provide consultation to external agencies such as GPs/schools/Local authorities. The post holder will communicate complex information in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, at times dealing with service users who may be hostile or present challenging behaviours. You will maintain a high standard of clinical records, producing and maintaining good communications with referrers and other professionals involved, liaising with the referrers where appropriate, including liaison with local services and participating in outreach meetings ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - The post holder will hold their own complex caseload within the team including responsibilities for risk management and clinical governance, planning and prioritising these - Undertake clinical assessments of service users/patients and offer highly skilled treatment or therapy using appropriate therapeutic modalities - Work with team manager on intake and referral coordination - Provide consultation to external agencies as required such as GPs/schools/Local authorities - Review cases where patients have impasses, complaints, or disputes with their clinical care - Delegated responsibility for investigating complaints and processing Freedom of Information requests - To ensure, where appropriate, agreed standardised assessment questionnaires are completed with clients as per team protocol and to systematically collect data on caseload as required by the team manager ## Job Details The Whole Family Service is a highly specialist CAMHS which works with families who might have a complex relationship with help. The service uses creative and flexible approaches to engage families whose multiple difficulties mean they might not be able to access a traditional clinic-based service. The service is co-located across local authority services to enable effective partnership working and facilitate coordination amongst professional networks. The service is comprised of two teams, the Whole Family Team with Perinatal Specialist (WFT-P) and the Whole Family Team (WFT). The WFT-P is a highly specialist service offering psychological therapy to families during pregnancy and with babies, toddlers and children up to the age of 5 years. The WFT is based with Camden local authority social care teams such as safeguarding and family help (previously children’s services), alternative education provision (e.g. SEMH school, PRUs), youth justice, early help and the adolescent prototype team. The teams offer both direct assessments, interventions and consultation to other professionals and comprise of Psychology, Systemic Family Therapy, Child Psychotherapy and Psychiatry, Mental Health Nurses, and Senior Practitioners. ## Job Description The post holder would be expected to spend their time in the WFT supporting the team clinical delivery of a high standard by attending team referral meetings, providing supervision, and attending weekly clinical team and business meetings. The post holder will be based between 5 Pancras Square, the local authority head office, and an allocated specialist Camden service as a link worker. The post holder will hold a complex caseload within the multi-disciplinary team, undertaking a range of clinical assessments and offering highly skilled treatments or therapies that are outcome focused and evidence based, using appropriate therapeutic modalities. You will provide consultation to external agencies such as GPs/schools/Local authorities. The post holder will communicate complex information in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, at times dealing with service users who may be hostile or present challenging behaviours. You will maintain a high standard of clinical records, producing and maintaining good communications with referrers and other professionals involved, liaising with the referrers where appropriate, including liaison with local services and participating in outreach meetings ## Responsibilities The post holder will hold their own complex caseload within the team including responsibilities for risk management and clinical governance, planning and prioritising these Undertake clinical assessments of service users/patients and offer highly skilled treatment or therapy using appropriate therapeutic modalities Work with team manager on intake and referral coordination Provide consultation to external agencies as required such as GPs/schools/Local authorities Review cases where patients have impasses, complaints, or disputes with their clinical care Delegated responsibility for investigating complaints and processing Freedom of Information requests To ensure, where appropriate, agreed standardised assessment questionnaires are completed with clients as per team protocol and to systematically collect data on caseload as required by the team manager ## Person Specification ### Skills/ Abilities **Essential** - Evidence of clinical experience of working with client population. 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 - Experience of assessment and treatment of the full range of presenting problems in the client population - Some experience of clinical supervision - Experience of providing consultation and supervision to professionals from other agencies - High level of skill and knowledge in safeguarding and risk management **Desirable** - Some experience of clinical management of staff - Some experience of involvement in project work e.g. quality improvement - Experience of working to deliver service delivery targets - Skills for assessing and communicating highly complex client conditions and applying appropriate clinical treatments ### Experience/ Knowledge **Essential** - Willingness to contribute to strategic and business planning - Skills for assessing and communicating complex client conditions and applying appropriate clinical treatments **Desirable** - Knowledge and familiarity with NCL Provider Collaborative aims and ambitions ### Qualifications/ Registrations **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, Educational Psychologist, Counselling Psychologist, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist \[HCPC\], Mental Health Nurse \[RMN\], Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist \[ACP\], or Systemic Family Psychotherapist \[AFSP, UKCP **Desirable** - Additional trainings in CYP Psychological Therapies, e.g. CBT, CBT for ASD/LD or Systemic - Additional trainings in: NVR, PBS, AMBIT, EMDR, TF-CBT, DDP, DBT, NET ## Documents - [occupational health form (pdf, 116.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10368825) - [job description and person spec (pdf, 216.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10368824) - [a comprehensive guide for candidates (pdf, 544.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2959) ## 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.