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City and Hackney Specialist CAMHS
Specialist CAMHS Psychologist (Emotional and Behavioural Pathway/Wellbeing and Mental Health in Schools)
Band 7 or Band 6 until accredited if soon to be qualified
Full time, permanent post - 37.5 hours, 1.0wte
We are seeking an enthusiastic and creative Specialist Psychologist with CAMHS and liaison experience to come and work in the socially and culturally diverse borough of City and Hackney.
We welcome applications from newly qualified or soon to be qualified psychologists.
The successful candidate will be part of a stimulating and supportive multidisciplinary Emotional and Behavioural team (E&B). This role will include a WAMHS role (Wellbeing and Mental health in Schools), working in a secondary school one day a week. The role may also include an opportunity of group work. There is a strong commitment to clinical supervision and professional development within CAMHS and the wider NHS Foundation Trust including many learning and teaching opportunities.
Main duties of the job
This post will provide a specialist psychology service within City and Hackney CAMHS to young people and their families/carers and their network. This is a community-based post, located within the Emotional and Behavioural Pathway (E&B) in City & Hackney CAMHS offering flexible, evidence-based episodes of care, assessments and treatments, including group-work.
The post holder will directly contribute to the positive working environment within the multi-disciplinary team and will work collaboratively with CAMHS colleagues to develop and improve the work of the service.
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. The post holder will play a direct role in Quality Improvement (QI) and audit projects as necessary.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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As a specialist psychologist, the post holder will potentially clinically supervise the work of assistant psychologists, trainees, and qualified junior CAMHS staff.
It is possible that this role might contain up to a day a week working within the Wellbeing and Mental Health in Schools (WAMHS) service in the future.
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This advert is for Specialist CAMHS Psychologist with East London NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £58,133 - £65,261 per annum Inc HCA. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 21 Jun 2026.
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