# Specialist CAMHS Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-camhs-psychologist/99172ca7-122f-44bf-bbc9-91f2de07b357 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-camhs-psychologist/99172ca7-122f-44bf-bbc9-91f2de07b357.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East London NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 per annum Inc HCA - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (none) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-21T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-02T07:01:24.715Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/East_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8034972 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8034972?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.elft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview 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 ** FULL JD/PS ATTACHED ** 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. ## Job Details 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. ## Job Description 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. ## Responsibilities ** FULL JD/PS ATTACHED ** 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - - Evidence of specialist clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS - - specialist skills in applying theory to work with individuals, couples, families, groups and organisations ### Knowledge **Essential** - - Masters or Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology consistent with and relevant to CAMHS practice - - Knowledge of and skill in using a wide variety of CAMHS theories and interventions and the ability to use these appropriately in relation to client need and work setting ### Experience **Essential** - - Experience in delivering specialist level mental health interventions in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services - - Experience of working with children and young people with a wide range of complex mental health needs ### Qualifications **Essential** - - Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS. - - Postgraduate Doctorate in Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent) as accredited by the BPS. ## Documents - [elft strategy (pdf, 153.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1708) - [elft at a glance (pdf, 151.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1110) - [elft staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 920.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1111) - [trust demographic information (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1844) - [specialist camhs psychologist (pdf, 352.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10322817) ## 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.