CAMHS Clinician - CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Team

Band 7

Main area Clinical Psychology/Counselling Psychology Grade Band 7 Contract Secondment: 12 months Hours Part time - 18.75 hours per week (0.5 WTE) Job ref 220-WHT-8264293

Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Northern Health Centre Town London Salary £58,133 - £65,261 per annum including HCAS (pro-rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 07/10/2026 23:59

CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Clinician (Clinical psychologists, Counselling psychologists)

0.5 WTE sessions within Islington CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Team.

We are looking for proactive, creative and highly skilled colleagues to join a dynamic multi disciplinary neurodevelopmental diagnostic service for CYP 5-18 years. The successful applicant(s) will be passionate about promoting a holistic, neuro-affirmative, strength based approach to the process of assessment and diagnosis of autism and ADHD, and associated conditions, and reaching vulnerable families in our borough.

Main duties of the job

Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role. If you are unable to access the PDF, the details of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Borough

Islington is a wonderfully diverse borough. Despite its relatively small size it is densely populated with a resident child population of 40,000, which is about 20% of the total. The borough is a varied community with extremes of affluence and poverty. There is a broad cultural mix from a range of ethnic minority groups.

The Post

The post will involve leading and contributing to multi disciplinary assessments of autism, adhd and associated/overlapping conditions. The NDT provides holistic assessments within a strong multi disciplinary framework which includes clinical psychology, psychiatry, paediatrics, speech and language therapy, family therapy and occupational therapy. Other opportunities could include: supporting and supervising of junior staff; contributing to the programme of post diagnostic support for parents and YP; contributing to service developments and Quality improvement projects.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

• Post-graduate/doctoral level qualification in a core profession and appropriate registration (e.g. HCPC)

Skills & Abilities

• Able to confidently and competently take a generic developmental history.
• Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communication
• Skills in the assessment of clinical risk and safeguarding concerns.
• Strong report writing skills; able to use Word and Excel and analyse/present basic data
• Significant cognitive assessment competence

Knowledge & Experience

• Understands the importance of assessment that explores and considers individual cultural identity and associated support needs.
• Able to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team, actively engaging in and supporting rotas, peer support, training and skills development
• Understands the process for keeping safe, secure and relevant clinical records
• Experience of working with children in a mental health or neurodevelopmental context.
• Experience of screening for neurodevelopmental conditions.

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with theLondon Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Other important information

• You must already have the right to work in the United Kingdom or fully meet the eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. We welcome applications from candidates who require visa sponsorship; however, we can only consider these where all UKVI requirements are met. Before applying, please ensure that both you and the role satisfy the relevant UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) points‑based system criteria, as applications that do not meet these requirements cannot be progressed. For more information about the criteria, please click here
• Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
• In submitting an application form, you authorise WhittingtonHealth NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks youridentity and right to work documentation will be verifiedremotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk

Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organization

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Jen Gallagher Job title Clinical Psychologist Email address jen.gallagher@nhs.net Telephone number 02033161824 Additional information

For further details / informal visits contact

Name

Vicky Matthews/ Jen Gallagher

Job title

Clinical psychologists, Joint managers NDT

Email address

vicky.matthews1@nhs.net

jen.gallagher@nhs.net

Telephone number

020 3316 1824