Clinical Psychologist
East London NHS Foundation Trust
London, E7 0EPView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
8 November 2026
16 days leftJob description
Band 7 - Clinical Psychologist for Specialist Children and Young People Services (SCYPS) and Autism Diagnostic Service (CHAND) Paediatric Community Se...
1. The post holder will undertake joint ASC assessments within the CHAND diagnostic service and contribute to diagnostic discussions. They will consult to the wider team on psychological formulations and mental health presentations, linking with wider CAMHS colleagues in Newham CAMHS as appropriate. They will conduct cognitive and adaptive functioning assessments when needed. They will clinically supervise the Assistant Psychologist in the team and link with the Educational Psychologists and other Clinical Psychologists from the service.
The successful applicant will have relevant experience of working with children and families within the specialism of autism, and ideally experience of working within an autism diagnostic service.
Based within the Child Development Service, the service works closely with multidisciplinary partners such as speech and language therapists, dieticians, paediatricians, occupational therapists, specialist nurses, and has established close working links to local tertiary hospital specialist teams at the Royal London Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital.
1Please refer to the detailed job description and person specification attached to the vacancy for full details of the role requirements and eligibility and other supporting documents.
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Edication/ Qulifications
Essential
- Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.
- Current HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist (Clinical)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children and young people with autism spectrum disorder, learning disabilities and co-morbid diagnoses.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in family, group and individual settings, and different cultural contexts.
- Experience of working with children and young people and of working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups with medical and physical conditions, presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a range of care settings, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and providing professional and clinical supervision
- Experienced in the administration of the Autism Diagnostic Schedule (ADOS-2)
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
23 October 2026
Last checked
23 October 2026
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