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Clinical Psychologist – Barnet CAMHS NDS Team
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Main area CAMHS mental health clinician: psychotherapy, psychology, social work and AHPs Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent: 0.6 WTE Hours Part time – 22.5 hours per week (N/A) Job ref 455-NLFT-8074165
Site Holly Oak, Edgware Community Hospital Town London Salary £63,665 – £70,887 per annum inclusive of HCAS (pro-rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 25/10/2026 23:59
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As of 1 April 2026, NLFT has formally merged with Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust—marking the start of an exciting new chapter. This is a unique opportunity to join a forward-thinking organisation at a time of transformation, where we are strengthening access to mental health services, responding more effectively to complex and specialist needs, and advancing our work in education, research and innovation.
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part-time Band 8a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist (0.6 WTE, 3 days) to join the Barnet CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Service, based at Holly Oak Clinic, Edgware Community Hospital.
The post holder will be an active member of the multidisciplinary team, providing leadership and specialist neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people aged 6–18. The role includes delivering pre- and post-diagnostic support, including psychoeducation and group work, as well as managing a small caseload of psychological therapies to support wider mental health needs. You will also work closely with families, schools and partner agencies to support effective multi-agency working.
The service is guided by the iThrive Framework and promotes collaborative working and shared learning. We offer regular supervision, reflective practice and a wide range of CPD opportunities, including training in neurodevelopmental assessment and evidence-based interventions.
Barnet CAMHS Psychology is a supportive, inclusive and innovative team, offering excellent opportunities for professional development and leadership growth. Staff are encouraged to contribute to service development and the delivery of creative, evidence-based practice.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide a specialist neurodevelopmental assessment and intervention service for children and young people referred to the Barnet CAMHS NDS, working closely with families and carers. You will lead on complex ASD and ADHD assessments, contribute to MDT diagnostic decisions, and deliver evidence-based interventions, including pre- and post-diagnostic support and group programmes.
You will manage a clinical caseload and also hold a small therapy caseload within the generic CAMHS team to support wider mental health needs.
The role includes providing consultation and advice to families, schools, and partner agencies, contributing to holistic care planning. You will undertake and lead on risk assessment and management, ensuring robust safeguarding practice and supporting colleagues in this area.
You will use advanced clinical reasoning in assessment, formulation, intervention, and supervision, and provide clinical supervision to junior staff. The role also includes contributing to service development, audit, and quality improvement initiatives.
Work will be delivered across clinic, community, and remote settings, with participation in duty systems to respond to urgent situations where required.
Working for our organisation
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
- With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
- We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
Why NLFT?
We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
- We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
- NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
- Excellent internal staff network
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Provide specialist neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, including ASD and ADHD
Lead on complex assessments, formulation and diagnostic decision-making within the multidisciplinary team
Deliver evidence-based psychological interventions, including individual therapy, group programmes, and pre- and post-diagnostic support
Manage a clinical caseload, including a small therapy caseload within the generic CAMHS team
Provide consultation, advice and support to families, schools, GPs, and partner agencies to ensure joined-up care
Undertake and lead on risk assessments, ensuring safe practice and adherence to safeguarding procedures
Provide clinical leadership within the team, supporting pathway management and service delivery
Offer clinical supervision, mentoring and support to junior staff, including Assistant Psychologists and trainees
Contribute to MDT meetings, care planning, and service-wide decision-making
Maintain accurate and timely clinical records, reports, and outcome measures
Contribute to service development, audit, research, and quality improvement initiatives
Support training and development within the team and wider service
Work flexibly across clinic, community (e.g. schools or home visits), and remote settings
Participate in duty systems, including responding to urgent or crisis situations
Person specification
Experience/ Knowledge
- Experience and Knowledge of working with children and young people with neurodevelopmental difficulties in mental health services, including the application of clinical risk assessment and safeguarding procedures in this area
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Experience & knowledge of undertaking neurodevelopmental assessments including autism and ADHD
- Knowledge of neurodevelopmental conditions and related mental health conditions.
- Practical experience administrating ADOS-2
- Good working knowledge of current and emerging areas of good practice in neurodevelopmental assessment and neurodevelopmental services
- Knowledge and skills in the use of complex methods of assessment and intervention, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Ability to contain, explore and formulate an understanding of high levels of distress, both directly with patients and indirectly in their network
- Capacity to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, and situations where there may be resistance, verbal aggression, or the threat of physical aggression.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with children, young people and families.
- Experience of supervising junior staff
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Understanding of the need and rationale for using evidence -based interventions.
- Experience of both group and individual work
- Experience of work in multidisciplinary team/multi – agency contexts
- Experience of working with diverse communities and within a multi -cultural setting.
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
- Ability to manage own caseload and time.
- Skills in using IT, including office applications, clinical record systems (e.g. RIO) and database/statistical applications.
- Experience of providing evidence based psychological interventions to neurodiverse populations
- Experience in enabling service user participation.
- Practical experience administrating AD-IR or 3di
- Experience of cognitive assessments (WPPSI-IV, WISC-V, WAIS-IV)
- Experience of teaching and training.
- Implementing audit or research in a healthcare setting.
Personal Qualities
- Respectful
- Positive approach
- Being able to work together with other professionals, colleagues, clients and their families.
- A commitment to service users’ participation across the levels of clinical practice, team/service, and the organisation
- High level of enthusiasm and motivation.
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively.
- Ability to be self -reflective whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development, and in supervision
SKILLS/ ABILITIES
- Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
- Strong commitment to teamwork and development
- Ability to work effectively with a range of people
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work flexibly and to be responsive to the needs of the service.
- Ability to provide person-centred care
Qualifications/ Registrations
- Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or equivalent)
- Registration with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Trained in ADOS-2
- Trained in ADI-R or 3di
Other Requirements
- To be aware and demonstrate the Trust Values
- To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts, we reserve the right to close any vacancies before the stated closing date. Therefore, please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
In line with NHS protocols, only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We regret that it is not possible to contact all applicants for every vacancy. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been shortlisted for the next stage.
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As a Disability Confident (Two Ticks) employer, we guarantee an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role and are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
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