Clinical Psychologist; NDT​/ADHD

Position: Clinical Psychologist (NDT/ADHD)
Job summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic and creative Clinical Psychologist with considerable Neurodevelopmental CAMHS experience, to come and work in the socially and ethnically diverse borough of Tower Hamlets. Tower Hamlets CAMHS is a friendly, thriving and innovative service; ELFT has a strong ethos of Quality Improvement, and we are keen to continually develop our service.

The service includes professionals from various disciplines including psychiatry, nursing, social workers, psychology, occupational therapy, psychotherapy and family therapy, who come together to provide high-quality holistic care for young people and their families.

This is a community-based post, across the Neurodevelopmental Team and the ADHD pathway within Tower Hamlets CAMHS. The post holder will directly contribute to the positive working environment within 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.

Main duties of the job Within the Neurodevelopmental Team, the post holder will provide evidence-based episodes of care, assessments and treatment to young people with moderate to severe Learning Disability. The post holder will bring clinical psychology knowledge and skills to this team. NDT provide a broad range of evidence-based interventions including an established group programme (supporting behaviour, sleep, and a neuroaffirmative group for YP who have received recent diagnosis of ASC), Positive Behaviour Support, ASC assessment clinic, consultation to CAMHS colleagues and schools, and direct work with children and their families, which the post holder will contribute towards.

The post holder will join committed and enthusiastic colleagues.

Within the ADHD pathway, the post holder will contribute to the assessment and treatment of young people and families in this pathway, as well as leading on service development/quality improvement projects in the service. The post holder will provide assessments and evidence-based interventions for children and young people with suspected neurodevelopmental disorders.

About us 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.

Clinicians work in a hybrid modelof direct face to face and remote working as appropriate.

We are looking for: good communicators with energy, motivation and enthusiasm; the ability to work with individuals and families with complex difficulties and to work effectively with multi-disciplinary and multi-agency contexts; flexibility of approach; commitment to evidence-based practice; and the pursuit of the highest possible quality of service.

You can see what our service users want from you at: we want in a CAMHS health professional - ELFT CAMHS video recruitment

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Date posted
01 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

BandBand 8aSalary
66,274 to 73,496 a year

Per annum inc HCA

Contract Permanent Working  pattern

Full-time

Reference number
363-SS8128777-AJob locations

Tower Hamlets CAMHS
18 Greatorex Street London E1  5NF
United Kingdom Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached

Job Description and Person Specification for more details.

For more information and/or an informal discussion, please contact:

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