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Main area CIT Clinician Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (FTC for one year) Hours Part time - 15 hours per week Job ref 455-NLFT-8216672 Employer North London NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site North London NHS Foundation Trust Town London Salary £58,133 - £65,261 Per annum pro rata inclusive of Inner London HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 18/10/2026 23:59 Thank you for your interest in North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT). 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. By bringing together our combined expertise, we are building a stronger, more collaborative Trust—one that delivers consistent, high-quality care and improved outcomes for the diverse communities we serve. At the heart of our approach isThe North London Way. We are committed to: • Working collaboratively at every level, guided by our shared values, • Shaping a positive, inclusive culture where staff and service users thrive, • Empowering our teams with the skills, tools and autonomy to drive meaningful change, • Delivering excellence and continuously improving the quality of care we provide, • Embedding research, innovation and technology across our services, • Taking a trauma-informed approach in everything we do We are proud to be an inclusive employer that values diversity. We actively welcome applicants from all backgrounds, particularly from our local communities, and are committed to creating opportunities for everyone—including apprentices, veterans and care leavers. The North London Way to deliver: Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities. As a values‑driven Trust, we recruit through our values. Our selection processes focus on behaviours, attitudes, and examples that reflect our organisational values and commitment to compassionate, high‑quality care. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a set of technology that can perform various tasks that typically required human intelligence. Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role. We recognise that AI tools can support accessibility, equity and confidence for applicants. However, it’s important that examples and responses genuinely reflect your own experience and abilities, as these will be explored further during the selection process. AI must not be used to provide misleading or false information during any stage of the application journey. North London NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring that its recruitment processes are carried out with integrity, transparency, and fairness for all applicants. To help maintain these standards, we ask candidates to provide accurate and truthful information throughout the recruitment process. If incorrect or misleading information is identified, this may affect the progression of an application, any employment offer, or continued employment. As part of our due diligence, the company may verify the information provided by applicants and take appropriate act ion where necessary. We do not charge applicants any fees at any stage of the recruitment process, including applications, interviews, sponsorship arrangements, pre-employment checks, or employment offers. All vacancies are advertised through TRAC/NHS Jobs and candidates are assessed solely on their skills, qualifications, experience, and suitability for the role. If you are asked to make a payment in connection with an NHS job opportunity, please treat this as suspicious and contact the organisation directly using the details published on our official career's website. The Clinical Intake Team services as an internal Single Point of Access, with the aim of supporting seamless referral pathways, ensuring that CYP and families are directed to the right type of support at the right time. The postholder will work alongside other colleagues in ensuring that all referrals are screened and where necessary decide when further information from the CYP/Family, referrer or other professionals is needed. The postholder will become familiar with various CAMHS clinicians that are linked in with primary and secondary schools and work alongside other Highly Specialist Clinicians, Specialist Clinicians and Practitioners within the Camden CAMHS services. The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of evidenced based care to a group of service users, conscious of their changing healthcare needs and varying levels of complexity, working collaboratively, with other clinicians and stakeholders. The post holder will hold a caseload of highly complex service users. You will be required to work within a multi-disciplinary team delivering a range of outcome focused, evidence based, and complex interventions and responsible for the formulation and delivery of specialised programmes of care. The post holder will contribute to the quality, safety and continuous improvement of services provided to service users and their families. The post holder will foster a culture of networking in an open and transparent way with internal and external partners. You will act as a positive role model and participate in the education, development and mentorship of other staff. You will ensure that all organisational systems and processes are adhered to. Main duties of the post 1. Clinical duties, leadership, and supervision, 2. The post holder will hold their own highly complex caseload within the team including risk management and clinical governance, 3. Provide clinical supervision to trainees and less experienced practitioners, 4. Provide consultation as required to external agencies, for example to GPs/Schools/Local Authorities, 5. Undertake clinical assessments of service users/patients and offer skilled treatment or therapy using appropriate therapeutic modalities., 6. To ensure, where appropriate, agreed standardised assessment questionnaires are completed with clients as per team protocol and to systematically collect data on caseload as required by the team lead/manager, 7. To formulate specialised programmes for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a service user/patient’s psycho-social difficulties taking into account multiple theoretical differences and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties. North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people. • 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., • We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology. 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 The post holder will be aligned with our values: • We Are Kind, • We Are Respectful, • We Work Together, • We Keep Things Simple, • We Empower, • We Are Proudly Diverse 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. Please see the attached job description and person specification for more details of the role and requirements of the vacancy. • Degree level as a minimum plus developed specialist and practical knowledge equating to postgraduate degree/ Masters level, • Registration with HCPC or relevant body as a Clinical Psychologist, Educational Psychologist, Counselling Psychologist, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Nurse, Psychotherapist, or Systemic Therapist, • Evidence of clinical experience of working with client population. A clear track record of managing complexity and risk whilst maintaining high standards of service delivery, • A comprehensive understanding of the changing NHS and Social Care environment and the challenges they face, • Experience of working at all levels of the system with internal and external stakeholders, • Expertise of managing and treating the client group Some experience of clinical supervision, • Some experience of clinical management of staff, • Some experience of involvement in project work e.g. quality improvement, • High level of skill and knowledge in safeguarding and risk management, • Personal duty of care in relation to equipment or resources, • Basic keyboard skills for updating client records, • Ability to manage own clinical case load, • Willingness to contribute to strategic and business planning, • Skills for assessing and communicating complex client conditions and applying appropriate clinical treatments, • Demonstrate equality, diversity and inclusion awareness and application of EDI issues, • Proactive, positive and enthusiastic attitude, • Ability to work effectively within a team, • Ability to remain calm whilst under pressure, • Flexible approach to working hours to meet Services needs, • Ability to travel 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. 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 References will be required to cover your last 3 years of employment/training. One has to be from your current or most recent employer and the others from your previous employer. The references should be from persons with management responsibility or HR. Please note, in order to progress your application your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of North London NHS Foundation Trust. As part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (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 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 are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating an inclusive, fair, and supportive workplace for all. We actively welcome applications from individuals who are under‑represented within our workforce and are dedicated to eliminating discrimination in all its forms. 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. By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at improving efficiencies within the NHS both to make costs savings for NHS organisations but also to save you time when your employment transfers. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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