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Salary for this role£49,387 – £56,515 a year

Health and Care route minimum£25,000 a year

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Closest occupation match: SOC 2225, Clinical psychologists. Pay for this occupation is set by national pay scales (NHS bands), so no single Home Office going rate applies.

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Role description

Job summary

Band 7 - Clinical Psychologist for Specialist Children and Young People Services (SCYPS) and Autism Diagnostic Service (CHAND)

Paediatric Community Services - Newham, East London Foundation Trust

Are you an innovative, creative clinical psychologist interested in autism? Would you like to bring your clinical skills to be an integral part of SCYPS and support continuous improvement?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist to join SCYPS and our multidisciplinary paediatric Autism Diagnostic Service known as the CHAND Service which is:

The Children with Autism in Newham - Diagnosis Service

Because every child deserves to shine

In Sanskrit based languages such as Bengali/Urdu/Hindi/Punjabi, 'Chand' means 'the moon' or 'to shine'. In old English and French 'Chand' comes from the word for candle - as in Chandelier.

Here at the CHAND service we take referrals from professionals, for children aged 2- 17 years, where there are concerns about the possibility of Autism. Working with families, our multidisciplinary team will gather information and observations, aiming to form a unique picture of the child's abilities and challenges. In the near future we will continue building on the service to also assess co-morbid conditions to provide a broader picture of the child's neuro developmental profile.

Main duties of the job

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.

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.

Date posted

23 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year Per annum inc HCA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

363-SS8271496-B

Job locations

Forest Gate

Newham

London

E7 0EP

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

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.

Person Specification

Edication/ Qulifications

Essential

oPostgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.
oCurrent HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist (Clinical)

Experience

Essential

oExperience of working with children and young people with autism spectrum disorder, learning disabilities and co-morbid diagnoses.
oExperience of the application of clinical psychology in family, group and individual settings, and different cultural contexts.
oExperience of working with children and young people and of working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
oExperience 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

oExperience of teaching, training and providing professional and clinical supervision
oExperienced in the administration of the Autism Diagnostic Schedule (ADOS-2)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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