Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
Acting as a senior clinician within NELFT Adult Autism Service providing specialist diagnostic autism assessment, advice, and consultation to other service providers.
Providing specialist post intervention services to individuals referred to the Adult Autism Service.
Main duties of the job
· To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others workload in the day-to-day allocation of work.
· To deputise when required in the team manager’s absence.
· To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them.
· To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.
· To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing risk and ensuring they are added to the Trust register when appropriate.
Working for our organisation
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
1. We are kind.
2. We are respectful.
3. We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
Starting with Us
NELFT places great importance on new starters being properly welcomed into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will also have the opportunity to meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend several drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing, and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,714 to a maximum of £5, pro rata for part time).
Use of AI
Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI
during the recruitment process.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
·Acting as a senior clinician within NELFT Adult Autism Service providing specialist diagnostic autism assessment, advice, and consultation to other service providers.
·Providing specialist post intervention services to individuals referred to the Adult Autism Service.
·Providing comprehensive mental health needs and risk assessments of clients within the Adult Autism Service.
·Providing consultation and liaison to other professionals working with individuals with autism in the Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge, and Waltham Forest localities, both community and in-patient based.
·Delivering specialist training across different tiers of service and within the wider professional network
·Contributing to the operational management of the NELFT Adult Autism Service
·Managing the work of specialist autism clinics for community and inpatient services.
·Developing, with others in the NELFT Adult Autism Service, audit and evaluative measures to record outcomes of the service.
·Supervising qualified practitioners, assistants / trainees, and students within the service.
·Providing specialist consultation and training to a variety of professionals across different tiers of mental health service and external agencies such as local authorities and the third sector.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
4. Doctorate qualification in psychology (Clinical or Counselling) or equivalent accredited by the British Psychological Society
5. HCPC registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
6. Qualification in one or more modality of psychology
Desirable criteria
7. Evidence of Continuing Professional Development as required by the British Psychological Society
8. Recognised qualification and/or training in supervision
experience
Essential criteria
9. Substantial recent post - qualification experience in a designated post within services for autism, cognitive disorders or other relevant service area
10. Knowledge and experience with working with safeguarding issues, issues concerning risk and highly complex mental health problems
Desirable criteria
11. Experience of delivering specialist consultation / training to a variety of audiences
knowledge
Essential criteria
12. A highly developed awareness of a wide range of mental health interventions and theories and their practical application to autism
13. Well-developed knowledge and skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
Desirable criteria
14. Up-to-date knowledge of strategic frameworks and relevant legislation
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
15. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
16. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
17. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
18. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.