Bank Clinical Psychologist Band 7
The closing date is 16 December 2025
Job summary
To provide Psychological support to the Children's Learning Disability Team within CAMHS. To work with children and young people using a range of psychological assessments and interventions.
Main duties of the job
Provide a range of highly specialist CAMHS assessment and treatment interventions for children and young people (0-18yrs) and their families/carers who present with emotional and mental health difficulties as well as those children and young people who have learning disabilities.
Provision will be in accordance to the application of a range of profession specific models of clinical practice.
Provide clinical leadership within the team alongside undertaking clinical responsibility for a caseload involving complex and high-risk clinical formulation and decision making, adhering to risk management and care planning processes in line with Care Programme Approach (CPA) and liaising with Trust and multi-agency partners across Gloucestershire as required.
There will be a specific focus upon providing specialist clinical assessment, formulation and treatment for those highly vulnerable children and young people who have high clinical risk and other complex/multi agency needs.
To include clinical supervision of band 6 team members / assistantpsychologists.
About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Details
Date posted
10 December 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£24.45 to £27.98 an hour per hour
Contract
Bank
Working pattern
Flexible working
Reference number
327-25-1039
Job locations
Evergreen House
Charlton Lane, Leckhampton,
Cheltenham
GL53 9DZ
Employer details
Employer name
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Evergreen House
Charlton Lane, Leckhampton,
Cheltenham
GL53 9DZ
Employer's website
https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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