Job summary
Employer heading
CAMHS Clinical Team Lead
NHS AfC: Band 8b
We have been working together in a Partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust for some time, with a single Chair and Chief Executive since 2021 and single Executive Team since 2022. We launched our North London Mental Health Partnership Strategy in May 2023 and in July 2023 our Boards agreed that coming together to create one new Trust is best for our service users, our staff and our local communities. Subject to final approvals, we will be formally established as one new Trust on 1 October 2024.
Our new trust website is: Home | North London Mental Health Partnership
Job overview
This role is to work in partnership with the Consultant Psychiatrists and other clinical leads on the clinical service and development of the Enfield CAMHS Generic Team.
We welcome applications from diverse backgrounds, of clinicians from either of the following:
- HCPC registered Psychologists
- Systemic Family Therapy Psychotherapy with professional registration with the UKCP
- Psychotherapists accredited by the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) with full membership of the Professional Standards Authority (PSA)
The role includes holding a clinical caseload providing expert therapeutic intervention, as well as the clinical leadership of the service.
This role is supported by job planning along with support from leads within Enfield Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS).
Working alongside the Consultant Psychiatrists and Team Manager, holding responsibility for the delivery of clinical care and for implementing and reviewing Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs) ensuring the provision of high-quality services within frameworks agreed by the Trust and the Commissioners.
Main duties of the job
This role is to lead on the clinical service and development of the CAMHS Generic team within the service. The role includes having a clinical caseload providing expert therapeutic intervention. This role is supported by job planning along with support from leads within Enfield CAMHS.
Working for our organisation
The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.
In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services 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, Enfield and Harringay Trust and Camden and Islington Trust. 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder has overall responsibility for the delivery of clinical care and for implementing and reviewing policies, Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs) to that ensure the provision of high-quality services within frameworks agreed by the Trust; Commissioners; and Key Stakeholders.
Please see Job Description for further details.
Person specification
Qualifications/ Registrations
Essential criteria
- Formal Clinical Qualification & Registration as per Person Spec
- Evidence of post registration CPD
- Clinical supervision training
Desirable criteria
- PHD / doctorate qualification related to clinical practice
- Trained and accredited in more than one therapeutic modality
- BPS Chartership
- Leadership qualification
Skills/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to contain explore & formulate high levels of distress: Pts. & Staff
- Good IT skills with knowledge of electronic clinical records and Microsoft systems
- Clinical supervision and appraisal skills
- Good MDT working
- Ability to identify provide and promote appropriate means of support to CYP MH
Desirable criteria
- Consultation skills to other professional and non-professional groups
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential criteria
- At least 2 years post qualification experience at Band 8a or higher in CYPMH
- Experience of providing psychological therapies to CYP and families: moderate to severe mental health
- Experience of child safeguarding procedures & CYPMH Community
- Experience of developing clinical practice
- Experience of clinical audits & improvement action plans
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching, training &/or professional and clinical supervision.
Personal & Other
Essential criteria
- Commitment to client centred, non-discriminatory practice.
- Ability to transfer to other health and non-healthcare sites
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Khushbu Haria
- Job title
- Clinical Services Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8702 5100
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