CAMHS Clinical Lead

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job overview

We are thrilled to announce the recruitment of Clinical Leads for our SET CAMHS Eating Disorder Service across Essex. This is a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic and passionate Systemic Family Therapist/ Clinical Psychological professional to make a significant impact in the lives of young people and their families.

As a Clinical Lead, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the delivery of high-quality care within our team. You will be responsible for developing and overseeing a needs-led, evidence-based clinical model. At SET CAMHS, we adopt the iTHRIVE framework, which guides care provision across our services. In this role, you will oversee the quality of clinical care within the team while maintaining direct involvement in delivering exceptional interventions to young people and their families.

Main duties of the job

As a Clinical Lead, you will:

Lead and drive clinical improvements within the service, ensuring the delivery of the highest standards of care.

Collaborate with operational managers and partner agencies to provide integrated care.

Support and develop the workforce through supervision, consultation, and training.

Contribute your expertise within multidisciplinary team (MDT) and leadership meetings.

Hold a small caseload of young people with more complex needs.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification.

Starting with NELFT NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff.

Working for Us 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 and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Successful completion of a post-graduate training in psychological practice (e.g. psychologist, family therapist, child and adolescent psychotherapist)

Desirable

• To be eligible for registration as a full member of the appropriate professional body (e.g. HCPC, ACP, AFT)

Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience of working with children and adolescents with co-morbid difficulties and special needs. (i.e. combination of organic and emotional deficits, such as autistic spectrum disorders and trauma).

Desirable

• Experience of using observation (eg. In school contexts) to contribute to assessments of children.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

Tattersall Way

Chelmsford

Essex

CM2 8TD

Employer's website

https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)