Assistant Clinical Lead

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust seeks an Assistant Clinical Lead for their Home-Based Intensive Support Team in Liverpool. The role involves leadership of a multidisciplinary team, strategic service development, and providing clinical supervision to ensure high-quality mental health services for children and young people. The ideal candidate will have a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, strong communication skills, and extensive experience in the field. A competitive salary package and a supportive work environment await.

Benefits

Outstanding benefits package

Qualifications

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and registration with HCPC is essential.
• Extensive experience in specialist CAMHS and team leadership required.
• Ability to provide high competency in clinical management and supervision.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a multidisciplinary team ensuring high-quality clinical care.
• Provide clinical and operational supervision to team members.
• Support the long-term planning and sustainability of the service.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical Supervision

Communication

Team Management

Strategic Development

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

Job summary

Band 8B Assistant Clinical Lead Role (ACL)- Permanent

Assistant Clinical Lead - Crisis Care Home-Based Intensive Support Team

Alder Hey Children's Hospital

Alder Hey is seeking to recruit an Assistant Clinical Lead (ACL) Clinical Psychologist to support leadership within the Home-Based Intensive Support Team.

Key Responsibilities

• Service Leadership: Lead and manage a multidisciplinary team (MDT), ensuring high-quality clinical care and operational effectiveness.
• Strategic Development: Support the long-term planning and sustainability of the service in line with Trust and service goals.
• Partnership Working: Collaborate with external partners across health, education, and local authority sectors to deliver integrated care.
• Clinical Supervision: Provide clinical and operational supervision to team members, promoting best practices and professional development.
• Performance Oversight: Contribute to service performance monitoring and improvement, under the guidance of the Clinical Lead.

Ideal Candidate

We're looking for amotivated, confident leaderwith a passion for improving children and young people's mental health services. The role requires strong communication skills, the ability to work across organisational boundaries, and a commitment to clinical excellence.

Main duties of the job

The Assistant Clinical Lead is a key member of the Crisis Care Community Division Mental Health Services Leadership Team based at Alder Hey Children's hospital and will be responsible for the clinical management of their MDT in addition to providing clinical supervision to assigned clinicians.

The post will support clinical, strategic and performance leadership for the service and will also perform responsibilities delegated by the Clinical Lead as appropriate, including being responsible for designated areas of service development and leadership tasks - this will be guided by the Clinical Lead and the Service and Trust's vision.

Clinically, the post holder will support staff via clinical supervision and operational supervision to ensure the team are supported to provide clinical intervention of the highest standard.

About us

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year. In addition to the hospital site located in the West Derby area of Liverpool, Alder Hey has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients' homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man.

The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at Sunflower House Inpatient Unit based in the Catkin building on the Alder Hey Hospital campus.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We're also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package.

Details Date posted

21 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,455 to £74,896 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

411-COM-25-7276033

Job locations

Alder Hey Hospital

Eaton Road

Liverpool,

L12 2AP

Job description Job responsibilities

CLINICAL MANAGEMENT / CLINICAL LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE Clinical Management

• To support team members to assess, treat and discharge children and young people effectively.
• To ensure appropriate data is completed by clinicians within their MDT e.g. Routine outcome measures and other clinical documents.
• Oversee safe use of equipment and resources
• Conduct appraisals of staff within the team (Performance & Development Reviews)
• Identify training needs and coordination of continuing professional development in conjunction with the wider Leadership team
• Provide clinical supervision support to staff from own and other services /teams as agreed with the Clinical Lead

Job description Job responsibilities

CLINICAL MANAGEMENT / CLINICAL LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE Clinical Management

• To support team members to assess, treat and discharge children and young people effectively.
• To ensure appropriate data is completed by clinicians within their MDT e.g. Routine outcome measures and other clinical documents.
• Oversee safe use of equipment and resources
• Conduct appraisals of staff within the team (Performance & Development Reviews)
• Identify training needs and coordination of continuing professional development in conjunction with the wider Leadership team
• Provide clinical supervision support to staff from own and other services /teams as agreed with the Clinical Lead

Person Specification Education & Training Essential

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent pre 1996) and registration with HCPC
• A recognised health or social care qualification and be registered with the appropriate governing body supported by experience at an equivalent doctorate level
• Post-grad training in a recognised therapeutic speciality and be registered with UKCP/HPC or equivalent
• Or Clinical Masters Degree or relevant experience at doctorate level or equivalent
• Further training/study in relation to specialist supervision within CAMHS

Desirable

• A recognised and appropriate management training or equivalent

Experience Essential

• Extensive experience of working in specialist CAMHS
• Extensive experience of leading multi- disciplinary team work
• Experience of leading and supervising a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of training/teaching staff
• Extensive experience of offering consultation to children, young people and their families and to other staff groups and partner agencies
• Ability to supervise CAMHS workers.
• Evidence of leading change initiatives
• Experience of engaging / liaising with local support networks for children, young people and families

Desirable

• Experience of strategic and business development of CAMHS provision
• Ability to engage staff in the future shaping of services and strategic visioning.

Knowledge Essential

• Ability to provide a high level of competency and autonomy in analysing presenting problems in the context of the child and family and/or wider social context
• Ability to work utilising a range of integrated therapeutic perspectives and modalities dependent on the needs of the client.
• Understanding of the application of psychological and other theories relating to a multi-cultural and socially diverse population
• Knowledge of legislation relevant to CAMHS provision

Person Specification Education & Training Essential

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent pre 1996) and registration with HCPC
• A recognised health or social care qualification and be registered with the appropriate governing body supported by experience at an equivalent doctorate level
• Post-grad training in a recognised therapeutic speciality and be registered with UKCP/HPC or equivalent
• Or Clinical Masters Degree or relevant experience at doctorate level or equivalent
• Further training/study in relation to specialist supervision within CAMHS

Desirable

• A recognised and appropriate management training or equivalent

Experience Essential

• Extensive experience of working in specialist CAMHS
• Extensive experience of leading multi- disciplinary team work
• Experience of leading and supervising a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of training/teaching staff
• Extensive experience of offering consultation to children, young people and their families and to other staff groups and partner agencies
• Ability to supervise CAMHS workers.
• Evidence of leading change initiatives
• Experience of engaging / liaising with local support networks for children, young people and families

Desirable

• Experience of strategic and business development of CAMHS provision
• Ability to engage staff in the future shaping of services and strategic visioning.

Knowledge Essential

• Ability to provide a high level of competency and autonomy in analysing presenting problems in the context of the child and family and/or wider social context
• Ability to work utilising a range of integrated therapeutic perspectives and modalities dependent on the needs of the client.
• Understanding of the application of psychological and other theories relating to a multi-cultural and socially diverse population
• Knowledge of legislation relevant to CAMHS provision

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

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Alder Hey Hospital

Eaton Road

Liverpool,

L12 2AP

Employer's website

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

Employer details Employer name

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Alder Hey Hospital

Eaton Road

Liverpool,

L12 2AP

Employer's website

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