Band 8a Clinical Psychologist- CAMHS Inpatients

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Leicester is seeking a Band 8a Clinical Psychologist to join their adolescent inpatient team. The role involves leading psychological services and collaborating with a diverse multi-disciplinary team to ensure high-quality care for young people. Candidates should have a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and experience in trauma-informed practices. This permanent position offers opportunities for professional development and a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Supportive professional development programs

Qualifications

• Expertise in trauma-informed care and best practices for adolescents.
• Ability to lead and contribute to multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong advocacy skills for psychological needs in clinical settings.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead psychological services in the inpatient unit.
• Ensure high-quality clinical psychology service for clients.
• Represent the psychological needs of young people in meetings.
• Collaboration with multi-agency networks for client outcomes.

Skills

Experience in working with young people

Knowledge of psychological assessment

Teamwork and multi-agency collaboration

Training and supervision skills

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Tools

Psychological assessment tools

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Posted:

12.08.2025

Expiry Date:

26.09.2025

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Job Overview

8a Clinical Psychologist, 37.5 hrs (part-time considered), permanent.

We are advertising for a full or part time 8a Clinical psychologist to take a lead role in the provision of a high quality, specialist psychology service within an adolescent inpatient setting.

The post holder will be an experienced psychologist with extensive knowledge and expertise in working with young people and their families who will join our strong multi-disciplinary team at The Beacon CAMHS general adolescent unit. The Beacon is a 15-bedded purpose-built facility for young people (13-18) with complex needs who require intensive therapeutic and risk support. The team at the Beacon is made up of a diverse MDT including: Speech and Language Therapy, Psychiatry, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Family Therapy, and on site Education colleagues.

Psychological input is highly valued within the service and there is scope for flexibility within the role to suit the successful applicants areas of strength and passion. The post holder will work alongside the specialist MDT to support least restrictive, trauma informed treatment, lead and develop team formulation meetings and contribute to the support of the staff team, via supervision and reflective practice.
As a CAMHS service we are striving to continually improve our service and we have recently launched a core trauma-informed pathway of care.

Leicester also has a 'tier 3.5' service (the CAMHS Intensive Community Support Team) that works closely with the inpatient unit to offer admission avoidance and facilitated discharge work to reduce the number of unhelpful inpatient admissions. The successful candidate will be closely supported by a Consultant Clinical Psychologist working within the CAMHS Intensive Community Support Team and 8B Clinical Psychologist working within the CAMHS Crisis Team who make up the qualified psychology input across the acute pathway.

We are advertising for a Clinical Psychologist to join our large team of Psychologists working across CAMHS. Our CAMH service is a large multi-disciplinary service of over 180 professional staff. Our CAMHS service is comprehensive and in addition to the City and County Outpatient teams has specialist teams for inpatient adolescent services, learning disabilities, primary mental health services, children and young people with eating disorders, crisis services, intensive community support services for those at risk of admission, looked after and adopted children, young offenders and homeless children and paediatric psychology.

There is ongoing work across CAMHS and the wider Trust to embed anti-racist culture across our services to ensure that our services are accessible, effective and safe places for the diverse communities we serve within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR). CAMHS has a Race Equity Group that works hard to address systemic inequalities and make CAMHS more culturally responsive. We also have a senior role focused on community participation and health inequalities that is focused on building more meaningful links with members of the communities we serve, and engage in meaningful co-production work to improve mental health support across LLR. The Trust also has a 'Together Against Racism' strategy, working with partner agencies to embed anti-racist practice across the organisation.

We are especially keen to hear from candidates who reflects the diverse communities we serve.

Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

• To develop and lead the provision of psychological services within the inpatient unit, alongside support from psychology colleagues within the acute pathway.
• To ensure the systematic provision of a high quality, specialist clinical psychology service, to clients admitted to the Beacon Unit.
• To represent and advocate for the psychological needs of the young person and family within ward rounds, CPA reviews and formulation meetings.
• To work closely and professionally with the multiagency network around the child and family to secure best outcomes.
• To propose and implement policy and service development changes within the service area.
• The post holder must be a confident and competent trainer to deliver training to MDT colleagues on the ward. Supervision of a clinical psychology trainee and contribution to service development will also be required.
• We are keen to support people in their continued professional development. The post holder will be joining a large supportive service with good levels of supervision and a personal development programme to help achieve further relevant training targets.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.