CAHMS Team Lead | University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

University College London Hospital; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in the UK is seeking an experienced Senior Clinician to manage and deliver a specialist CAMHS service as part of the Lighthouse. This role involves leading multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring high professional standards, and contributing to research and service improvement in a supportive environment. Ideal candidates will have a doctorate in clinical psychology and experience in child psychology. The trust is committed to flexible working and sustainability, making it a top choice for healthcare professionals.

Benefits

Flexible working conditions

Commitment to sustainability

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical settings working with children and young people.
• Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong understanding of psychological therapies and child safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the CAMHS service delivery.
• Contribute to professional supervision and standards.
• Conduct research and audits relevant to service improvement.

Skills

Clinical input expertise

Leadership skills

Knowledge of child psychology

Research skills

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent

Job description

We are looking for an experienced senior clinician (Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychologist/Child Psychotherapist) to lead, manage and plan the delivery of a highly specialist CAMHS service as part of the Lighthouse. This is a maternity cover post for one year.

The Lighthouse is the first UK Barnahus (Child House), an evidence-based international model of best practice for supporting CYP following sexual abuse, with a growing number of Barnahus services opening in Europe and beyond each year. The Lighthouse is a multi‑professional, child‑centred and trauma‑informed service and a national leader in the field, providing holistic multi‑disciplinary assessment, physical and emotional health support, safeguarding and criminal justice support under one roof in a child‑friendly environment. This includes Achieving Best Evidence interviews led by Lighthouse CAMHS practitioners and access to remote trials from the Lighthouse.

The service is led by University College London Hospitals working with the NSPCC and Metropolitan Police Service. CYP who live in the five boroughs in North Central London: Camden, Islington, Enfield, Haringey and Barnet can be referred or can self‑refer to the service.

To lead, manage and plan the delivery of a highly specialist CAMHS psychological therapy service as part of the Lighthouse, a multi‑disciplinary Child House supporting children and young people who have experienced sexual abuse and their families.

Key responsibilities

• To personally provide expert clinical input across the Lighthouse and to lead the CAMHS/psychological therapies care pathways.
• To be responsible to the Lighthouse Clinical Lead for the monitoring and implementation of professional standards in the practice of psychological therapies and for the systematic and effective provision of professional supervision.
• To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
• To ensure the conduct of research, service evaluation and audits relevant to the service and the research agenda, including outcomes reporting.
• To be responsible for the good clinical governance, quality and appropriateness of the work of CAMHS practitioners in the service.
• To work in close collaboration with other Lighthouse leads (in Practice Development, Social Work, Advocacy, Paediatric Health and Police roles) to fulfil and further develop the multi‑disciplinary offer to children and families, contributing to a culture of collaboration, integrated practice and continuous learning.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top‑quality patient care, excellent education, and world‑class research.

Locations

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world‑class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net‑zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*: UCLH top trust to work at in England – In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit: Flexible working. To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

This advert closes on Monday 5 Jan 2026