CAMHS Clinical Specialist

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in London is seeking a Clinical Specialist for its Adolescent Team. The role involves coordinating care for young people with mental health challenges, working with a supportive multi-disciplinary team. Candidates should have strong clinical skills and be able to manage their own caseload. The organization offers a comprehensive benefits package including flexible working options, career development opportunities, and employee discounts.

Benefits

Generous pay, pensions, and leave

Flexible working options

Career development programs

Car lease benefits

Accommodation assistance

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Strong clinical skills in mental health.
• Experience working with children and adolescents.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate care and treatment for children and young people.
• Support and advise families and professional networks.
• Manage a clinical caseload and conduct assessments.

Skills

Clinical skills

Team collaboration

Assessment and treatment

Job description

As a Clinical Specialist in the Adolescent Team, you will work alongside the MDT and contribute to the delivery of high quality, evidence-based assessment and treatment. As a Clinical Specialist you will act as a care coordinator, assessing and treating children and young people in the team working in collaboration with the MDT. You will also be involved in supporting and advising parents and carers of young people referred to the service as well as offering consultation and advice to their professional networks. The post holder may be expected to offer supervision to junior colleagues. You will be responsible for a clinical caseload, involved in assessment, care planning and offer interventions for young people with support from the wider MDT. There are opportunities for joint working with a range of professionals across the service, for delivering teaching and for contributing to group work.

Southwark Child and Adolescent Service (CAMHS) is seeking to recruit an innovative CAMHS Clinical Specialist with strong clinical skills to work in its multi-disciplinary Adolescent Team (MDT). Our dynamic and supportive MDT consists of psychiatry, clinical psychology, nursing, therapist and social work professionals. The team provides assessment and evidence-based therapies to young people aged 12 to 18 with complex mental health difficulties including depression, emerging psychosis, OCD, PTSD and social anxiety. The team has close links with Youth Offending Services, an Assertive Outreach Team and numerous National and Specialist Services. The team also works in close partnership with social care, education and local third sector services and is committed to providing high-quality, collaborative evidence-based interventions. A well developed culture of innovation exists within CAMHS and SLaM, and team members are involved in both research and service development projects. SLaM has an excellent support structure for clinicians interested in conducting research and quality improvement initiatives. The team benefits from strong academic links and regular CPD opportunities. SLaM is committed to ensuring staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance.

• Generous pay, pensions and leave. SLaM offers a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on role and length of service.
• Work-life balance. SLaM offers flexible working and supports part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development. SLaM provides plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
• Car lease. SLaM staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars.
• Accommodation. SLaM staffbenefits from keyworker housing, available on selected sites.
• NHS discounts. SLaM staff are eligible for discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though health service discount websites.

Other Benefits

• Counselling services.
• Wellbeing events.
• Long service awards.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Season ticket loan.
• Childcare vouchers.
• Staff restaurants.