CAMHS LIST Clinical Psychologist

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust in Milton Keynes is seeking a senior CAMHS LIST Psychologist to shape crisis and intensive community mental health care for children and young people with complex needs.

You will deliver specialist assessments, provide evidence-based interventions, supervise junior staff, influence service development, and collaborate across community, home, and hospital settings to reduce admissions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist psychological assessments and formulations for children and young people presenting in crisis.
• Provide evidence-based psychological interventions (e.g. CBT, DBT-informed, systemic or trauma-informed approaches), tailored to individual need.
• Offer psychological consultation and formulation to the multidisciplinary team to support complex decision-making.
• Provide clinical leadership within LIST, supporting psychologically informed care across the service.
• Work flexibly across community, home, and acute settings, including liaison with acute hospitals.
• Contribute to risk formulation and management of high-risk presentations.
• Supervise, mentor and support junior psychology staff, trainees and MDT colleagues.
• Contribute to the operational and clinical development of the service, including pathway design and improvement initiatives.
• Lead or support audit, service evaluation and research activities.
• Work collaboratively with partner agencies to support young people and reduce unnecessary hospital admissions.

Job description

Step into a senior psychological role where your expertisewill shape the delivery of crisis and intensive community mental health care. As a CAMHS LIST Psychologist, you will play a key role in supporting children and young people experiencing significant emotional distress and complex mental health needs, while influencing service development and clinical practice., You will work with children and young people presenting with moderate to severe and complex mental health needs, providing specialist psychological input within crisis and intensive support pathways. In this role, you will:

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist psychological assessments and formulations for children and young people presenting in crisis.
• Provide evidence-based psychological interventions (e.g. CBT, DBT-informed,systemicor trauma-informed approaches), tailored to individual need.
• Offer psychological consultation and formulation to the multidisciplinary team to support complex decision-making.
• Provide clinical leadership within LIST, supporting psychologically informed care across the service.
• Work flexibly across community, home, and acute settings, including liaison with acute hospitals.
• Contribute to risk formulation and management of high-risk presentations.
• Supervise, mentor and support junior psychology staff,traineesand MDT colleagues.
• Contribute to the operational and clinical development of the service, including pathway design and improvement initiatives.
• Lead or support audit, serviceevaluationand research activities.
• Work collaboratively with partner agencies to support young people and reduce unnecessary hospital admissions.

Join Us

If you are an experienced and passionate psychologist ready to lead, innovate, and make a meaningful difference, this is your opportunity to thrive.

About CNWL

You will be joining an organisation that:

• Invests in your professional and leadership development.
• Supports progression into senior clinical,academicor strategic roles.
• Encourages innovation, servicetransformationand continuous learning.
• Values diversity and promotes an inclusive working culture.

You willbenefitfrom strong leadership support, regular supervision, and opportunities to influence service direction.

About Milton Keynes CAMHS

You will be part of Milton Keynes CAMHS, a growing and innovative service delivering responsive and evidence-based mental health care for children and young people.

• A well-established crisis pathway through the LIST service, with ongoing transformation opportunities.
• Strong partnership working with acute hospitals, GPs, schools, children'sservicesand voluntary sector organisations.
• A collaborative, supportive multidisciplinary team culture.
• A commitment to staff wellbeing,supervisionand professional development.

For further information, please visit the Milton Keynes CAMHS website.Milton KeynesCAMHS :: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust