CAMHS Specialist Practitioner Psychologist | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in London is seeking a Specialist Practitioner Psychologist to join their team. This permanent position involves providing assessments and evidence-based interventions for young people with complex mental health needs. You will work within a supportive clinical team and have opportunities for professional development. Flexible working arrangements are available. This role closes on 17 Sep 2025.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Support for professional development

Qualifications

• Experience with high-risk behaviors in young people.
• Ability to deliver psychological interventions to diverse groups.
• Knowledge of mental health needs and neurodiversity.

Responsibilities

• Conduct highly specialist assessments of young people.
• Provide evidence-based psychological interventions.
• Offer clinical supervision and consultation as needed.
• Engage in service evaluation, audit, and research.

Skills

Highly specialist assessments

Evidence-based psychological interventions

Clinical supervision

Autonomous professional practice

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

Overview

The N&S CAMHS Adolescent At-risk & Forensic Service (AAFS) is a national and specialist service within the South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. AAFS are delighted to be recruiting a 1 WTE Band 7 Specialist Practitioner Psychologist to join our team on a permanent basis. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a responsive, specialist service for young people and families who present with high risk alongside complex mental health needs and neurodiversity. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to consolidate skills in formulation, intervention, and risk management within a skilled and supportive clinical team.

The post holders will provide a specialist clinical service to the Adolescent At-risk & Forensic Service, National and Specialist CAMHS.

Responsibilities

• Highly specialist assessments of young people with complex mental health needs, high-risk behaviours (e.g., self-harm, aggression, sexual offending) and/ or risk of exploitation (sexual and criminal). Assessments include structured risk and neuropsychological assessments.
• To provide direct and indirect evidence-based psychological interventions for young people, their families and the systems around them.
• To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
• To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate.
• To undertake service evaluation, audit and research.
• To work as an autonomous professional within professional guidelines and codes of conduct and guided by the policies and procedures of the service.

About our locations

The post will be based at the Maudsley Hospital which is located in Denmark Hill, less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2) and is within walking distance from green spaces (e.g., Ruskin Park) and a vibrant high-street (Camberwell). (Due to move to the Pears Maudsley Children and Young People (PMCYP) at the Maudsley Hospital in late 2025/early 2026)

Flexible working

As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 09:00 to 17:00. This may include working early mornings or late evenings and some Saturdays as part of the core working hours/working pattern for this post.

Team and culture

The post holders will provide a specialist clinical service to the Adolescent At-risk & Forensic Service, National and Specialist CAMHS. We are a friendly and supportive team committed to professional and personal development. We are committed to addressing inequality in access, experience and outcomes for children and staff from diverse backgrounds and take an anti-racist approach. Our team is made up of clinical psychologists, a forensic psychologist, a social worker, clinical psychology trainees, MSc placement students, and assistant psychologists. We are actively involved in research and have close links with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, Doctoral Training Programme in Clinical Psychology. We recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce and the positive impact this has on our staff and our service users. We welcome and actively encourage applications from those with lived experiences of mental health and care services and from black and minority groups.

This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Sep 2025