Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Deputy Head CAMHS

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

A dedicated mental health service provider in Greater London is seeking a Consultant Clinical Psychologist to lead the CAMHS Disability Service. The successful candidate will oversee clinical and operational management while ensuring high-quality service delivery and compliance with national guidance. Extensive NHS CAMHS experience and leadership training are essential. This role offers a competitive salary and is integral to enhancing mental health care pathways for children and young people.

Qualifications

• Extensive NHS CAMHS clinical experience required.
• Leadership training and pathway leadership skills are essential.
• Experience in supervision of psychological professionals needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and operational leadership for the service.
• Manage the Disability CAMHS service effectively.
• Line management of staff and support team structures.
• Ensure effective and safe service delivery with compliance to governance standards.

Skills

NHS CAMHS clinical experience

Leadership training

Supervision of psychological professionals

Finance operational and clinical leadership

Strategic skills

Job description

Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Deputy Head CAMHS

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The closing date is 05 January 2026

Community CAMHS is a large mental health service comprising many teams and integrated pathways from a "getting help" level through to "getting risk support". We are in the Children and Community Services Division within the Homerton Healthcare University Trust, embedded in multidisciplinary working with child health and community health partners, leading the neighbourhood and placed based agenda for children. We work in an integrated way with other mental health services within the borough, via a CAMHS Alliance and hold the CAMHS SPA, front door for MH CYP services.

Due to a long service clinician retiring, a rare opportunity has arisen for a consultant level CAMHS clinician to lead the CAMHS Disability Service at the Hackney Ark, in partnership with the other Deputy Head of CAMHS in post. Under the direction of the Head of CAMHS, this post will form the Senior Management team with the Operational Lead, to strategically and operationally manage Community CAMHS. Community CAMHS comprises CAMHS Disability (intellectual disability and mental health) and SCAC (Autism and ADHD Assessments), First Steps (early intervention and community psychology), WAMHS, and the CAMHS Alliance SPA. This post will have primary responsibility for CAMHS Disability including SCAC. The post holder will lead on SEND and Transitions in the borough and be a senior manager deputising for the Head of Service.

Main duties of the job

The CAMHS Disability Service is a well-established part of Community CAMHS, and offers a wide range of care pathways (0‑18 years; moderate to profound neurodevelopmental, ASD, LD/ID and physical disabilities, and neurodisability assessments for CYP without intellectual disability) including specialist therapeutic interventions, neurodevelopmental assessments with post‑diagnostic support, MDT and group interventions, SPA/duty and initial assessments and brief, focused interventions for autism. Systemic and relational models form the basis for much of our work, alongside behavioural techniques and a variety of specialist, evidence‑based approaches. Referrals are diverse, reflecting our local community which we are proud to serve. We are part of delivering the local mental health in schools programme within special schools, and an innovative enhanced support offer. Training, CPD and reflective practice are an integral part of our offer to all staff, as is regular clinical supervision in accordance with good practice guidelines and Trust Policy.

We are based at Hackney Ark, a centre that provides a comprehensive range of health services for children and young people with disabilities, additional needs and vulnerabilities. We are committed to the delivery of high quality, integrated, multi‑disciplinary and multi‑agency health care to the local community alongside our partners in Education, Social Care and the voluntary sector.

About us

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well‑regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Job responsibilities

• Provide clinical and operational leadership for the service and ensure delivery of a high quality CAMHS with particular emphasis on early intervention and prevention and increase the sustainability of the department.
• Operationally manage the Disability CAMHS service, ensuring the service is safe and effective e.g. to ensure adequate workforce planning to meet governance standards and NICE and national guidance, e.g. recruitment.
• Line management of staff within the team at band 8 pathway/locality lead and senior managers and support the structures within the teams
• Budget management including approving invoices and time sheet oversight, as well as contributing to service level budget meetings
• To co‑ordinate the work of the service on a day to day basis, resolving operational and clinical issues as a consultant clinical psychologist or equivalent independently and effectively with the team whilst seeking advice and support from the Head of Community CAMHS as appropriate
• To directly provide clinical supervision to staff as appropriate and ensure effective clinical supervision processes are in place across the teams, pathways and service.
• To ensure CPD and training requirements are robust to ensure maintenance and up‑skilling of clinical practice and service development. To ensure staff meet requirements for their professional registration and career development.
• Following development of Single Point of Access (SPA) incorporating ELFT and Homerton Healthcare hosted by Community CAMHS, role is to provide clinical and operational oversight to the CAMHS Alliance board of the SPA. Oversight of referral meetings including clinical communication with referrers and consulting with other professionals re complex risk issues
• To continue delivering and developing SPA and implementing CAMHS alliance goals.
• Ensure efficient decision making and referral onwards to key agencies e.g. Young Hackney , Tier 3 CAMHS, Children Social Care, MHST, Hackney Education, ILDS
• To monitor and oversee wait times, ensuring compliance with KPIs and effective management of waiting lists utilizing demand and capacity to understand clinical pressures, trends and capacities to enable flexibility and adaptations to meet service demand in changing times as part of CAMHS Alliance integrated response.
• To set up processes within the service for comprehensive data collection to evidence both individual case work and whole service productivity and effectiveness. Manage processes and provide meaningful narratives for monthly reporting, quarterly reports ensuring accurate and timely reports are compiled, validated and submitted
• To deputise for Head of Community CAMHS as required, responding to requests from Homerton Healthcare senior management (DOD), commissioners, ICB or strategic partners across the CAMHS alliance and NEL.
• Promote clinical leadership through development of robust clinical supervision structures for the service to ensure delivery of a high quality CAMHS with particular emphasis on early intervention and prevention and Disability, To ensure high quality clinical work across all pathways including SPA, SCAC/NDT, WAMHS, ISP, First Steps, Quick Steps, Transition to adult, IAPT 16‑25 and SEND.
• Ensure delivery of child and family centred health outcomes, using consultation, training and direct work through a range of settings as appropriate for the service (childrens centres, primary care, schools, community organisations, youth support settings, and specialist settings)
• To ensure the systematic provision of a high quality specialist Mental Health Service, multidisciplinary CAMHS (including clinical psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, Family therapy, Nursing, Education Psychology, Psychotherapy, CWPs, RTT therapists, assistant psychologists and CAMHS practitioners)
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of practice across the team
• To ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional supervision and support of all MDT CAMHS staff for which the post holder has designated professional responsibility
• Manage staffing issues and performance queries eg datix, Rio activity completion, change forms, sickness forms, health roster; training and annual leave, complaints, FOIs, legal requests, business continuity planning, pandemic continuity planning, compliance with trust policy including PDR, Homerton Mandatory Training, maternity etc.
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• To be an active member of the Community CAMHS senior management team. To participate in thinking about strategic development of the service, growth and service reputation.
• To ensure compassionate leadership is embedded at all levels of the service, To ensure high level communication between strategic leadership and front line staffing. E.g. through ensuring the delivery of whole service and pathway meetings.
• To assist the Head of Community CAMHS with implementing policy and service development changes within the areas served by the teams.
• To carry out audit evaluation, service development and research as required to meet governance standards and CAMHS alliance and Homerton Healthcare Trust priorities.

Person Specification

Experience

• extensive NHS CAMHS clinical experience
• leadership training and pathway leadership and evaluation skills
• supervision of psychological professionals
• Finance and service operational and clinical leadership
• Exec, ICB and senior management strategic skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£85,431 to £97,148 a year pro rata p.a. inc.