Highly Specialist CAMHS Clinician | Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in London is seeking a Highly Specialist CAMHS Clinician to lead a team in providing early intervention and community psychology services. The role involves managerial responsibilities, direct clinical work, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion. Ideal candidates will have relevant qualifications and experience in mental health services.

Benefits

Comprehensive health services

Supportive work environment

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in early intervention and community psychology.
• Able to manage a team of child mental health specialists.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion in practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team providing early intervention and community psychology.
• Ensure managerial and clinical supervision of team members.
• Hold a caseload and provide direct clinical work.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Psychological assessment

Community psychology

Communication skills

Education

Relevant professional qualification in psychology

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Highly Specialist CAMHS Clinician to join the First Steps Community Psychology Service (part of Homerton Community CAMHS). The overall aim of the service is to promote the psychological and emotional wellbeing of children and families by intervening before psychological problems become severe and disabling. We are looking for skilled clinicians who are passionate about early intervention and community psychology.

The post-holder will be locality team lead for a team of Child Mental Health Specialists and will provide managerial and operational support to the team with oversight of locality teams within First Steps, ensuring the best possible care is provided to children, young people and families within the area. The post holder will also be required to have a clinical caseload within the service.

We are particularly keen to receive applications from candidates from underrepresented groups, including those from a Global Majority background and male colleagues, to better reflect the diversity of our community.

Responsibilities

• Post holder will be responsible and accountable for ensuring the provision of an autonomous and systematic Early Intervention and Community Psychology Service in a geographical area of City and Hackney.
• The post holder will work within a Locality Management Group to plan, monitor, review and ensure implementation of the service.
• The post holder will ensure the managerial and clinical supervision of members of the locality team and will have oversight of the teams work.
• The post holder will deal with both strategic and operational issues.
• The post holder will provide teaching, training, consultation and supervision to other staff groups where relevant and will participate in CPD and other training activities. He or she will keep abreast of relevant research and national guidance and will follow broadly defined policies and agreed objectives. Interventions might include direct clinical work with children and their families, as part of prevention and early intervention initiatives, providing consultation/teaching/training to professionals or contributing to the development of services that affect children’s psychological and emotional well being.
• The post holder will hold a caseload and both direct and indirect clinical provision.

About the Trust

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 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. The Trust also 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 staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All 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 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.

We are particularly keen to receive applications from candidates from underrepresented groups, including those from a Global Majority background and male colleagues, to better reflect the diversity of our community.

Application and Evidence

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page. The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

This advert closes on Sunday 21 Sep 2025