Principal Clinical Psychologist & MHST Clinical Lead

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS healthcare provider in England is looking for a Clinical Lead for their Mental Health Support Team in Greenwich. In this role, you will provide a clinically safe service to support children's mental health and well-being in partnership with schools and agencies. The ideal candidate will possess strong clinical and leadership skills, alongside excellent communication abilities. Join a dedicated team and contribute to improving mental health services for young people. This position offers substantial professional development opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Support the team to provide clinically safe mental health services to children and families.
• Work closely with partner agencies and build relationships with local MHST colleagues.

Skills

Strong clinical skills

Leadership skills

Excellent communication skills

Management skills

Passion for early intervention mental health support

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our dynamic, award-winning service as Clinical Lead of Greenwich CAMHS Mental Health Support Team (MHST).

Mental Health Support Teams are part of an exciting National joint initiative with schools, to improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people (CYP) in response to the government’s Green Paper: Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision. In NHSE’s published priorities for CYP mental health, it outlines that all schools have access to Mental Health Support Teams by 2029/2030.

Role and Responsibilities

As Clinical Lead, you will be responsible for supporting the team to provide a clinically safe and responsive mental health and wellbeing service to CYP and families within several local primary and secondary education settings. You will work in close partnership with partner agencies as well as having an outward facing role of liaison and relationship building with our local and National MHST colleagues. Following recent expansion, an Oxleas CAMHS MHST management team has been developed which the postholder will be part of.

Requirements and Skills

• Experience of strong clinical and leadership skills are essential for this role.
• You will also need to have excellent communication and management skills with a passion for early intervention mental health support for CYP and families.
• We offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings, including community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.

About Oxleas

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Values

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

This post provides excellent CPD opportunities, and the post holder will be part of an active and welcoming psychology group in Oxleas CAMHS which provides regular development opportunities throughout the year.

This advert closes on Friday 20 Feb 2026