Senior CAMHS LIST Psychologist – Crisis Leadership

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Part time

Job summary

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust in Milton Keynes is seeking a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist at Band 8a for the CAMHS LIST to lead and shape crisis mental health care for children and young people.

The post offers advanced psychological practice, clinical leadership, supervision and service development within LIST, with flexible work across community, home and hospital settings and a strong MDT environment.

Qualifications

• Doctoral level qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology and HCPC registration.
• Extensive CAMHS experience, including work with complex and high-risk presentations.
• Advanced skills in psychological assessment, formulation, and intervention.
• Experience of working within crisis, intensive support, or acute care pathways (desirable).
• Strong leadership capability, with experience influencing multidisciplinary clinical practice.
• Experience in supervision, teaching or mentoring of junior staff and trainees.
• An excellent team player who actively contributes to a supportive, collaborative multidisciplinary culture and role-models psychologically informed practice.

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.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical supervision

Communication

Crisis intervention

Education

Doctoral level qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology

Job description

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust in Milton Keynes is seeking a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist at Band 8a for the CAMHS LIST to lead and shape crisis mental health care for children and young people.

The post offers advanced psychological practice, clinical leadership, supervision and service development within LIST, with flexible work across community, home and hospital settings and a strong MDT environment.