Senior Clinical Lead - CAMHS Pathway

NHS; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in the UK seeks a registered mental health clinician to lead clinical efforts in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in Hull and East Riding. The role emphasizes clinical leadership, quality care, and collaboration with various professionals to enhance service delivery. Candidates should possess a registered mental health qualification and proven leadership skills. This permanent position offers a competitive salary and benefits, including flexible work arrangements.

Benefits

Enhanced leave package

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Sound post-registration professional practice in a mental health setting.
• Experience in interprofessional and cross-organisational working.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership across the CAMHS pathway.
• Develop integration across child and adolescent mental health services.
• Work with wider MDTs to promote clinical effectiveness.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Leadership abilities

Ability to motivate staff

Education

Registered Mental Health Practitioner

Job description

Job summary

Working in close collaboration with the service manager for CAMHS, and the Divisional General Manager and Clinical Lead, the post holder will be responsible for providing clinical leadership across part of the CAMHS pathway, with a particular focus on quality, patient safety, and governance, to a range of specialist child and adolescent mental health services. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a registered mental health clinician to form part of the senior leadership team in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) across Hull and the East Riding.

Main duties of the job

A central part of this role will be to further develop and strengthen integration across child and adolescent mental health services; working alongside service managers and senior clinical leads across the pathway, and across the wider mental health pathways, both across the Children and Learning Disabilities Division, and into adult mental health services. The post holder will benefit from the support of a wide range of professionals, and will be expected to work with the wider MDTs to promote clinical effectiveness and efficient service delivery. Additionally, the post holder will work with our corporate teams, to promote patient safety and clinical governance. We welcome candidates who are creative, flexible, enthusiastic, and committed to the delivery of high quality care, with experience in leading services and collaborative working across systems.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Job details

Date posted: 11 December 2025.

Pay scheme: Agenda for change.

Band: Band 8a.

Salary: £55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum.

Contract: Permanent.

Working pattern: Full-time.

Reference number: 338-7572010-25.

Job locations: Hull & East Riding. Trust HQ. Willerby.

Person Specification - Qualifications and Knowledge Essential

• Registered Mental Health Practitioner
• Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area.
• Evidence of leadership and organisational development that have had a positive impact on service delivery.

Person Specification - Desirable

• Advanced clinical skills in CBT, DBT etc/ Medication Management/Advanced Practice in relevant clinical area.

Person Specification - Experience Essential

• Evidence of sound post-registration professional practice in mental health setting.
• Experience of Interprofessional and cross organisational working

Person Specification - Experience Desirable

• A breadth of clinical practice across mental health services including clinically specialising in the field where the post is held.

Person Specification - Skills and Competencies Essential

• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally.
• Ability to lead and motivate staff to embrace change

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Hull & East Riding. Trust HQ. Willerby.

Employer's website: https://www.humber.nhs.uk/