Job summary
North Bedfordshire CAMHS
CAMHS Clinical Team Lead for the Mid Bedfordshire CAMHS Emotional & Behavioural Pathway - Band 8c
(Child Psychotherapist, Clinical Psychologist, Family Therapist, Nurse, Social Worker)
We are seeking an exceptional and experienced CAMHS clinician to take on the key leadership role of Clinical Team Lead within one of our Emotional and Behavioural Pathways. The role is targeted at senior clinicians from a core CAMHS discipline (Child Psychotherapy, Clinical Psychology, Family Therapy, Nursing or Social Workers) who are able to provide senior clinical leadership and operational management. This is an opportunity for a skilled leader to further develop their experience and expertise within an organisation rated Outstanding by CQC.
Main duties of the job
You will be someone who can contribute fully to the clinical, professional, strategic and partnership agenda of the Bedfordshire CAMHS service. Working in partnership with the Associate Clinical Director, Psychological Therapies Lead and the CAMHS General Manager, you will provide inspirational leadership to multidisciplinary clinicians to ensure effective, evidence based assessment and treatment, accessible care pathways and a culture of continuous quality improvement.
If you have highly developed communication and leadership skills and would enjoy this opportunity to contribute to leading a service in the context of a dynamic, complex and diverse community, we would encourage you to apply.
About us
You will be based in our clinic in Bedford which has excellent transport links and first class personal and professional development opportunities in an award-winning Trust. The Trust's inpatient and community CAMHS services have recently been rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details please see Job Description attached
If you have highly developed communication and leadership skills and would enjoy this opportunity to contribute to leading a service in the context of a dynamic, complex and diverse community, we would encourage you to apply.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details please see Job Description attached
If you have highly developed communication and leadership skills and would enjoy this opportunity to contribute to leading a service in the context of a dynamic, complex and diverse community, we would encourage you to apply.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Degree level study or equivalent / Further post degree qualification
- Current Registration with appropriate professional body e.g. ACP/ HPC / UKCP / NMC
Experience
Essential
- Experience of providing senior clinical leadership
- Experience of supervising and line managing in a multidisciplinary / multiagency context
- Experience of contributing to service developments
- Experience of representing the service a multi-agency strategic planning level groups
- Experience of partnership working with other agencies
- Experience of multiagency consultation and organising and delivering training and presentations
- Experience of performance managing staff within HR processes
- Significant post-qualification experience including substantial multidisciplinary experience of working with children, adolescents, families and groups
- Significant experience of risk assessment and risk management
- Experience of working with safeguarding issues and contributing to training within a safeguarding environment
Desirable
- Experience of service user involvement
Skills
Essential
- Ability to take a lead in service developments
- Ability to liaise and consult with other agencies effectively
- Skills in project management
- A high level of clinical skill
- Ability to compare and select form a range of treatment options, based on formulation
- Ability to work flexibly across service boundaries and to adapt approach according to need
- IT skills (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
- Financial management and analysis skills
- Excellent communication skills, including report writing and presentations
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced knowledge within own clinical discipline and sufficient knowledge of other disciplines / modalities to provide overall psychological therapies leadership
- Broad theoretical knowledge base in the analysis of highly complex facts or situations to arrive at appropriate formulations
- Knowledge of clinical risk management systems and processes
- Up to date knowledge of NICE and other best practice guidelines
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for the CAMHS client group
- Knowledge, understanding and clinical experience with people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation, social exclusion and marginalisation
- Knowledge of current developments within CAMHS, in particular CYP IAPT
Desirable
- Knowledge of quality improvement techniques
- Knowledge of routine outcome monitoring (ROM)
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Degree level study or equivalent / Further post degree qualification
- Current Registration with appropriate professional body e.g. ACP/ HPC / UKCP / NMC
Experience
Essential
- Experience of providing senior clinical leadership
- Experience of supervising and line managing in a multidisciplinary / multiagency context
- Experience of contributing to service developments
- Experience of representing the service a multi-agency strategic planning level groups
- Experience of partnership working with other agencies
- Experience of multiagency consultation and organising and delivering training and presentations
- Experience of performance managing staff within HR processes
- Significant post-qualification experience including substantial multidisciplinary experience of working with children, adolescents, families and groups
- Significant experience of risk assessment and risk management
- Experience of working with safeguarding issues and contributing to training within a safeguarding environment
Desirable
- Experience of service user involvement
Skills
Essential
- Ability to take a lead in service developments
- Ability to liaise and consult with other agencies effectively
- Skills in project management
- A high level of clinical skill
- Ability to compare and select form a range of treatment options, based on formulation
- Ability to work flexibly across service boundaries and to adapt approach according to need
- IT skills (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
- Financial management and analysis skills
- Excellent communication skills, including report writing and presentations
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced knowledge within own clinical discipline and sufficient knowledge of other disciplines / modalities to provide overall psychological therapies leadership
- Broad theoretical knowledge base in the analysis of highly complex facts or situations to arrive at appropriate formulations
- Knowledge of clinical risk management systems and processes
- Up to date knowledge of NICE and other best practice guidelines
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for the CAMHS client group
- Knowledge, understanding and clinical experience with people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation, social exclusion and marginalisation
- Knowledge of current developments within CAMHS, in particular CYP IAPT
Desirable
- Knowledge of quality improvement techniques
- Knowledge of routine outcome monitoring (ROM)
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
