CAMHS Clinical Team Lead inEnfield inEnfield PUBLISHED 29 MAY 2024

Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust provides local, regional and national award-winning healthcare services. We have more than 3.300 staff working out of 20 main sites serving a population of 1.2 million people. We provide community health services and mental health services for young people, adults and older people. Our North London Forensic Service treats and cares for people in the criminal justice system who have mental health conditions. We also provide one of the largest eating disorders services in England, as well as drug and alcohol services.

We are an organisation that is passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion; one that prides itself in developing the leadership capabilities of its employees, looking after their health and wellbeing, creating safe spaces for staff to speak up and providing opportunities to mentor and be mentored. Our employees are the reason for delivering Good CQC ratings, excellent outcomes and outstanding patient experiences, so it is our aim to create a happy and healthy working environment where you can thrive and succeed.


Job overview


This role is to work in partnership with the Consultant Psychiatrists and other clinical leads on the clinical service and development of the Enfield CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Service (NDS).

We welcome applications from diverse backgrounds, of clinicians from either of the following:

• HCPC registered Psychologists
• Systemic Family Therapy Psychotherapy with professional registration with the UKCP
• Psychotherapists accredited by the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) with full membership of the Professional Standards Authority (PSA)

The role includes holding a clinical caseload providing expert therapeutic intervention, as well as the clinical leadership of the service.

This role is supported by job planning along with support from leads within Enfield Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS).

Working alongside the Consultant Psychiatrists and Team Manager, holding responsibility for the delivery of clinical care and for implementing and reviewing Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs) ensuring the provision of high-quality services within frameworks agreed by the Trust and the Commissioners.


Main duties of the job


This role is to lead on the clinical service and development of the CAMHS NDS team within the division. The role includes having a clinical caseload providing expert therapeutic intervention. This role is supported by job planning along with support from leads within Enfield CAMHS.


Working for our organisation


The partnership between
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH)
and
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I)
is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the
North London Mental Health Partnership.


In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Enfield and Harringay Trust and Camden and Islington Trust. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.


Detailed job description and main responsibilities


The post holder has overall responsibility for the delivery of clinical care and for implementing and reviewing policies, Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs) to that ensure the provision of high-quality services within frameworks agreed by the Trust; Commissioners; and Key Stakeholders.

Please see Job Description for further details.


Person specification



Qualifications/ Registrations



Essential criteria

• Formal Clinical Qualification & Registration as per Person Spec
• Evidence of post registration CPD
• Clinical supervision training
• ADOS-2 and/or ADI-R - trained & currently practicing

Desirable criteria

• PHD / doctorate qualification related to clinical practice
• Trained and accredited in more than one therapeutic modality
• BPS Chartership
• Leadership qualification

Skills/ Abilities



Essential criteria

• Ability to contain explore & formulate high levels of distress: Pts. & Staff
• Good IT skills with knowledge of electronic clinical records and Microsoft systems
• Clinical supervision and appraisal skills
• Good MDT working
• Ability to identify provide and promote appropriate means of support to CYP MH

Desirable criteria

• Consultation skills to other professional and non-professional groups

Experience/ Knowledge



Essential criteria

• At least 2 years post qualification experience at Band 8a or higher in CYPMH
• Experience of providing psychological therapies to CYP and families: moderate to severe mental health
• Experience of child safeguarding procedures & CYPMH Community
• Experience of developing clinical practice
• Experience of clinical audits & improvement action plans

Desirable criteria

• Experience of teaching, training &/or professional and clinical supervision.
• Experience of providing psychological therapies to ND CYP & families: wide range of moderate - severe MH problems in the community

Personal & Other



Essential criteria

• Commitment to client centred, non-discriminatory practice.
• Ability to transfer to other health and non-healthcare sites

References will be required to cover your last 3 years of employment/training. One has to be from your current or most recent employer and the others from your previous employer. The references should be from persons with management responsibility or HR.

If you have been unemployed for a period of four years or more, please give the details of your last employer and one character referee of your choice (not members of your family). If more applicable, references will be requested from your teacher or head of faculty. Please ensure you provide full contact details.

Vacancies that are advertised as Fixed Term Contracts will also be available as secondment opportunities for substantive internal staff.

Please be aware that your documents eg. Passport/NI Card, will be electronically scanned using Home Office accredited Verification System.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts, we will close vacancies before the stated closing date once the first
50
applications are received. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible.

All non-medical posts with the Trust are subject to a probationary period of six months, during which time you will be required to demonstrate to the Trust's satisfaction, your suitability for the position in which you will be employed.

Should you not hear from us within three working weeks of the closing date for this post, then regretfully in this instance, you have not been shortlisted.


By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at improving efficiencies within the NHS both to make costs savings for NHS organisations but also to save you time when your employment transfers.



Employer certification / accreditation badges



Applicant requirements


You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.


Documents to download

• JD-PS - 8b Enfield CAMHS NDD (PDF, 568.3KB)
• Applicant Information Pack (PDF, 1.6MB)