Barnet CAMHS Lead Psychologist

The post holder will:
Take a lead role, in partnership and collaboration with senior clinicians across disciplines, for developing psychological therapy pathways and model-driven interventions for children, young people and their families/carers in a community CAMHS setting. Take delegated management responsibility for appraisals and ensuring supervision arrangements are in place for the psychology staff within the borough CAMHS service. Lead the monthly Psychology Meeting. Deputise for the CAMHS Consultant Clinical Psychologist in their absence.
Work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological therapy practice within the borough service, in collaboration and under the supervision of the Head of Psychological Therapies. Utilise research skills for audit, policy, and service development and research.
Propose and implement policy changes within the borough-based CAMHS service and Trust-wide CAMHS forums.
Barnet CAMHS Psychology
This post is located within the multidisciplinary CAMHS 0-18 service, delivering generic and neurodevelopmental assessments and interventions to families living within the borough of Barnet.

NHS AfC: Band 8b
Join us at an exciting time for Barnet, Haringey and Enfield Mental Health NHS Trust and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. After three years working in Partnership, we are due to create a new Trust, to be known as the North London NHS Foundation Trust on 1 November 2024, subject to Secretary of State approval. Join us to be part of the North London Way as we:
+ Collaborate at every level by living our Values to create the right conditions for us all to work together
+ Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care
+ Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes
+ Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high quality care across all our services
+ Ensure that research, Quality Improvement and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services
+ Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do
We look forward to welcoming you to the new North London NHS Foundation Trust, where we work in the North London Way to deliver: Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.
Our new trust website is: Home | North London Mental Health Partnership

Job overview
Are you looking for a new challenge? Would you like to join a warm, welcoming and inclusive team dedicated to providing flexible, creative, person-centered and evidence-based support to children and young people who are struggling with moderate to severe emotional difficulties?
If so, a fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Band 8b Psychology lead to work across the Barnet CAMHS Teams based at the Holly Oak Clinic, Edgware Community Hospital.