CAMHS Specialist / Clinical Psychologist

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled and experienced CAMHS clinical practitioner/psychologist with an interest and specialism in working with young people who are neurodiverse and their families. This is a senior post and you will have the opportunity to work clinically with the client group, providing assessment, formulation and intervention plans/therapy, as well as supporting colleagues within the team and wider service., 2.1 To provide highly specialist assessment and intervention, and monitor outcomes for young people within a multidisciplinary Tier 3 CAMHS team. To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.2.2 To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a lead specialist for children and young people with learning disability.2.3 To undertake service evaluation, audit and research.2.4 To work as an autonomous professional within Professional Body guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.2.6 To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.2.7 Where appropriate, to provide professional leadership of a discipline.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organizations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.

SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.