Are you an experienced clinician looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to join a service at a time of exciting change? We are looking for applications from highly motivated and enthusiastic Consultant Psychotherapists who are committed to delivering patient-focused care and treatment. We are looking for applicants who either have experience in a leadership role with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services or have a good foundation of transferable skills and an interest to develop in this area. We especially welcome applications from candidates with the valuable experience of the diverse social and cultural communities the Trust serves as we are seeking to ensure our psychology staffing has greater diversity and better represents local communities. The successful candidate will be supported to develop their career and flourish as a valued member of the therapies staff group, working closely with the Head of Therapies for CAMHS.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
The Consultant Lead for Psychotherapy role is a newly created post focusing on the development of the existing Psychotherapy offer across CNWL Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and we are looking for well rounded and experienced practitioners to join our organisation. We are looking for a motivated and committed Psychotherapist who is passionate to lead the development of therapy pathways within a highly specialised service to children, young people and their parents/carers/families across 5 London boroughs, comprising service users from diverse backgrounds. The successful postholder will supervise and work closely with Therapy Leads in each of these areas and be responsible for the good clinical governance, quality and appropriateness of the work of psychotherapists in CAMHS including supervision and training. Contributing expert knowledge and consulting on complex cases, the Lead Psychotherapist for CAMHS will also directly contribute to the development of their colleagues. There will be opportunities to lead on trust wide projects and work across a range of specialities and to drive forward and manage relevant service evaluation, time-limited projects and audits as directed by the Head of Therapies
The postholder will need to be a registered Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist with the ACP.
Our Trust is an exciting place to work with a wealth of CPD opportunities available for all our staff. Here at CNWL we encourage our psychological professions staff to pursue leadership opportunities in senior roles and we try to facilitate the development of our psychological professions staff across all areas.
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Responsibilities for team or service clinical functioning

• To work with Consultant Leads and Team Managers of CAMHS services and with leads in other

relevant service areas of CNWL and with external agencies to plan and deliver services that are

integrated around the needs of service users.

• To take a lead in ensuring CAMHS deliver accessible and acceptable services to diverse local

communities.

• To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally

competent services.

• Support fidelity to child & adolescent psychotherapy model through supporting managers and

CAPT Leads across CNWL CAMHS boroughs to implement effective recruitment.

• Be involved in the recruitment of all Lead Child & Adolescent Psychotherapists in all boroughs

across CNWL CAMHS, in short listing and interviewing, advising on JDs & PS and adverts, liaising

and organizing ACP representatives to join interview panels as needed (all 8B and above).

• When Leads are in post, support them in recruitment, advising on process for ACP Bulletin

advertising for all Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy posts in CNWL CAMHS boroughs, and

support issues of recruitment and retention as needed.

• Provide leadership to support staff engagement with CNWL CAMHS Service line

management/objectives.

• Contribute to quality improvement and encourage CAPT Leads to contribute to QI projects

across CNWL CAMHS.

• Provide governance of CAPT training placements by ensure that arrangements for the provision

of HEE funded 4-year clinical training placements of Band 6 Child & Adolescent Psychotherapists
in doctoral training are in place and available to all boroughs across CNWL CAMHS, including
close liaison with the relevant training schools and oversight of all boroughs to maintain fair
equity between training schools in terms of CNWL placements offered

• To work with Consultant Leads and Team Managers of CAMHS services and with leads in othe