Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

The CAMHS in-patient service are recruiting two HCPC registered Clinical Psychologists (band 8A) to work on each of our general adolescent wards (ages 12-18). There are two posts: one based at the Bethlem Adolescent Unit (BAU) at Bethlem Hospital, Beckenham, and the second based at the Maudsley Adolescent Unit (MAU). The MAU post is currently based at Bethlem Hospital but will move to the Pears Maudsley building, Denmark Hill in due course. Please indicate on your application which post(s) you wish to be considered for (BAU/MAU).

Each role offers the opportunity to join a highly experienced inpatient psychology team and involves significant face-to-face work with young people and the MDT, with some potential for a small amount of remote working. We welcome applications from newly qualified and recently qualified applicants eligible to occupy the post at band 7 in a preceptorship role. The service provides opportunities for research, service development, supervision, and continued professional development, with clinical and managerial supervision provided by the Lead and Deputy Lead Psychologist for inpatient CAMHS. Networking with the wider Child & Adolescent service within SLAM is encouraged.

On the unit you will be part of multi-disciplinary teams, providing psychological assessment and interventions for adolescents with a range of severe and complex mental health problems such as eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, psychotic and affective disorders and neuropsychiatric conditions. In addition to clinical work, you will provide support, consultation and supervision to other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Location and on-site facilities: Maudsley Hospital (headquarters) – Denmark Hill. The Trust headquarters are within 5 minutes of the train station (zone 2) and close to Ruskin Park and local amenities. There is a school on site offering opportunities for collaboration.

Job Purpose

• To provide a highly specialist psychology service to children and families at the BAU, including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and outcome monitoring.
• To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by creating a psychologically safe environment.
• To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a lead specialist in psychological assessment and treatment, including models such as CBT and behavioural interventions.
• To undertake service evaluation, audit and research.

Key Responsibilities

• KR 1 Clinical and Client Care
  • Provide highly specialist psychological assessments (including neuropsychological assessments), formulations and interventions for young people on the BAU, addressing conditions such as psychosis, eating disorders, personality disorders, learning disabilities, neurodevelopmental disorders, etc., at a level consistent with post-qualification specialist development.
  • Deliver culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families when required.
  • Assess and monitor risk and develop appropriate risk management plans.
• KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning
  • Contribute to the effective functioning of the team and the psychologically informed framework of the service.
  • Support delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities.
  • Be proactive in challenging discrimination and support culturally competent service development.
  • Advise other service members on specialist psychological care of clients.
• KR 3 Policy and service development
  • Implement policies and procedures in own area and propose improvements.
  • Contribute to service development through participating in appropriate projects.
• KR 4 Care or management of resources
  • Care for and use the Trust’s equipment and physical resources appropriately.
• KR 5 Management and supervision
  • Be responsible for the allocation and/or clinical supervision of more junior psychologists with support from a senior psychologist.
  • Supervise trainee applied psychologists within own area of specialism.
• KR 6 Teaching and Training
  • Occasional teaching and training of pre- and post-qualification psychologists and, where appropriate, other professions.
  • Contribute to the knowledge and skills base within BAU and the wider inpatient CAMHS service by staying aware of current psychological developments and applying them in practice.
• KR 7 Record-keeping and Information Governance
  • Ensure all information generated by own work is recorded according to Trust policies and local procedures.
  • Maintain high standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, including electronic data entry, in line with professional and Trust guidelines.
• KR 8 Research and development
  • Initiate, undertake, support and supervise regular complex service evaluation and audits.
  • Initiate and carry out appropriate research and provide expertise in a specialist research area contributing to inpatient CAMHS.
• KR 9 Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development
  • Receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychologist as per HCPC and Trust guidelines.
  • Maintain Continuing Professional Development in line with BPS and Trust Personal Development Plan and HCPC standards.
• KR 10 General
  • Travel to home visits, community placements, psychology meetings as appropriate and across the Trust when required.
  • Be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour among the client group and follow Trust policies for its management.

This advert closes on Tuesday 7 Oct 2025