Child & Adolescent Mental Health Clinician

Job details

• Job reference: 262177
• Salary: Band 6 (£43,231 - £52,679)
• Job closing date: 28/10/2026
• Job Type: Other Therapeutic
• Location: NHS Lanarkshire Wide
• Employment type: Permanent
• Hours Per Week: Various
• Job posted date: 21/10/2026
• Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lanarkshire
• Department: CAMHS Lanarkshire

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Lanarkshire-wide CAMHS service. We currently have four full-time CAMHS Clinician vacancies across our North and South Locality Teams and our specialist Eating Disorders Service.

We welcome applications from a range of professional backgrounds, including Mental Health Nursing, Clinical Associates in Applied Psychology (CAAPs), and Allied Health Professionals. Successful candidates will have experience and knowledge of child and adolescent mental health and a commitment to delivering high-quality, person-centred care.

You will be part of a multidisciplinary team working with children, young people, and their families who present with complex mental health needs. The role requires the ability to work effectively within dynamic and at times demanding clinical environments, delivering evidence-based interventions in line with the Scottish Government CAMHS Specification for Tier 3 services.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a compassionate, innovative, and continually evolving service dedicated to improving outcomes for children and young people across Lanarkshire

In this key role, you will:

• Practising within the eKSF, scope, range and competencies of the post
• Apply values based practice principles to inform decision making in all aspects of care and treatment of children, young people, their families and carers and in interactions with colleagues
• Responsibility to use their professional assessment framework to develop, implement and evaluate the Care Plan in collaboration with the client / patient and the multidisciplinary team, ensuring clinical advice and support of any junior staff.
• Make appropriate arrangements with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure seamless care during transitions of care to / from other services and when discharged from services
• Responsibility for delivering a range of evidence based and recovery focussed therapeutic interventions and treatments on a one-to-one, family or group basis defined by the department’s philosophy, and in accordance with individual client / patient need and care plan, ensuring maximisation of therapeutic engagement and contact time.

What You'll Bring:

• Registered Nurse, AHP or Social Worker AHP or Social Worker with evidence of relevant experience and appropriate post registration training that fulfils the competences of this post or be qualified as a child trained Clinical Associate in Applied Psychology (CAAP)

What we Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Jane Killian, CAMHS Clinical and Operational Manager on Jane.Killin@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Heather Lamont, Recruitment Administrator on Heather.Lamont@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

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Interested?

Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Please review our Application Guidance which explain key information including closing dates, amendments, right‑to‑work requirements, sponsorship eligibility and important points to be aware of before submitting your application

You can also learn more about working with NHS Lanarkshire by viewing our Information Pack

Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.

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