Clinical Specialist - CAMHS

Job overview

We are excited to advertise a part time (30 hours) band 7 Clinical Specialist post in the Northallerton Getting more help Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) team.

This post is within the friendly Northallerton CAMHS team, we are a small team of professionals who offer support to children and young people experiencing mental health difficulties.

The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership for the team, and work in partnership with the local and wider clinical and operational leadership teams across the care group.

Northallerton CAMHS is a small team covering the Hambleton and Richmondshire area. We offer ADHD assessment and intervention in addition to generic mental health assessment and intervention.

We are looking for someone with a Professional registration which would include one of the following - Nursing, Occupational therapy or Social worker. Ideally with at least 2 years band 6 or similar experience.

You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa and therefore the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role.

Main duties of the job

We are keen to recruit an enthusiastic and creative clinical leader who is positive about supportive change and who will bring new ideas to the team.

We are seeking someone who will:

• Be passionate about improving the mental health services and      ensuring young people and their families are directed to and access the most suitable services for their needs.
• Be passionate about continuing to improve CAMHS services
• Be a driven, enthusiastic and forward thinking leader.
• Have extensive experience working in CAMHS services.
• Have significant experience of working with clinicians to achieve service improvement.
• Have a range of experience of leading projects or other clinically based initiatives which will have made a contribution to delivering innovative and high quality services to children and young people.
• Hold a relevant Professional Registration
• NMP qualification would be advantageous

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.