# Senior Clinician and Clinical Supervisor MHST > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinician-and-clinical-supervisor-mhst/cec0f108-6e7c-4e3e-a335-118fcf243d22 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinician-and-clinical-supervisor-mhst/cec0f108-6e7c-4e3e-a335-118fcf243d22.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 per annum inc. Outer HCAS (pro rata if P/T) - **Contract type:** Permanent: Internal secondment also considered - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (One full time post and one part-time post available. Part-time post is 3 day full days per week.) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-29T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-15T13:51:55.044Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Harrow/Central_North_West_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Child_Adolescent_Mental_Health/Child_Adolescent_Mental_Health-v8078807 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8078807?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview To play a senior role in our established MHST teams, providing clinical leadership to the MHST team, and supporting the development of the MHST alongside senior colleagues within the service. The role for MHST will support the delivery of all interventions within the MHST teams, ensuring that a wide range of evidence-based interventions, using CBT based principles and a CBT informed framework, are used to support young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties, and to ensure early help and access to specialist services is seamless and transparent.  The post holder will need to be flexible with a clear understanding of THRIVE and how all providers and organizations build on collaborative working with children, young people and families at the heart of all we do. Please note this role requires travelling around the borough of Harrow to visit schools and other sites. To find out more about working in CAMHS, CLICK HERE for our video. ### Main duties of the job Main Responsibilities The post holder will be working across schools supporting trainee EMHPs in the borough by providing supervision, consultation, mental health assessments and evidenced based mental health treatments to children, young people and their families.  They will provide support to frontline children’s services in developing their capacity in early identification and intervention with children’s mental health need.  Promoting the emotional and mental health of children, young people and their families in the community, facilitating appropriate access to specialist CAMHS and other relevant provision. As a senior supervisor will be working as part of the leadership team to lead and manage the service. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Key responsibilities of the post holder will include: - Day to day operational running of the MHST teams, with support from Clinical Lead/Supervisor and CAMHS management structure. This may include managerial tasks such as recruitment, managing performance, ensuring team meetings take place, and management of healthroster. - Holding a caseload and undertaking the role of lead professional for children/young people with mild to moderate mental health problems in educational settings. - Working as an autonomous and accountable practitioner. This involves the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the care for the child or young person. - Developing and disseminating packages of care which may include variety of evidenced based interventions and work with parents and teaching staff on an individual and in a group setting. - Working collaboratively with young people and their families incorporating the use of outcome measures within their work. - Offering specialist support, consultation and training to staff within the service and other agencies where appropriate. - The post holder may have the opportunity to undertake a CYP IAPT supervisory course to become a supervisor for the Education Mental Health Professional (EMHP) at UCL depending upon existing qualifications and experience and course start date. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Willing and able to travel around the borough to visit schools and other sites **Desirable** - Access to a car/car driver ### Previous Experience **Essential** - Previous experience working with children and young people in a mental health setting - Experience of specialist mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions with children and young people with mental health problems and their families - Must be experienced in, and able to demonstrate ability to provide case management supervision for lower banded CAMHS workers, students and other service group/team professionals as required **Desirable** - Previous experience of working in a CAMHS setting. - Experience of teaching and training professionals ### Skills and knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of the educational system in England - Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and adolescents and safeguarding procedures and policies - Knowledge of NHS, Social Care and Education structures, national policies and frameworks& evidence-based guidelines (NICE) - High level knowledge of the theory and practice of short term and long-term clinical interventions in CAMHS - Ability to maintain accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records both electronically and handwritten, which adhere to the CNWL policies - Able to talk to people about sensitive issues in a supportive manner but also challenge others appropriately, in a professional manner - Ability to communicate clearly verbally and in writing, including reports and documentation - To have an understanding of the 2014 Children and Families Act in regards to children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - Core Professional qualification eg. Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Nursing, Social work, Psychotherapy, Art Therapy, Family Therapy. Qualified teachers also considered - Current professional registration with appropriate professional body HCPC, SSC, NMC, BACP - Supervision training or demonstrable experience in supervising others **Desirable** - Mentorship qualification - CYP IAPT qualification - CBT qualification ## Documents - [cnwl values (pdf, 182.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1162) - [cnwl staff charter (pdf, 684.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2868) - [cnwl staff networks (pdf, 320.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1160) - [cnwl reward and wellbeing handbook 2020 (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1773) - [cnwl culture scarf behaviour framework (pdf, 710.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2869) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 429.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10458725) - [accommodation information for new starters (pdf, 120.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2438) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.