Consultant Psychologist(UK Visa Sponsorship)

Job Description

Lead, Influence and Make a Lasting Difference for Children and Young People

We are looking for an experienced and forward-thinking Consultant Clinical Psychologist to join the senior leadership team within Selby CAMHS. This is an exciting opportunity to combine strategic clinical leadership with meaningful therapeutic work, shaping how mental health and neurodevelopmental services are delivered for children, young people and their families.

In this role, you will influence care at both an individual and system level—providing expert psychological leadership, developing inclusive neurodevelopmental pathways, and ensuring the voices of young people and families remain central to everything we do.

Your Role and Impact

As a senior psychological leader within Selby CAMHS, you will:

• Provide expert psychological formulation and clinical leadership for children and young people with complex mental health and neurodevelopmental needs
• Lead and further develop Autism and ADHD pathways, improving access, quality, and inclusivity of care
• Shape service delivery through consultation, pathway design, and quality improvement initiatives
• Champion co-production, ensuring young people and families actively influence care planning and service development
• Offer high-quality clinical supervision (formal and informal), supporting the development of staff across disciplines
• Hold a clinical caseload, acting as lead professional on some cases and co-working on others to model best practice
• Support trauma-informed, compassionate leadership across the team
• Work closely with schools, social care, health partners and voluntary sector organisations to deliver joined-up care

You will also be part of a wider network of senior psychologists across North Yorkshire, York and Selby CAMHS, offering peer support, shared learning and leadership collaboration.

About You

You are an HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist with extensive experience in CAMHS and a strong track record of leadership, supervision and service development. You are confident working with complexity, value collaboration, and bring energy, curiosity and compassion to your work.

You are particularly motivated by:

• Improving outcomes for children and young people
• Developing neurodevelopmental services that are equitable and inclusive
• Empowering teams through supervision and psychological thinking
• Working in partnership with families and system partners

Why Join Selby CAMHS?

Selby CAMHS is a dynamic, creative and welcoming multidisciplinary team with a strong focus on community engagement. We work closely with education, social care and voluntary organisations and have a proven history of successful inter-agency projects that make a real difference locally.

What we offer:

• A supportive and values-driven team culture
• Excellent CPD and training opportunities
• Opportunities for research and service innovation
• Leadership development programmes
• Flexible working options and wellbeing initiatives
• A Trust that genuinely values psychological leadership

About the Trust

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and learning disability services across County Durham, Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

Our teams work across prevention, early intervention, crisis and specialist care—always in partnership with patients, families, communities and local organisations. We are committed to listening, co-producing care, and supporting recovery in ways that feel meaningful and respectful to those we serve.

Person Specification

Essential Qualifications

• Doctoral-level training in Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychology (or equivalent pre-1996), accredited by the BPS
• HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
• Post-doctoral training in one or more specialist psychological modalities
• Training in clinical supervision, including supervision of doctoral trainees
• Training in care coordination
• Evidence of ongoing CPD

Essential Experience

• Substantial post-qualification experience in CAMHS across a wide range of presentations and care settings
• Experience holding full clinical responsibility for psychological care
• Proven leadership within multidisciplinary teams
• Extensive experience of supervision, teaching and training
• Experience working collaboratively with statutory, voluntary and private sector partners

Desirable

• Experience in research and service evaluation
• Experience leading quality improvement or service development projects

Knowledge & Skills

• Doctoral-level understanding of clinical governance
• Expertise working with complex and hard-to-reach groups
• Ability to communicate highly complex and sensitive information clearly
• Strong leadership skills aligned with the Healthcare Leadership Model

Additional Information

• This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
• Applications from candidates requiring Skilled Worker visa sponsorship are welcomed
• Overseas applicants may be required to provide criminal record certificates for countries of residence over the past 10 years
• Applicants must hold current UK professional registration