CAMHS Senior Clinician – Disordered Eating

Job summary

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) provides specialist mental health support for children and young people with moderate to severe mental health needs. The service delivers face-to-face assessments and therapeutic interventions.

We are seeking a senior clinician with experience of working therapeutically with children and young people with complexemotional needs. You will be responsible for the clinical delivery and oversight of our new disordered eating pathway across Herefordshire and Worcestershire core CAMHS.

You will hold a caseload of approx. 12-14 CYP and will deliver therapeutic interventions at all CAMHS bases across Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Key Responsibilities:

• Holding a defined caseload and providing evidenced based therapeutic interventions to children and young people with complex emotional needs
• Leading on MDT and have clinical oversight of the disordered eating pathway
• Providing education and training to staff
• Providing supervision, consultation and advice to staff and system members
• Being an active member of the leadership team and role modelling Trust behaviours to all
• Undertaking regular travel to all bases across Herefordshire and Worcestershire

Main duties of the job

• About You:

• You will have significant previous experience of undertaking evidenced based psychological therapeutic interventions to support children and young people with complex emotional needs.
• You will have experience of autonomously leading on clinical pathways
• You will have experience of providing clinical supervision and consultation to clinical staff
• You will be solution- focused, driven and passionate in delivering high standards of care to children, young people and families

What you’ll be doing

• Providing high-quality evidenced based therapeutic assessments and interventions to support children and young people who present with disordered eating
• Undertaking consultation on, advice for and review of referrals in which disordered eating is a primary concern
• Providing supervision and training to clinical staff
• Clinical leadership of the disordered eating pathway and MDT
• Liaising with clinicians, families, and external agencies
• Leading on care planning for identified cohort of children and young people
• Managing data, outcomes and undertaking clinical service evaluation
• Undertaking clinical audits

Why join us?

You’ll be part of a supportive and committed team that makes a real difference to the lives of children, young people, and their families.

Person Specification

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Demonstrates commitment to own professional development
• Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of research and clinical governance
• Knowledge of Public Health developments / agenda
• Knowledge of current NHS and national priorities in relation to mental and emotional health and wellbeing of Children and Young People
• Knowledge of the wider influences which impact on service delivery e.g. the commissioning agenda

Experience

Essential

• Experience in undertaking research projects / clinical audits
• Significant recent and relevant clinical experience post-registration
• Previous experience providing a service to children and young people within a multi-disciplinary team
• Able to demonstrate evidence-based practice
• Leadership experience / experience managing a clinical team
• Experience of working with patients with severe and enduring mental illness
• Experience of partnership working / liaison in inter-agency environment
• Able to demonstrate experience and skill in assessing mental health and risk

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to challenge poor behaviour
• Ability to support the learning needs of self and others
• Ability to prioritise work dealing with a complex range of agendas
• Motivational leadership skills and effective team player
• Ability to develop new skills and manage change / conflict
• Ability to work across organisational and professional boundaries

Qualifications

Essential

• A current professional qualification (RMN, RSCN, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Clinical Psychologist)
• Evidence of continuous and recent professional development and post qualification training / studies
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

Closing Date: 9 August 2026