Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist - CAMHS

Employer: Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Stalybridge, United Kingdom (Springleigh Clinic)
Reference: 311-HYM787-26
Contact: Dr Samantha Hartley, Principal Clinical Psychologist | Samantha.hartley6@nhs.net | 0161 716 3600
Closing Date: June 29, 2026
Interview Date: July 10, 2026

Grade: NHS AfC Band 8a (Band 7 to 8a preceptorship available)
Contract: Permanent, Part-time (23.38 hours per week)
Salary: £49,387 – £64,750 per annum

Tameside and Glossop Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is based in Stalybridge, Tameside. A multidisciplinary team providing mental health services to children, young people and their families. The service has well-established links with Education, Children's Social Care and Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise organizations.

Main Duties:
• Ensure systematic provision of high-quality clinical psychology input to CAMHS
• Undertake direct assessment and intervention with children, young people and their families
• Supervise psychological work provided by other staff within the multi-disciplinary team
• Contribute to risk assessment and management as part of the core CAMHS duty offer
• Offer training and consultation both internally and externally to partner agencies
• Work autonomously within professional guidelines
• Utilise skills for audit, service evaluation and service development

Essential Criteria:
• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or equivalent) as accredited by the BPS
• HCPC registered (or eligibility and commitment to be registered before start date)
• Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist at a specialist level
• Experience of working with children and young people presenting with the full range of clinical severity
• Experience of working with families and carers
• Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision
• CAMHS experience essential
• Use of a car or access to mobility to travel across Tameside

Service highlights include the long-established Early Attachment Service (now Parent Infant Mental Health Service) and the Family Intervention and Therapy Service (FITS). Newly or recently qualified psychologists welcome via preceptorship.