CAMHS Clinical Team Lead | East London NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	15 September 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£76,965 - £88,682 per annum pro rata
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	26 October 2025
Location:	Bedford, MK40 3JT
Company:	East London NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7482666/363-SSLB7482666

Summary

North Bedfordshire CAMHS

CAMHS Clinical Team Lead for Bedford CAMHS Emotional & Behavioural Pathway (EBT3) - Band 8c

ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement, rated Outstanding by CQC. Children’s Mental Health Services across Bedford’s ICB area were ranked overall top in the country in the Children’s Commissioner Report for the last 2 years.

We are looking for an exceptional and experienced CAMHS Clinician who is excited to lead one of our core team, to maintain our high standards and innovate for continued improvement.We would welcome applications fromsenior clinicians from a core CAMHS discipline (Child Psychotherapy, Clinical Psychology, Family Therapy, Nursing or Social Workers) who are able to provide senior clinical leadership and operational management.

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to shape the clinical, professional, strategic andpartnership agenda of the Bedfordshire CAMH service. They will have the support of the CAMHS Senior Leadership Team.

The Bedford Borough Core CAMHS team consists of a wide range of professions including nursing, arts therapies, psychology, family therapy and psychiatry. We are dedicated to supporting the development of our workforce and ensuring that there are opportunities for training and team away days.As a Trust and in our local service we are working hard to support staff well-being and address inequalities (for our service users and our workforce). We are committed to encouraging open dialogues about challenges and difficult topics and ensuring that the Trust values are evident in how we deliver our service and work together.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

You will be based in our clinic in Bedford which has excellent transport links and first class personal and professional development opportunities in an award-winning Trust. The Trust’s inpatient and community CAMHS services have recently been rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission.

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This advert closes on Sunday 12 Oct 2025