Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust

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Company: South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust

This is an exciting time to join our Trust. South West London St. Georges is at the beginning of an exciting journey of transforming our community mental health services. In 2021/22 the Trust will benefit from significant investment in community mental teams to strengthen provision across all our boroughs.

TITLE OF POST -Band 8a Specialist Clinical Psychologist - Deaf Child Service (Kent National Deaf CAMHS) 0.6 WTE

If you want to live locally and work locally, with an employer that offers flexible and agile working with great development and carer progression opportunities, then this may be the role you!

This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 8a Specialist Clinical Psychologist 0.6 WTE to join the National Deaf Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in Kent. The post holder will provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and intervention for Deaf children and young people, including hearing children in Deaf families, presenting with complex emotional, behavioural, and mental health needs.

You will work as part of a skilled, bilingual (BSL and spoken English) multidisciplinary team, offering consultation, therapy, and care coordination across a range of community and outpatient settings. The role involves autonomous clinical practice within professional guidelines, alongside contributing to supervision, teaching, service development, and research activity.

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL BE ABLE TO WORK USING THE HYBRID/AGILE WORKING APPROACH. THIS MEANS THE POST HOLDER CAN DECIDE TO A LARGE EXTENT HOW AND WHERE THEY WORK USING VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY AS WELL AS FACE TO FACE APPOINTMENTS.

Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together.We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

The successful candidate will work autonomously and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, providing a specialist psychological service to Deaf children, young people, and their families across the South-East of England.
To deliver specialist psychological assessments using a range of methods (e.g. psychometrics, structured interviews, observations, and multi-informant data), and to develop psychological formulations and treatment plans.
To provide and evaluate a range of evidence-based psychological interventions for individuals, families, and groups, adapting approaches for Deaf children and ensuring accessibility.
To offer specialist consultation, advice, and psychological input to multidisciplinary colleagues, partner agencies, and networks involved in care.
To undertake risk assessments and contribute to risk management planning, ensuring safe and effective care.
To act as care coordinator where appropriate, managing complex cases and coordinating multi-agency involvement.
Teaching, Training and Supervision: To provide clinical supervision to assistant psychologists and contribute to the supervision of trainees. To support teaching and training within the team and across services, and continue post-qualification professional development, including developing high-level competencies in working in BSL.
Management, Recruitment and Service Development: To contribute to service development, audit, and policy development, and to support the management of junior staff as appropriate.
Research and Service Evaluation: To utilise research skills to support evidence-based practice, undertake audit and evaluation projects, and contribute to service improvement.
The role involves working across a variety of settings including clinics, schools, community locations, and virtual platforms, with the use of BSL and/or interpreters as required.

Please remember, your application is your opportunity to tell us about your skills, experience and motivation for the role. We encourage applicants to complete their application and supporting statement in their own words wherever possible. We recognise that AI tools can be helpful in supporting accessibility, and for improving spelling, grammar and structure.

This advert closes on Wednesday 19 Aug 2026

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust