Job description

Job responsibilities

• Provide strategic clinical leadership to the Collaborative, working alongside the Programme Director and the Medical Director for CYPMHS.
• Ensure safe and effective clinical governance, quality oversight, and harmonisation of pathways across partner organisations.
• Lead the NCL Community CYPMHS Clinical Network, enabling crossprovider clinical collaboration and reducing unwarranted variation.
• Provide expert clinical input into transformation priorities, commissioning discussions, and systemwide planning.
• Represent the Clinical Voice of the Collaborative across the NCL Integrated Care Board (ICB), Local Authorities, and wider system forums.
• Maintain 0.2 WTE direct clinical activity within CAP, ensuring continued clinical practice and direct alignment with frontline CYPMHS services.
• Strengthen coproduction with children, young people, families, and the voluntary and community sector.
• The role is part of NLFTs commitment to supporting NCL system working through a clinically led, governancedriven, evidencebased approach to collaborative delivery.
• This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinical leader to shape the future of Community CYPMHS across NCL, influence system transformation, and make a significant impact on clinical outcomes and equity for children and young people across the region.

Person Specification

Eligibility

Essential

• MB BS or equivalent qualification or Educated to Doctorate Level
• Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a current licence to practise from the GMC at intended start dateOR Be a Clinician registered with a recognised Clinical Professional Body
• Further professional qualification
• Evidence of continuous personal and professional development

Desirable

• In good standing with GMC/NMC/HPC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
• Qualifications or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
• Open Dialogue Training
• Additional clinical qualification

Clinical Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent knowledge child and adolescent mental health Substantial clinical practice and leadership in children and young people's mental health services.
• Excellent clinical skills using biopsycho-social perspective and wide CYP mental health clinical knowledge.
• Wide range of specialist and subspecialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty

Desirable

• Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA

Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning

Essential

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver improvement.
• Participated in research or service evaluation.
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence

Desirable

• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

North London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kings Cross- LentaSpace (Primary Base for Provider Collaborative Leadership)

180/186 Kings Cross Road

London

WC1X 9DE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)