Oxford Health NHS Trust
(Part-time) Principal Child Psychotherapist - CAMHS

The closing date is 25 November 2026

Job summary
Do you want to further your skills in Leadership in a supportive and experienced team?

We're recruiting a part-time Principal Child Psychotherapist to lead on developing child psychotherapy in Buckinghamshire, as well as make a significant contribution to clinical thinking in the service.

To be successful, you should be a highly skilled clinician and have a passion about supporting and developing other clinicians, as about working with complex clients. You will provide supervision to qualified child psychotherapists and trainees across the county and offer clinical expertise to the wider team.

You will be based in our Recovery Team (formerly known as Getting More Help), which is a reflective and supportive multidisciplinary team where you will have a protected child psychotherapy caseload. Following service redesign, the team is fully aligned to the iThrive model of children and families requiring extensive and specialised input.

Our CAMHS clinic is part of the thriving Oxford Health Trust which has a large team of child psychotherapist who meet regularly to share our work and consider new learning. The Trust values staff well-being and is keen to provide regular training opportunities.

Please note this role is part-time working 22.5 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

• To take a lead in developing child psychotherapy within Buckinghamshire.
• To provide a high quality specialist child and adolescent psychotherapy service to clients with complex mental health needs.
• To offer advice, consultancy, training and supervision to other CAMHS staff and take a lead role in the MDT as principal child psychotherapist.
• To offer service supervision to ACP Child Psychotherapy Trainees.
• To contribute to service development, research and audit, as appropriate.
• The ability to travel independently between sites within the Trust is essential for this role. Please note if you are based outside of the UK you will need to hold ACP registration in order to be considered for this role.

About us
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the "candidate guide to making an application" and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Details
Date posted: 13 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8b
Salary: £66,582 to £77,368 a year per annum | pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 267-BM8381543
Job locations: Sue Nichols Centre, Bierton Road, Aylesbury, HP20 1EG, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential: ACP membership
Knowledge
Essential: Advanced knowledge & skills in psyhoanalytic psychotherapy - in relation to CYP MH
Experience
Essential: Extensive experience working as a specialist Psychotherapist in CAMHS
Desirable: Significant experience working as a member of a core MH profession

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Oxford Health NHS Trust
Address: Sue Nichols Centre, Bierton Road, Aylesbury, HP20 1EG, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, Miriam Creaser, miriam.creaser@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk, 01865904105

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