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Locum Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, Paediatric Liaison
| Posting date: | 23 April 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £105,504 - £139,882 per annum + London weighting (on-call Cat A 3%) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 23 May 2025 |
| Location: | London, NW1 2BU |
| Company: | University College London Hospital |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7158861/309-UCLH-6189 |
Summary
A Vacancy at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
We are delighted to offer this opportunity for a Locum Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to join the Child and Adolescent Psychological Medicine service. This is a 12-month fixed term post From June 2025 – June 2026, working 4 days / week, currently Tuesdays – Fridays. We anticipate recruiting to a Substantive Consultant post thereafter.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled and experienced Locum Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist looking to work with children and young people within a paediatric acute hospital setting. You will be joining an experienced Child & Adolescent Psychiatry team embedded and fully integrated into the UCLH Children & Young People Division.
All applicants must be eligible for full GMC registration, and either have CCT in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, or equivalent, or be within 3 months of completing Higher Specialist training. The successful candidate must have MRCPsych or equivalent, Section 12 Mental Health Act approval and ideally Approved Clinician training.
CV required for job application
You will share responsibilities for the assessment and day to day psychiatric care of the in-patients and day-patients admitted to the paediatric department at UCLH, providing supervision and support to the CTs, STs and Mental Health Nursing team. Close teamwork with nursing and MDT colleagues is a specific feature of the role; there is the opportunity to work jointly with paediatricians, paediatric nurses, psychologists, psychotherapists, child safeguarding social-workers and nurses and play specialists / activity coordinators to deliver effective care and treatment for children and young people.
You will assess referrals on admission through the Paediatric Emergency Department, complete mental state examinations and risk assessments, liaise with community child and adolescent mental health services to develop safe discharge plans, and oversee completion of discharge summaries. You will support and oversee making referrals to community CAMHS teams, CAMHS Crisis Teams and Tier 4 in-patient psychiatric units as required, and will need to be familiar with navigating the wider system. You will also play a role in thinking about Child Safeguarding, alongside the UCLH Child Safeguarding team, working closely with social workers and dedicated safeguarding nurses.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological,gastrointestinaland oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclearmedicineandpathology.
Weare committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
For the full Person Specification and more informationregardingthe main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Please note, due toanticipatedhigh volumes of applications, this vacancy may close earlier than the listed closing date. You areadvised not to delaysubmittingyour completed application
You will join a vibrant multidisciplinary team to support paediatric liaison work to a highly complex and diverse patient group. The Child and Adolescent Psychological Medicine/ Services provides assessments, consultation and interventions for patients being treated at UCLH with medical conditions and experiencing emotional, psychological, behavioural difficulties or mental illness. This includes for children and young people presenting in mental health / psychosocial crisis to the Emergency Department, as well as patients receiving treatment as in-patients or out-patients under one of the UCLH teams within the Children & Young People (formerly Paediatric & Adolescent) Division.
You will provide Child & Adolescent Psychiatry input to the Paediatric Emergency Department; T12 South Adolescent (13-18yrs) ward; T11 South (
This advert closes on Thursday 8 May 2025
We are delighted to offer this opportunity for a Locum Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to join the Child and Adolescent Psychological Medicine service. This is a 12-month fixed term post From June 2025 – June 2026, working 4 days / week, currently Tuesdays – Fridays. We anticipate recruiting to a Substantive Consultant post thereafter.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled and experienced Locum Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist looking to work with children and young people within a paediatric acute hospital setting. You will be joining an experienced Child & Adolescent Psychiatry team embedded and fully integrated into the UCLH Children & Young People Division.
All applicants must be eligible for full GMC registration, and either have CCT in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, or equivalent, or be within 3 months of completing Higher Specialist training. The successful candidate must have MRCPsych or equivalent, Section 12 Mental Health Act approval and ideally Approved Clinician training.
CV required for job application
You will share responsibilities for the assessment and day to day psychiatric care of the in-patients and day-patients admitted to the paediatric department at UCLH, providing supervision and support to the CTs, STs and Mental Health Nursing team. Close teamwork with nursing and MDT colleagues is a specific feature of the role; there is the opportunity to work jointly with paediatricians, paediatric nurses, psychologists, psychotherapists, child safeguarding social-workers and nurses and play specialists / activity coordinators to deliver effective care and treatment for children and young people.
You will assess referrals on admission through the Paediatric Emergency Department, complete mental state examinations and risk assessments, liaise with community child and adolescent mental health services to develop safe discharge plans, and oversee completion of discharge summaries. You will support and oversee making referrals to community CAMHS teams, CAMHS Crisis Teams and Tier 4 in-patient psychiatric units as required, and will need to be familiar with navigating the wider system. You will also play a role in thinking about Child Safeguarding, alongside the UCLH Child Safeguarding team, working closely with social workers and dedicated safeguarding nurses.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological,gastrointestinaland oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclearmedicineandpathology.
Weare committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
For the full Person Specification and more informationregardingthe main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Please note, due toanticipatedhigh volumes of applications, this vacancy may close earlier than the listed closing date. You areadvised not to delaysubmittingyour completed application
You will join a vibrant multidisciplinary team to support paediatric liaison work to a highly complex and diverse patient group. The Child and Adolescent Psychological Medicine/ Services provides assessments, consultation and interventions for patients being treated at UCLH with medical conditions and experiencing emotional, psychological, behavioural difficulties or mental illness. This includes for children and young people presenting in mental health / psychosocial crisis to the Emergency Department, as well as patients receiving treatment as in-patients or out-patients under one of the UCLH teams within the Children & Young People (formerly Paediatric & Adolescent) Division.
You will provide Child & Adolescent Psychiatry input to the Paediatric Emergency Department; T12 South Adolescent (13-18yrs) ward; T11 South (
This advert closes on Thursday 8 May 2025
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