Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist - AMHT Newham CAMHS | East London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 20 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £105,504 - £139,882 Per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 20 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, E13 8AL |
| Company: | East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7277103/363-MRSS7277103 |
Summary
Newham CAMHS is a large and vibrant specialist child and adolescent mental health service with a reputation for innovation and flexibility in meeting the complex mental health support needs of Newham's children, young people and families. It is centrally located on one site in Plaistow, Newham, and provides an extensive and growing range of services. The age range is 0 to 18. The service is receiving an increasing number of referrals each year and now receives over 2500 referrals per year. The service aims to offer a holistic assessment and treatment service to children and young people with complex, severe or persistent emotional, behavioural or developmental problems, to support their families and to consult to community professionals.
Newham CAMHS, in line with other ELFT CAMHS, comprises several multidisciplinary teams based upon care pathways including:
Front Door Team - Triage and Brief Treatments
Neurodevelopmental Team – ADHD & Learning Disability Team
2 Emotional & Behavioural Teams including the under 5’s pathway and parent infant psychotherapy
Adolescent Mental Health Team
Paediatric Liaison Team
Well Being in Newham Schools (WINS – formerly known as MHST)
Each team or pathway is supported by one or more Clinical Team Leaders, who provide senior clinical leadership and direction to the work of the whole team. The Clinical Team Leaders also provide representation for the team or pathway within the local Senior Management Group.
The consultant will be expected to work with local managers and professional colleagues in the efficient running of the service. Subject to the provisions of terms and conditions of service, the post holder will be expected to observe the agreed policies of the East London Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service and the procedures drawn up in consultation with the profession on clinical matters.
Management duties include:
• Providing Senior Leadership.
• Contributing to the planning and on-going development of community services.
• In partnership with colleagues, developing common clinical policies and guidelines for the teams.
• Working alongside the Service coordinator to identify areas of unmet need.
• Collaborating with the Associate Clinical Director and Service Manager in the development of community based services in line with commissioning requirements and service development plan.
• Active involvement in the Healthcare Governance programme for East London Foundation NHS Trust.
• With the other child and adolescent psychiatric consultants, participating in the planning, distribution and allocation of clinical, administrative, professional and managerial tasks.
• Attending and participating in regular meetings as described in the job plan.
• Recording of clinical activity and prompt submission of returns in line with service requirements.
• Maintaining accurate, contemporaneous medical notes in line with the Trust’s record keeping policy.
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.
Please see attached the full job description for this role.
Which includes the details of the main job roles and clinical responsibilities.
This advert closes on Sunday 20 Jul 2025