Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist - Locum | Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 24 Gorffennaf 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £105,504 - £139,882 Per annum (pro-rata) including HCAS |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 23 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | London, NW3 5BA |
| Cwmni: | Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7314707/260-TP-955 |
Crynodeb
Are you a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with a passion for working with children and young people? Are you interested in working in a dynamic and innovative CAMHS team?
This is an exciting opportunity for a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to join one of our well-established, diverse and supportive CAMHS teams.
Candidates are requested to use the section "Supporting Information" on the application form to set out their reasons for applying and their suitability, referring to the person specification, for this post.
To provide a highly visible Child and Adolescent Psychiatry contribution to the multi- disciplinary team in the Autism Assessment pathway.
Provide leadership to the team and across the system on areas of effective practice and evidence based care and quality improvement.
Attend weekly team meetings (business and multidisciplinary case discussion) where appropriate.
To contribute to the MDT formulation meetings in the assessment pathway.
Provide psychiatric assessments including meetings with parents and carers, and other professionals, and including assessment of risk to self and in a range of settings as required, including clinic-based appointments, schools, family homes, and other residential settings.
Keep accurate records and complete care record forms and outcome measures in a timely way.
Provide consultation to other members of the team regarding cases held by the team, and psychiatric input to these cases.
To provide high quality psychiatric reports, which are accessible to a multi-agency audience, to assist other agencies to plan their service in light of a child or young person’s mental health difficulties.
To contribute to data collection, audit, QI outcome monitoring and relevant research.
To be an active member of the senior staff group within the teams and undertake leadership and service development duties alongside the Team Manager.
Provide expertise on mental capacity and consent.
Be aware of safeguarding concerns at all times and liaise / refer to social services as needed.
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust (T&P) are the main provider of CAMHS Services to Camden and provide a range of regional and national mental health services. The Education and Training Directorate provide training for clinicians, social workers, nurses, teachers and many other professionals. The clinician-tutor model and multidisciplinary approach ensures courses are relevant, transformative and empowering.
There are 3 service Lines within the Trust: Camden, Child and Family Unit and Adult Services.
Overall, there are 30 multidisciplinary teams in the Trust providing services from pre-birth up to the age of 25. There are 30 Medical Consultants in the Trust. The services cover generic whole area child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) through to highly specialist local and national services. The majority of the teams are multidisciplinary, with expertise in a range of treatment modalities including psychoanalytic psychotherapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, systemic psychotherapy, as well as a wide range of specialist interventions.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
This advert closes on Thursday 7 Aug 2025