Specialty Doctor in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 31 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £61,542 - £99,216 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 August 2025 |
| Location: | London, E17 3LA |
| Company: | North East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7383946/395-MED237-25 |
Summary
North East London NHS Foundation Trust
Waltham Forest
Specialty Doctor in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
10 Programmed Activities
This Specialty Doctor post is an exciting and enriching role in which you will become part of a thriving and well supported Waltham Forest CAMHS service providing mental health care to children and families in Waltham Forest.
Your work would be varied including clinical care across the neurodevelopmental, emotional and behavioural pathways with excellent supervision and support.
You will participate actively as a core member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT), working collaboratively with colleagues including psychologists, nurses, therapists, and administrative staff.
You will provide specialist clinical input into the assessment, formulation, diagnosis, and treatment planning for children and adolescents with complex mental health needs.
Contribute to the management and care planning of young people with ADHD and emotional difficulties.
Provide psychiatric follow up care and medication reviews, including titration and monitoring of ADHD medications in accordance with NICE and local guidelines.
Act as the duty prescriber on the rota, offering clinical advice, prescriptions, and urgent assessments as needed.
NELFT provides mental health and community services to over 4.9 million people across northeast London, Essex, and Kent. Our aim is to deliver the best care by the best people.
At NELFT and Waltham Forest CAMHS we strive towards a culture that is both just and compassionate for those we care for and for our colleagues. We firmly believe that respecting and valuing diversity, and engaging our workforce and our patients, improves patient experience and outcomes.
We will support you to have a rewarding and fulfilling career.
You will provide clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment to children and families working within an mdt to provide high quality care and treatment.
Please see the job description attached to this advert.
This advert closes on Sunday 17 Aug 2025