Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist (20K RRP)

CNWL; London; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to join their renowned in-patient unit in Central London. This full-time role offers a unique opportunity to provide high-quality care and treatment for adolescents facing mental health challenges. The position includes a competitive salary, a substantial Golden Hello, and a relocation package, along with generous annual leave and opportunities for professional development. Join a collaborative team committed to innovation and excellence in mental health care, and make a meaningful impact in the lives of young people and their families.

Benefits

Golden Hello of £20,000

Relocation package up to £8,000

Generous annual leave entitlement

Study leave

NHS pension scheme

Staff discounts on new cars

Qualifications

• Experience in psychiatric inpatient management of children and adolescents.
• Ability to develop evidence-based care plans in partnership with young people and families.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality medical care and treatment for adolescents with mental health issues.
• Lead a multi-disciplinary team and ensure effective communication within the Trust.

Skills

Psychiatric Assessment

Risk Assessment

Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

Communication Skills

Leadership

Multi-disciplinary Teamwork

Education

Full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC)

Membership of Royal College of Psychiatrist

Higher Psychiatric Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Salary£105,504 - £139,882 plus London weighting of £2162 per annum pro rataSalary periodYearlyClosing28/04/2025 12:00

Employer heading

YC72

Job overview

Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with Golden Hello of 20K

Location: Lavender Walk, South Kensington Centre

Permanent, Full Time 10PAs per week

CNWL are excited to offer a substantive Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist post for a renowned adolescent in-patient unit at an attractive and convenient Central London location. The post holder will provide Consultant input to the unit alongside one other full time substantive Consultant in post who is currently working as the clinical lead.

As one of only a handful of such units in London, the post will attract an energetic, innovative and dedicated child and adolescent psychiatrist with creative ideas for service development and ideally experience of in-patient work.

Lavender Walk has recently revised its Standard Operating Procedure to a model highly focussed on shorter, more effective highly quality admissions.

This post attracts a Golden Hello of 20K (subject to eligibility, taxable and non pensionable ), Relocation package for up to 8K (subject to eligibility) a generous annual leave entitlement, study leave, the NHS pension scheme and a range of staff discounts including discount on the purchase and the lease of new cars.

Further Information & Arrangements to visit

Dr Azer Mohammed, Clinical Director CAMHS

Main duties of the job

There is a stable experienced senior management team and close collaboration with the nearby children's Tier 4 unit in CNWL, Collingham Child and Family Centre, as well as the NWL CAMHS Provider Collaborative.

The role of the consultant psychiatrist will be to provide dedicated, high quality medical care and treatment for adolescents and their families presenting with a range of mental health and developmental difficulties.

The post holder will provide psychiatric assessments, including risk assessment for young people referred to, and those admitted to the service. They will take a leadership role within the team and provide appropriate support and supervision to other team members, as well specialist psychiatric advice to the multidisciplinary team at Lavender Walk .

The post holder will provide share clinical supervision responsibilities with the other Consultant for a Higher Trainee and a Core trainee based on Lavender Walk Adolescent Unit.

Working for our organisation

Central and North West London (CNWL) specialises in caring for people with a wide range of mental and physical health needs and is one of the largest mental health trusts in England.

The CAMHS service line covers 5 boroughs, each with its own community CAMHS, as well as two in-patient units; Collingham Child and Family Centre and Lavender Walk Adolescent Unit, and specialist crisis services for young people.

This post holder would have the benefit of being part of the team's monthly CPD sessions and Tier 4 care quality meeting, and there is an active and strong CAMHS Consultant body. CNWL has maintained 25% SPA time for Consultants and there are multiple opportunities for teaching, QI projects, academic research (via Imperial College), and other special interests.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical duties include:

· Provide psychiatric assessment, including risk assessment for young people referred to, and those admitted to the service.

· Clear formulation of psychiatric and social need.

· Provide treatment for young people admitted to the service.

· Working in partnership with young people, parents and carers to develop evidence-based, effective and agreed care plans.

· Coordinating multiagency packages of care, treatment and support for young people and their families with complex mental health problems.

· Providing consultation, advice and appropriate support to professionals in the wider network of the young person and/or family.

· Co-ordinate clinical liaison with clinicians in other community CAMHS services and other agencies.

· Contributing to the CNWL Out of Hours consultant psychiatric on-call rota.

· Auditing of psychiatric practice and multidisciplinary work.

· Ensure effective communication with referring and receiving teams throughout the Trust, (including the local urgent/crisis CAMHS team); and regionally/ nationwide.

· 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.

· Providing cross cover for CNWL Tier 4 inpatient consultants.

Management duties include:

Take a leadership role within the team and provide appropriate support and supervision to other team members. Provide specialist psychiatric advice to the multidisciplinary team at Lavender Walk Adolescent Unit.

· In partnership with colleagues, developing common clinical policies and guidelines for the teams.

· Identifying areas of unmet needs and alerting the Service Manager and line manager/clinical director if appropriate.

· Active involvement in the Quality Improvement programme for Tier 4 within the organisation.

· Active involvement in local Care Quality and Performance group

· Work collaboratively with the second consultant in the planning, distribution and allocation of clinical, administrative, professional and managerial tasks.

· Attending and chairing regular meetings as described in the job plan – including clinical ward based meetings, and day patient team meetings.

· Contribute to the strategic development of specialist CAMHS Inpatient Services in association with the NWL PC Clinical Group, NHSE Regional Advisor for CAMHS, NWL STP and the Trust’s management structure.

· Sharing with colleagues’ responsibility for the day to day management of the Unit and team.

External Duties:

Contribute to the strategic development of the NWL Provider Collaborative.

The Trust actively supports the involvement of the consultant body in regional and national groups subject to discussion and approval with the medical director and, as necessary, the chief executive officer.

Person specification

Qualifications

Full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC)

On the Specialist Register of the GMC Medical Register or eligible to register within six months A

Approved Clinician status (or undertaking to obtain this on taking up the post)

Membership of Royal College of Psychiatrist or equivalent qualifications/ certification

Desirable criteria

Higher degree or additional qualifications

Completion of Higher Psychiatric Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry or being within 6 months of achieving CCT accreditation Or Equivalent training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CESR issued by PMETB)

Experience and Training

Membership of a professional indemnity organization

Training will have included psychiatric inpatient management of children of adolescents

Experience of assessing and managing risk in complex patients in acute and community psychiatric settings

Competence in child and adolescent psychopharmacology

Competence in non-medication therapeutic approaches

Experience of Safeguarding Children Framework

Experience in multi-disciplinary teaching

Ability to take a leadership role in a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring high quality care and staff morale

Excellent communication skills in verbal and written media

Desirable criteria

Approved training in relevant therapeutic practice (e.g. CBT, DBT or Family therapy)

Experience of working within a child or adolescent Tier 4 service / intensive community treatment team at a senior level

Management Skills and training

Publications in the field of Psychiatry

Experience working with different cultural backgrounds

Experience in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel

Interests and Dispositions

Willingness to represent the service at Trust wide meeting and in discussions with partner agencies and Commissioners

Ability to work and build relationships with agencies and departments

Ability to work with Trust management in the spirit of mutually supportive co-operation

Management/Supervision

Enthusiastic about learning and teaching

Understand the concept and principles of Clinical Governance and QI

Understand the NHS system, especially in relation to CAMH services, locally and nationally

Desirable criteria

Willingness to take part in clinical audits

Aware of issues affecting current and future NHS practice, and ability to work within a changing environment

Special Aptitudes

Demonstrable ability to relate well to young people and their families

Team player to fit in with multi professional team

To have an approachable attitude to team members

Capacity to prioritise conflicting demands and work flexibly

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff. We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see ourBenefits, Reward and Wellbeing page

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.