Locum Community CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist (Ashford) | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

North East London NHS Foundation Trust; Ashford; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Ashford is seeking a part-time Locum Consultant Psychiatrist for the CAMHS team. The position offers a salary of £109,725 to £145,478 per annum, pro-rata, with responsibilities that include clinical supervision and support for multidisciplinary teams serving children and young people with mental health needs. The role does not require on-call duties, maintaining a focus on effective risk management and organizational adherence. Collaborative work alongside a CAMHS Consultant is expected, aimed at improving the care within Kent’s Community CAMHS Services.

Qualifications

• Registered with GMC as a Consultant Psychiatrist.
• Experience in CAMHS and multidisciplinary team environments.
• Capacity for providing supervision to medical staff.

Responsibilities

• Organise and prioritise workload effectively.
• Deputise for the team manager and delegate tasks.
• Maintain accurate records for audit purposes.
• Ensure effective risk management practices.

Skills

Organisational skills

Team leadership

Clinical supervision

Effective communication

Education

Consultant Psychiatrist qualifications

Job description

COMMUNITY CHILD AND ADOLESCENT LOCUM CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST (ASHFORD – KENT)

We reserve the right to close this advert, at any time, in the event of receiving suitable applicants.

Job Details

• Salary: £109,725 - £145,478 per annum (Pro-rata)
• Contract: 6 month Fixed Term Contract
• Hours: Part-time, 8 Programmed Activities (DCC:SPA = 5.5:2.5)
• On call: No out of hours on call
• Location: Lenworth Clinic, 329 Hythe Road, Ashford, Kent TN24 0QE

This post is for a Locum CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist position in the Ashford CAMHS Community Team, based at Lenworth Clinic, 329 Hythe Road, Ashford, Kent TN24 0QE. The post has been vacant due to previous consultant leaving the organization. A lot of transformation has taken place already and continues to take place within Kent’s Community CAMHS Services. This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit substantively to this post as soon as possible. This is a part‑time post – 8 Programmed Activities (PAs) post with 5.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs). The successful candidate will work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to children and young people with mental health needs, across Ashford.

The successful candidate will provide senior medical support to the team and direct input on clinical cases. The consultant will be expected to provide guidance and supervision to the team, work directly with children and young people (and their families), and liaise as appropriate with other external CAMHS mental health providers and acute hospitals. You will work alongside a CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist (Dr Surekha Boggaram) and 0.6 wte Specialty Doctor (Dr Vinutha Ramesh) within the service and will provide supervision requirements for the Specialty doctor in the service.

Responsibilities

• Organise and prioritise own and others workload in the day‑to‑day allocation of work.
• Deputise when required in the team manager’s absence and delegate appropriately to other medical staff.
• Have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them.
• Provide accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.
• Ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing, and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust’s risk register.

This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Dec 2025.