Locum Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist (Inpatient CAMHS)

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Job summary

A leading mental health provider in East London seeks a Locum Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist for a 12-month fixed term. The role involves providing assessments and treatments for adolescents with severe mental disorders. Candidates should have a CCT in Psychiatry and experience in CAMHS. Excellent teamwork and communication skills are essential. The position offers a chance to work with a highly experienced multidisciplinary team dedicated to improving patient care.

Qualifications

• Qualified Psychiatrist with a valid license.
• Experience in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
• Strong teamwork and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychiatric assessments and treatment for adolescents.
• Contribute to quality improvement and healthcare governance.
• Collaborate with community stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Psychiatric assessments

Risk assessments

Consultation skills

Clinical leadership

Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams

Education

CCT in Psychiatry

Job description

A Vacancy at East London NHS Foundation Trust.


Locum Consultant

Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist (Inpatient CAMHS)

Fixed Term - 12 months.

10 sessions per week.

We are pleased to announce that an exciting opportunity has arisen at the Coborn Centre for Adolescent Mental Health. This is a Fixed term Consultant role for 12 months.

The Coborn Centre is a highly specialised in-patient service for adolescents with severe and complex mental disorder. It is based in vibrant multicultural East London. The service is a centre of excellence, rated as Outstanding by the CQC.

The Coborn Centre comprises of 3 provisions including a PICU service, an Acute ward, and a Day Service. There is a highly experienced, well established expert multidisciplinary team providing a comprehensive holistic biopsychosocial assessment and treatment packages to young people and families who actively participate in co-production.

East London NHS Foundation Trust has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation, and quality improvement. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people’s lives by improving quality of life.



The role of the consultant psychiatrist will be to provide psychiatric assessments and treatment where appropriate; undertake risk assessments; contribute a psychiatric perspective and provide clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team; provide consultation to other professionals and agencies and contribute to service developments.

The post holder will also be expected to participate in a range of other activities, particularly healthcare governance, quality improvement, teaching and training. We would be particularly interested in talking to potential candidates about their areas of special interest.

Post holder will work closely with the 2 other consultants in the service and with the multidisciplinary team in the assessment and management of young people and families with severe and enduring mental disorder as well as liaising with community stakeholders including CAMHS, Social Care, Education, Youth Offending Teams, Acute Hospital and Adult Mental Health teams.

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 champions these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

We are committed to active co-production and have recently appointed a people Participation lead within the service. We also have a range of Quality Improvement projects at the Coborn and work closely with community colleagues particularly in developing our admission avoidance work in each community system we serve We are also in active collaboration with our CAMHS Collaboratives, and our partner Unit also run by ELFT, Evergreen, in Luton. Collaboration and joint working are key.

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy.

For any queries, please contact Dr Ravi Patel [e-mail]

To apply, visitwww.jobs.nhs.ukand search under the relevant job reference number




This advert closes on Sunday 17 Aug 2025