Specialty Doctor at Westminster CAMHS

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health trust in London is looking for a Specialty Doctor to provide psychiatric assessment and treatment for young patients. The role involves participation in multidisciplinary team meetings, teaching, and ensuring quality care. Ideal candidates should have a medical degree, GMC registration, and experience in child psychiatry. This is a full-time position with opportunities for professional development.

Responsibilities

• Undertake assessments of young people with mental health disorders.
• Assess children and adolescents presenting to the service.
• Provide treatment and therapy under supervision.
• Attend multidisciplinary team meetings for mutual support.
• Participate in teaching provision for medical undergraduates.
• Ensure good record keeping of assessments and interventions.
• Provide clinical care if allocated doctor is unavailable.
• Gain experience in psychological treatments.
• Participate in clinical audit and research.

Skills

Good knowledge of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Experience in psychopharmacology as applicable to CAMHS

Experience of Mental Health Act as applicable to CAMHS

Experience in a variety of therapies

Excellent communication and empathic skills

Experience of team working

Good organisational skills

Ability to work on own initiative

Highly motivated and able to finish tasks on time

Education

Primary Medical Degree

Full GMC Registration

GMC Licence to Practise

Completed at least 4 years full time post graduate training

Section 12 MHA Approved

Job description

Go back Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Specialty Doctor at Westminster CAMHS

The closing date is 19 August 2025

Westminster CAMHS is looking for a experienced and motivated Specialty Doctor, to undertake a 12 months fixed term post in Westminster CAMHS. The role can be across the different specialty sub teams depending on both service need and individual interest. This job plan will be agreed and reviewed at job planning and regularly from time to time to meet the needs of the service as they evolve.The post holder will be working alongside and supported by consultant colleagues in the Emotional Disorders, Neurodevelopmental, Enhanced Treatment and other senior MDT colleagues. Westminster CAMHS is based at 7a Woodfield Road (off Harrow Road). The clinic is easily accessible by public transport; it is a very short walk from Westbourne Park underground station and well served by bus links.

For further information please contact:

Dr Monica Ramirez, Lead Consultant Westminster CAMHS

T: 0203 317 5999

Main duties of the job

The post is for 10 PA to support the existing psychiatry team with assessments, diagnosis, risk reviews, prescribing and medication management, including neurodevelopmental cases. The main role of the post holder will be to provide high quality psychiatric assessment and treatment. The post holder may also be required to cover duty psychiatry slots for Westminster CAMHS once they have settled in and if deemed appropriate to their level. Duties also include; To attend CAMHS multidisciplinary team meetings for mutual support, in-service training, for the review of clinical cases and opportunities for audit.To participate in the provision of teaching to medical undergraduates and other professionals. To ensure good record keeping of assessments and interventions and to contribute to reports/ correspondence as outlined in the clinical protocol of the service.To participate in continuing professional development.

About us

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. Each CAMHS service has its own local management structure: Harrow CAMHS has a Lead Psychiatrist, Therapies lead and team manager who work closely with the outer boroughs service manager. Each sub-team has a psychiatry and therapy lead and they, together with the team and service manager form the local senior management team which meets monthly. The postholder will be part of the SMT. The Harrow CAMHS team is well established and staffed by a large multi-disciplinary team of clinicians. We aim to provide an accessible, flexible and responsive local service for patients and professionals working with children in the area using a range of therapeutic interventions including behaviour, systemic, CBT, IPT-A, DBT, psycho-dynamic and group therapies as well as psychopharmacological approaches. Harrow CAMHS is a Tier 3 service, accepting referrals from GPs, paediatrics, schools and Children's Services. The service has active service user groups for young people and parents. The team has a monthly CPD session and local care quality meeting, a doctors meeting twice a month which includes peer group case discussions, a weekly local consultants meeting and a monthly senior management meeting which the postholder will be part of.

Job responsibilities

Clinical Work

To undertake assessments of young people and families referred to the CAMHS team with mental health disorders, devise formulations and care plans and provide interventions/treatments.

To assess children and adolescents with mental health problems, presenting acutely to the service or to paediatrics.

To provide treatment and therapy appropriate to level of training and experience under the general supervision of the consultant psychiatrist

To attend service wide meetings for provision of peer education and peer discussion

To attend CAMHS multidisciplinary team meetings for mutual support, in-service training, for the review of clinical cases and opportunities for audit.

To participate in the provision of teaching to medical undergraduates and other professionals.

To ensure good record keeping of assessments and interventions and to contribute to reports/correspondence as outlined in the clinical protocol of the service.

To provide relevant reports for educational/social services planning.

To provide clinical care for other patients if their allocated doctor/case manager is unavailable.

To gain experience of some psychological treatments.

To participate in clinical audit, quality improvement and research.

To communicate medical issues effectively within a multidisciplinary team.

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and Training

• Primary Medical Degree
• Full GMC Registration
• GMC Licence to Practise
• Completed at least 4 years full time post graduate training (or its equivalent on a part time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term trainee or have equivalent experience and competencies
• Section 12 MHA Approved

Experience, Skills and Abilities

• Good knowledge of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• Experience in psychopharmacology as applicable to CAMHS
• Experience of Mental Health Act as applicable to CAMHS
• Experience in a variety of therapies
• 3-DI or ADI trained

Personal Skills & Qualities

• Excellent communication and empathic skills
• Experience of team working
• Good organisational skills
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Highly motivated and able to finish tasks on time

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust