Specialty Doctor in Adolescent Mental Health Team | East London NHS Foundation Trust

East London NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking a qualified mental health professional to join their community-based Adolescent Mental Health Team. The ideal candidate will contribute to assessments and treatments for young people aged 13 to 18, including those at risk of self-harm. Responsibilities include providing emergency psychiatric care and working collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team. A focus on high professional autonomy and effective engagement with young people and their families is essential. The role supports a positive working environment and evidence-based treatment practices.

Qualifications

• Experience in CAMHS assessments and interventions is required.
• Ability to contribute to emergency psychiatric care.
• Knowledge of working with adolescents with severe mental health issues.

Responsibilities

• Offer generic CAMHS assessments and interventions.
• Contribute to emergency rota for young people in crisis.
• Account for professional practice through appraisal and audit.

Skills

High level of professional autonomy

Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team

Experience with crisis interventions

Education

Relevant mental health professional qualification

Job description

This is a community-based post, located within the Adolescent Mental Health Team (AMHT) and the Emotional and Behavioural Team (EBT) offering assessments and treatments to a wide variety of clinical presentations. The post holder will directly contribute to the positive working environment within the multi-disciplinary team.

The AMHT is a small cohesive community based multi-disciplinary team within Newham CAMHS, which provides Early Intervention Service for the 13 to 18-year-old, as well as assessment and treatment of young people presenting severe and enduring mental health difficulties. This includes young people who present with high risk self-harm. The AMHT is composed of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (one full time consultant, this post and higher trainee), Systemic Family Therapy, Clinical Psychology, Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy, Mental Health Nursing and Occupational Therapy. The team model includes joint working between Psychiatry and allocated care‑coordinator to provide young people and their families with developmentally informed evidence‑based treatments. There is a high level of support within the team and regular supervision with the Consultant Psychiatrist.

As part of the AMHT the post-holder will offer generic CAMHS assessments and interventions. The post-holder will contribute to a day time emergency rota covering presentations of young people in crisis or who have deliberately self-harmed at Newham University Hospital and to a rota providing urgent psychiatric reviews (these slots are supervised by the on call consultant).

The post holder will require a high degree of professional autonomy and self‑management, and will be required to account for their professional practice through appraisal and audit.

Key Relationships

• Young people and their families
• AMHT and EBT Consultants and Clinical Team Leads
• AMHT and EBT Clinical Colleagues
• AMHT and EBT Administrator
• Multidisciplinary colleagues in CAMHS
• Other professionals working with children and young people in social services, Tier 4 inpatient services, education, youth justice system and the voluntary sector.
• Other SAS Doctors within the trust
• Trust corporate departments including Human Resources, Training and Development, IM& T.

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

This job description is intended as a guide to the main duties of the post and is not intended to be a prescriptive document. Duties and base of work may change to meet the needs of the service or because of the introduction of new technology. This job description may be reviewed from time to time and changed, after consultation with the postholder.

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This advert closes on Tuesday 16 Dec 2025