Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Doctors Direct have new opportunities for CAMHS Consultants with Psychiatry experience at many sites across South London and Maudsley NHS Trust providing community, inpatient and outpatient mental health care.

Come and work at a friendly, committed and established CAMHS Mental Health service where your knowledge and skills will be valued. As a Consultant Psychiatrist with experience working with young people with mental health co-morbidities, we offer compressed hours flexibility and a competitive rate of

Working 37.5 hours a week over 4 or 5 days, you will join a supportive and experienced team that provides care for children and young people aged 13 to 18 with complex needs, where evidence-based and focused treatment programs designed for the individual needs of each young person are provided.

You will be registered on the Specialist Register for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with a license to practice with experience of CAMHs and leading multidisciplinary teams.

Main duties of the job

  • Review referrals and determine appropriateness for admission.
  • Conduct admission assessments and ensure effective management plans.
  • Conduct risk assessments and review regularly.
  • Allocate specialist psychological treatments.
  • Assess physical health.
  • Ensuring effective liaison with referring/community teams, specialists and Commissioners.
  • The Post-holder will support the work of the CAMHS and multidisciplinary teams. This will include reviewing patients with the multidisciplinary team, providing advice on complex cases and holding an individual caseload.

 

Details about the Role:

  • Various specialties required: Psychiatry.
  • Locations: Lewisham
  • Start Date: ASAP-ongoing, no end date yet.
  • Days per week: Monday-Friday (our client will accept part time doctors 2-3 days per week).
  • Shift Pattern: 9:00-17:00, including on call occasionally.
  • Pay rate: £100-£120 per hour (depending on experience).
  • Payment method: PAYE we do NOT facilitate payment through LTD/umbrella companies

 

The minimum requirements for the role are:

 

  • Valid GMC.
  • Right to work in the UK (we DO NOT provide sponsorship).
  • Clinical attachment complete.
  • Minimum 3 months paid UK experience.
  • AC Status essential.
  • S12 desirable.

 

Our client will consider international doctors who do not have paid UK experience in areas’ whereby there is high demand, however you MUST meet the following requirements:

  • Minimum 10 years international CAMHS experience – essential (this must be detailed in CV).
  • Valid GMC – essential.
  • Right to work in the UK – essential. (we DO NOT provide sponsorship).
  • Excellent in verbal and written English – essential.
  • AC Status – essential.
  • S12 – desirable.
  • Clinical attachment complete – desirable.

 

About the trust:

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust provides the widest range of mental health and substance misuse services in the UK. Locally, it provides clinical services to a combined population of nearly 2 million people across eight London boroughs.

The Trust, rated as good by the CQC, has a five-year strategy of Aiming High, changing lives which sees the Trust focusing on improving crisis, inpatient and community services across the London borough’s it serves. This is to ensure the patients receive the right care, at the right place, at the right time and in the most appropriate setting.

How to apply?

To find out more about this opportunity and others please call 03330 143 652 to speak to one of our dedicated recruitment consultants. If you’d like to apply, please email your CV to doctorsjobs@nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk.

Disclaimer:

As an equal opportunities' organization, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply.