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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in Croydon CAMHS

The closing date is 23 February 2026

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Job summary

This is a fixed-term consultant child & adolescent psychiatrist post which has arisen due to a staff vacancy. The aim is to recruit later on to a substantive post. It offers a unique opportunity to join an established and dynamic team of 5 Consultant Psychiatrists in Croydon CAMHS, within South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder will be based within the Croydon CAMHS Treatment Team, which focuses on the provision of specific evidence based interventions including CBT, family therapy, IPT and medical interventions such as antidepressants and stimulant medications.. The post will also include providing sessions to ARC (ADHD Medication Review Clinic).

There are five consultant child and adolescent psychiatrists in Croydon CAMHS (a total of 3.8 WTE). We have specialist interests in neurodevelopmental disorders, ADHD, Learning Disabilities and Crisis Care.

The successful applicant will also join the SLaM consultant CAMHS on-call rota

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide psychiatric input and supervision with risk management plans to a borough wide weekly emergency rota. There is a weekly rota of Croydon CAMHS consultant psychiatrists who provide emergency support to the Crisis Team, who cover the local Accident & Emergency Department at Croydon University

Hospital.

Consultant Psychiatrists provide cross cover for these duties during leave periods. This is worked out by mutual agreement, and we are very good at maintaining excellent communication and relationships between consultant colleagues in Croydon CAMHS. There is a 45 minute weekly Consultant Psychiatrist meeting to maintain our tight working relationships.

About us

Benefits offered by SLAM:

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at Slam. It's important to us that you feelvalued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

  • Generous pay, pensions and leave,we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package, which is dependent on the role and length of service.
  • Work life balance,flexible working and supporting a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
  • Career development,there are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as leadership, mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
  • Car lease,our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars
  • Accommodation,eligible staff benefit fromkeyworker housing which is available on selected sites
  • NHS discounts,with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through Health Service Discounts website.

For further details, please see attached JD.

Details

Date posted

09 February 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

Depending on experience £109,725 - £145,478 per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

334-CHI-7752253-JA

Job locations

Croydon CAMHS

Christopher Wren House, 113 High Street

Croydon

CR0 1QG


Job description

Job responsibilities

Full details of the Job Description can be found on the attachment, which also details the main responsibilities expected from the post holder.

Person SpecificationESSENTIALFull GMC Registration with a License to Practice

MRCPsych or Equivalent

(Eligibility for) Section 12 approval and Approved Clinician status. If not yet S12/AC approved this would not preclude appointment if otherwise suitable, but gaining such approval must be a priorityTraining and ExperienceExperience in Outpatient/Community Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Experience of assessing and managing complex co-morbiditiesClinical skills

Excellent leadership skillsExcellent adolescent psychiatric assessment skills

Good ability to relate to children, adolescents and parentsGood ability to work in a team setting

Understanding of safeguarding

Ability to assess capacity and consent

Understanding of how complaints and serious incidents are managed

Up-to-date knowledge and fitness to practice

Expertise in the use and application of The Mental Health Act, and other relevant legal frameworks, in children and young peopleManagement/AuditParticipation in audit or QI in clinical postsTeaching Experience of teaching a range of disciplines Research Involvement in research projects Personal Skills Excellent demonstrable communication skills in English (both oral and written)Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and resolve conflict

Probity Eligible to work in the UK

Desirable

Qualifications

Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management

Experience in other relevant specialties such as in patient psychiatry

Training and experience

Trained in ADI and ADOS (A)

Training in investigation of complaints and SIs

Experience of providing consultation to non-CAMHS practitioners.

Special interest in neurodevelopmental conditions

Clinical skills

Evidence of skills in consultation to non-mental health specialists e.g. GPs, social workers, paediatricians.

Evidence of range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

Expertise in CBT or other therapeutic intervention to postgraduate level

Significant experience of developing and leading outpatient/community CAMHS psychiatric care.Management/Audit Has led quality improvement projects/audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients

Evidence of involvement with business planning of clinical services

ResearchPeer reviewed publication

Book publication

Job description

Job responsibilities

Full details of the Job Description can be found on the attachment, which also details the main responsibilities expected from the post holder.

Person SpecificationESSENTIALFull GMC Registration with a License to Practice

MRCPsych or Equivalent

(Eligibility for) Section 12 approval and Approved Clinician status. If not yet S12/AC approved this would not preclude appointment if otherwise suitable, but gaining such approval must be a priorityTraining and ExperienceExperience in Outpatient/Community Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Experience of assessing and managing complex co-morbiditiesClinical skills

Excellent leadership skillsExcellent adolescent psychiatric assessment skills

Good ability to relate to children, adolescents and parentsGood ability to work in a team setting

Understanding of safeguarding

Ability to assess capacity and consent

Understanding of how complaints and serious incidents are managed

Up-to-date knowledge and fitness to practice

Expertise in the use and application of The Mental Health Act, and other relevant legal frameworks, in children and young peopleManagement/AuditParticipation in audit or QI in clinical postsTeaching Experience of teaching a range of disciplines Research Involvement in research projects Personal Skills Excellent demonstrable communication skills in English (both oral and written)Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and resolve conflict

Probity Eligible to work in the UK

Desirable

Qualifications

Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management

Experience in other relevant specialties such as in patient psychiatry

Training and experience

Trained in ADI and ADOS (A)

Training in investigation of complaints and SIs

Experience of providing consultation to non-CAMHS practitioners.

Special interest in neurodevelopmental conditions

Clinical skills

Evidence of skills in consultation to non-mental health specialists e.g. GPs, social workers, paediatricians.

Evidence of range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

Expertise in CBT or other therapeutic intervention to postgraduate level

Significant experience of developing and leading outpatient/community CAMHS psychiatric care.Management/Audit Has led quality improvement projects/audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients

Evidence of involvement with business planning of clinical services

ResearchPeer reviewed publication

Book publication

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

  • MRCPsych membership or equivalent

Desirable

  • Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
  • Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
  • Experience in other relevant specialties such as in patient psychiatry

ELIGIBILITY

Essential

  • Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
  • Evidence for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within six months of gaining CCT in C&A psychiatry or Equivalent training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CESR issued by PMETB)
  • Section 12 approved
  • Approved Clinician status or able to achieve within three months of appointment

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

Essential

  • Experience in Outpatient/Community Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Experience of assessing and managing complex co-morbidities

Desirable

  • Trained in ADI and ADOS
  • Training in investigation of complaints and SIs
  • Experience of providing consultation to non-CAMHS practitioners
  • Special interest in neurodevelopmental conditions

CLINICAL SKILLS

Essential

  • Excellent leadership skills
  • Excellent adolescent psychiatric assessment skills
  • Good ability to relate to children, adolescents and parents
  • Good ability to work in a team setting
  • Understanding of safeguarding
  • Ability to assess capacity and consent
  • Understanding of how complaints and serious incidents are managed
  • Up-to-date knowledge and fitness to practice
  • Expertise in the use and application of The Mental Health Act in children and young people

Desirable

  • Evidence of skills in consultation to non-mental health specialists e.g. GPs, social workers, paediatricians
  • Evidence of range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
  • Expertise in CBT or other therapeutic intervention to postgraduate level
  • Significant experience of developing and leading outpatient/community CAMHS psychiatric care

ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING (MANAGEMENT/AUDIT SKILLS)

Essential

  • Participation in audit or QI in clinical posts

Desirable

  • Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post

ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING (TEACHING)

Essential

  • Experience of teaching a range of disciplines

Desirable

  • Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken

ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING (RESEARCH)

Essential

  • Involvement in research projects

Desirable

  • Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation

ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING (PERSONAL SKILLS)

Essential

  • Excellent demonstrable communication skills in English (both oral and written)
  • Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and resolve conflict
  • Probity
  • Eligible to work in the UK

Desirable

  • Has led quality improvement projects/audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients
  • Evidence of involvement with business planning of clinical services
  • Peer reviewed publication
  • Book publication
Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

  • MRCPsych membership or equivalent

Desirable

  • Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
  • Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
  • Experience in other relevant specialties such as in patient psychiatry

ELIGIBILITY

Essential

  • Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
  • Evidence for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within six months of gaining CCT in C&A psychiatry or Equivalent training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CESR issued by PMETB)
  • Section 12 approved
  • Approved Clinician status or able to achieve within three months of appointment

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

Essential

  • Experience in Outpatient/Community Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Experience of assessing and managing complex co-morbidities

Desirable

  • Trained in ADI and ADOS
  • Training in investigation of complaints and SIs
  • Experience of providing consultation to non-CAMHS practitioners
  • Special interest in neurodevelopmental conditions

CLINICAL SKILLS

Essential

  • Excellent leadership skills
  • Excellent adolescent psychiatric assessment skills
  • Good ability to relate to children, adolescents and parents
  • Good ability to work in a team setting
  • Understanding of safeguarding
  • Ability to assess capacity and consent
  • Understanding of how complaints and serious incidents are managed
  • Up-to-date knowledge and fitness to practice
  • Expertise in the use and application of The Mental Health Act in children and young people

Desirable

  • Evidence of skills in consultation to non-mental health specialists e.g. GPs, social workers, paediatricians
  • Evidence of range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
  • Expertise in CBT or other therapeutic intervention to postgraduate level
  • Significant experience of developing and leading outpatient/community CAMHS psychiatric care

ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING (MANAGEMENT/AUDIT SKILLS)

Essential

  • Participation in audit or QI in clinical posts

Desirable

  • Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post

ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING (TEACHING)

Essential

  • Experience of teaching a range of disciplines

Desirable

  • Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken

ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING (RESEARCH)

Essential

  • Involvement in research projects

Desirable

  • Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation

ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING (PERSONAL SKILLS)

Essential

  • Excellent demonstrable communication skills in English (both oral and written)
  • Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and resolve conflict
  • Probity
  • Eligible to work in the UK

Desirable

  • Has led quality improvement projects/audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients
  • Evidence of involvement with business planning of clinical services
  • Peer reviewed publication
  • Book publication

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Croydon CAMHS

Christopher Wren House, 113 High Street

Croydon

CR0 1QG


Employer's website

https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Croydon CAMHS

Christopher Wren House, 113 High Street

Croydon

CR0 1QG


Employer's website

https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Associate Medical Director

Dr Eirini Skouta

Eirini.Skouta@slam.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

09 February 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

Depending on experience £109,725 - £145,478 per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

334-CHI-7752253-JA

Job locations

Croydon CAMHS

Christopher Wren House, 113 High Street

Croydon

CR0 1QG


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