Job summary
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Full time (10 PA) substantive post
Department of Child & Adolescent Mental Health at Royal Free Hampstead site
Main duties of the job
This is for 1 x 10PA Substantive CAMHS Consultant posts which are part of the generic Tier 3 multidisciplinary team at the Royal Free Hospital. The post holders will work with other Consultant and junior doctor colleagues, providing psychiatric assessment and management of cases within the ADHD Service, and will also contribute materially to the daytime on call rota. The post holders will be part of the clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team and offer consultation to other professional and agencies and facilitate the development of the team and wider service.
There will be a particular focus on ADHD and on contributing to the daytime on call rota.
About us
The service currently comprises 2 multidisciplinary Teams: a Liaison and Generic Team with a strong Neurodevelopmental component and significant and innovative emergency activity, and an Eating Disorder specialist team. Currently the staff is 4.6 wte consultant child psychiatrists; 1 core trainee in psychiatry (CT1-3); 1 higher specialty trainee (ST4-6) in child and adolescent psychiatry and a large and very experienced multi-disciplinary team.
The Royal Free is busy with CAMHS emergency work, in and out of hours. The daytime emergency work is covered by liaison nurses, junior doctors and consultants. The post holder would also be expected to support and work closely with the innovative OOH nursing team, which covers 5 boroughs.
The neurodevelopment work comprises autism and ADHD care pathways. The post-holder would be expected to participate in multidisciplinary assessment of children and young people with suspected ADHD and to maintain a treatment caseload of children and young people with ADHD, monitoring use of medication and other treatments as appropriate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post is based within the ADHD Service at CAMHS, Royal Free Hospital, Pond St, London NW3 2QG. The post-holders will provide clinical duties within the wider service together with other Consultant and junior doctor colleagues, including sharing responsibility for the daytime on call rota.
The role of the consultant will be to provide psychiatric assessment and treatment where appropriate, contribute a psychiatric perspective, provide senior clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team, offer consultation to other professionals and agencies and facilitate the development of the team and wider service. Each team comprises a full range of CAMHS disciplines including child psychotherapy, clinical psychology, family therapy and nursing in addition to child and adolescent psychiatry
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post is based within the ADHD Service at CAMHS, Royal Free Hospital, Pond St, London NW3 2QG. The post-holders will provide clinical duties within the wider service together with other Consultant and junior doctor colleagues, including sharing responsibility for the daytime on call rota.
The role of the consultant will be to provide psychiatric assessment and treatment where appropriate, contribute a psychiatric perspective, provide senior clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team, offer consultation to other professionals and agencies and facilitate the development of the team and wider service. Each team comprises a full range of CAMHS disciplines including child psychotherapy, clinical psychology, family therapy and nursing in addition to child and adolescent psychiatry
Person Specification
Education & Professional Qualifications
Essential
- On the specialist register of the General Medical Council (GMC) for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Registered with the GMC and within 6 months (at the scheduled time of the advisory appointments committee) of being accepted for the specialist register for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Fellowship / Membership of relevant Royal College of Psychiatry Section 12 approved / equivalent
Desirable
- Level 3 child Protection training
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Experience / Knowledge
Essential
- Recent experience with CAMHS emergencies
- Demonstrable knowledge of the environment in which the service needs to be delivered
Desirable
- Liaison experience
- Experience in Children's Safeguarding
Skills & Attitudes
Essential
- Ability to support to multidisciplinary team
Desirable
- Experience of and/or interest in a clinical leadership role
Person Specification
Education & Professional Qualifications
Essential
- On the specialist register of the General Medical Council (GMC) for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Registered with the GMC and within 6 months (at the scheduled time of the advisory appointments committee) of being accepted for the specialist register for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Fellowship / Membership of relevant Royal College of Psychiatry Section 12 approved / equivalent
Desirable
- Level 3 child Protection training
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Experience / Knowledge
Essential
- Recent experience with CAMHS emergencies
- Demonstrable knowledge of the environment in which the service needs to be delivered
Desirable
- Liaison experience
- Experience in Children's Safeguarding
Skills & Attitudes
Essential
- Ability to support to multidisciplinary team
Desirable
- Experience of and/or interest in a clinical leadership role
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.
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.
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).
