NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Locum Community CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist (Ashford)

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Job summary

COMMUNITY CHILD AND ADOLESCENT

LOCUM CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST

(ASHFORD - KENT)

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert, at any time, in the event of receiving suitable applicants.

Job Details:

Salary

£109,725 - £ 145, 478 per annum (Pro-rata)

Contract

6 month Fixed Term Contract

Hours

Part-time: 8 Programmed Activities (DCC:SPA = 5.5:2.5)

On call

No out of hours on call

Location

Lenworth Clinic, 329 Hythe Road, Ashford, Kent TN24 0QE

This post is for a Locum CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist position in the Ashford CAMHS Community Team, based at Lenworth Clinic, 329 Hythe Road, Ashford, Kent TN24 0QE.

Main duties of the job

This is a well-established post but has been vacant due to the previous consultant leaving the organization. A lot of transformation has taken place already and continues to take place within Kent's Community CAMHS Services. This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit substantively to this post as soon as possible.This is a part-time post - 8 Programmed Activities (PAs) post with 5.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs).The successful candidate will work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to children and young people with mental health needs, across Ashford.

About us

The successful candidate will provide senior medical support to the team, and direct input on clinical cases. The consultant will be expected to provide guidance and supervision to the team, work directly with children and young people (and their families), and liaise as appropriate with other external CAMHS mental health providers, and acute hospitals. You will work alongside a CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist (Dr Surekha Boggaram) and 0.6wte Specialty Doctor (Dr Vinutha Ramesh) within the service and will provide supervision requirements for the Specialty doctor in the service.

Details

Date posted

10 December 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£109,725 to £145,478 a year per annum pro rota

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

395-MED253-25

Job locations

Lenworth Clinic

329 Hythe Road

Ashford, Kent

TN24 0QE


Job description

Job responsibilities

To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others workload in the day-to-day allocation of work.To deputise when required in the team managers absence and delegate appropriately to other medical staff.To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them.To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing, and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trusts risk register.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others workload in the day-to-day allocation of work.To deputise when required in the team managers absence and delegate appropriately to other medical staff.To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them.To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing, and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trusts risk register.

Person Specification

GMC

Essential

  • Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

Qualifications

Essential

  • CCT or equivalent

Knowledge

Essential

  • Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it

Knowledge

Essential

  • Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST
Person Specification

GMC

Essential

  • Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

Qualifications

Essential

  • CCT or equivalent

Knowledge

Essential

  • Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it

Knowledge

Essential

  • Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST

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

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

Lenworth Clinic

329 Hythe Road

Ashford, Kent

TN24 0QE


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

Lenworth Clinic

329 Hythe Road

Ashford, Kent

TN24 0QE


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Associate Medical Director

Sophia Holliday

Sophia.Holliday@nelft.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

10 December 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£109,725 to £145,478 a year per annum pro rota

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

395-MED253-25

Job locations

Lenworth Clinic

329 Hythe Road

Ashford, Kent

TN24 0QE


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