Job summary
- Main area
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (on-call arrangements (1 in 22))
- Job ref
- 334-CHI-7107418-JA
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Croydon CAMHS
- Town
- Croydon
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
- Closing
- 09/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in Croydon CAMHS
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
This is a 12 months fixed term contract CAMHS consultant child & adolescent psychiatrist post which has arisen due to a staff vacancy. 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).
The successful applicant will also join the SLaM consultant CAMHS on-call rota (see On-call Section of the Job Description).
Main duties of the job
This post includes 7.5 PAs of direct clinical activity with the Croydon CAMHS Treatment Team with 2.5 PAs of time.
This post benefits from 2.5 PAs of structured professional activities, during which the post holder will contribute to service development, clinical governance and quality improvement, in addition to completing continuous professional development and pursuing other professional activities.
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).
The whole Croydon CAMHS service is based within the community clinic at Christopher Wren House, 113 High Street, Croydon. The Treatment Team is a multidisciplinary team which offers specialist outpatient mental health services to children and young people aged 0-18 years who are registered with a Croydon GP and have moderate to severe mental health difficulties. The team is an MDT which includes psychiatry, psychology, nursing, family therapy and other disciplines.
This post involves consulting to care coordinators, direct clinical contact for diagnostic clarification, risk assessment, medication suitability etc. and follow ups. Attending the MDT meetings to contribute and oversee care planning in line with evidence based practice.
Working for our organisation
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 feel valued 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 from keyworker 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.
Detailed job description and main 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 Specification
ESSENTIAL
Full 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 priority
Training and Experience
Experience in Outpatient/Community Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Experience of assessing and managing complex co-morbidities
Clinical skills
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, and other relevant legal frameworks, in children and young people
Management/Audit
Participation in audit or QI in clinical posts
Teaching
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
Research
Peer reviewed publication
Book publication
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- MRCPsych membership or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- 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 criteria
- 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 criteria
- Experience in Outpatient/Community Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Experience of assessing and managing complex co-morbidities
Desirable criteria
- 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 criteria
- 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 criteria
- 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 criteria
- Participation in audit or QI in clinical posts
Desirable criteria
- Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING (TEACHING)
Essential criteria
- Experience of teaching a range of disciplines
Desirable criteria
- Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING (RESEARCH)
Essential criteria
- Involvement in research projects
Desirable criteria
- Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING (PERSONAL SKILLS)
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- 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
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Manish Rao
- Job title
- Lead Clinician – Croydon CAMHS
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 3228 0000
- Additional information
Hollie McKay, Service Manager
020 3228 0000
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