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Job summary

Main area
Psychiatry
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
455-NLFT-0190
Employer
North London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Baytree House
Town
Enfield
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 Plus £2,162 of London Zone Weighting per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/07/2025 08:00

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North London NHS Foundation Trust logo

Consultant Psychiatrist - Child & Adolescent Mental Health (CAHMS)

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Job overview

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, skilled, approachable and motivated Consultant Child &Adolescent Psychiatrist to join the Barnet Enfield and Haringey CAMHS division in a full time post to help in managing the care of young people living requiring assessment and treatment within Enfield CAMHS (Generic/ Neurodevelopmental- 6 PAs) which is based at Bay Tree House, Enfield and Enfield CAMHS Looked after Children (HEART Team) 4 PAs- based at Thomas Hardy House, Enfield). This is an excellent opportunity for a consultant to work within a well-functioning and closely knit multidisciplinary team of committed professionals in CAMHS and Enfield LAC Team. This is an existing Consultant post which has become vacant as the current post holder has moved within the Trust.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be working as part of an established multidisciplinary Generic Specialist CAMHS team which working closely together with other disciplines. The service includes Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists, Clinical/ Counselling Psychologists, Child Psychotherapists, Family Therapists, CAMHS Practitioners and Mental Health Nurses. The multi-disciplinary team has had further expansion and recruitment as a result of agreed new commissioning and investment working to offer a full complement of therapeutic interventions and work towards meeting the demands of the service. Currently the multi-disciplinary team have skills to offer Generic and Neurodevelopmental initial assessments /screenings and work across the two areas and we have an identified group of clinicians that have highly specialist skills to support the NDS pathway. Our plan going forward would be to create two pathways in this team- a Generic/Emotional pathway and a Neurodevelopmental pathway. Each MDT clinician holds their own individual clinical caseload.

Working for our organisation

The North London NHS Foundation Trust is the main mental health service provider in North London. We provide care and support to a population of 1.6m people in North London and also provide a range of more specialist mental health services to a wider population across London, surrounding counties and some national services. They include: General Adult Services (Inpatient Services, Crisis Services, Community Services, Talking Therapies), Rehabilitation Services, Children and Young People Mental Health Services, Older Adult Services, and Learning Disabilities and Autism Services. Our specialist services include Forensic and Prisons Services, Substance Misuse Services, the Perinatal and Maternal Mental Health Service, Specialist Eating Disorders Services, and Veterans’ Mental Health Services. We are starting from a good place with both of our organisations having been rated as ‘Good’ during our latest Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post-holder will be expected: 
•    To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed with the medical director and in accordance with the Trust’s policies and procedures. There are currently no medical training posts attached to the advertised post, but the post-holder may be asked to supervise trainee doctors as part of leave cover for the designated clinical supervisors in the team. 
•    To ensure that junior doctors working with them are compliant with the Working Time Directive.
•    To comply with procedures whereby doctors report concerns about professional conduct or competence of medical or other colleagues.
•    To comply with the principles of practice laid out by the General Medical Council and the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
•    To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council (GMC), Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval, and to abide by professional codes of conduct.
•    To demonstrate compliance with legal obligations covering clinical practice e.g., Mental Health Act and Code of Practice, Mental Capacity Act, The Children Act.
•    To participate in annual appraisal for consultants.
•    To participate annually in a job plan review with the CAMHS Division Clinical Director and the Enfield Medical Lead.
•    To attend and participate in the academic program of the Trust, including lectures and seminars of the internal CPD program.
•    To comply with the regulations of the Royal College of Psychiatrists on Continuing Medical Education (CPD).
•    To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients.
•    To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively and submit this promptly to the Information Department.
•    To comply with confidentiality as advised by professional and Department of Health Guidelines.
•    To comply with proper and safe discharge procedures for in-patients e.g., in line with Department of Health Guidelines on Discharge and Caring for People: The Care Program Approach.
•    To comply with Trust procedures that involve users in their care.
•    To comply with Trust procedures with regard to responsibility to carers.
•    To commit to ensuring that people from all ethnic groups have equitable access to appropriate services.
•    To ensure successful multi-disciplinary working.
•    To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services and share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management.
•    To comply with the Trust’s agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the services and support the medical director and other managers in preparing plans for services.
•    To maintain good relationships with general practitioners, the CCG, Social Services, and voluntary sector organizations.

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MBBS and additional experience in learning disability or Child & Adolescent Psychiatry leading to CCT/CESR registration
  • CCT/CESR registration
Desirable criteria
  • MRCPsych Qualifications or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
  • Additional clinical qualification

Eligibility

Essential criteria
  • Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a current licence to practise from the GMC at intended start date.
  • Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
  • Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
  • Section 12 Approved or able to achieve within three months of appointment
Desirable criteria
  • In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

Transport

Essential criteria
  • N/A
Desirable criteria
  • Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative

Clinical skills, knowledge, and experience

Essential criteria
  • Excellent knowledge in specialty
  • Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
  • Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
  • Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
  • Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
Desirable criteria
  • Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

Academic Skills and lifelong learning

Essential criteria
  • Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
  • Ability to work in and lead team
  • Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver improvement
  • Participated in research or service evaluation.
  • Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
  • Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
Desirable criteria
  • Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post.
  • Reflect on purpose of CPD undertaken.
  • Experienced in clinical research and/or service evaluation.
  • Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications
  • Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients

Information Technology Experience & Skills

Essential criteria
  • Basic computer skills, including ability to use e-mail and Internet
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in data gathering and management

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleJob share policyAge positiveImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare Leaver CovenantStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into healthAccredited Living Wage Employer

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Navin Chandra
Job title
Director
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02083665440
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