Job summary
- Main area
- Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist for Mosaic CAMHS
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 260-TP-974
- Employer
- Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kentish Town Health Centre
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 Per annum including HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist for Mosaic CAMHS
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
It is a condition of this employment that you must live in and remain a resident of the United Kingdom during your employment with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.
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The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health trust with a focus on training and education alongside a full range of mental health services and psychological therapies for children and their families, young people and adults.
We are committed to improving mental health and emotional wellbeing, believing that high quality mental health services should be available for all who need them. We bring a distinctive contribution based on the importance we attach to social experience at all stages of people’s lives, and our focus on psychological and developmental approaches to the promotion of health and the prevention and treatment of mental ill health
We contribute to the pool of ideas through our own research and development, but are also committed to bringing together the best ideas of the time, old and new, from inside and out, together with the most gifted and able professionals in our fields of endeavour. We aim to share our ideas and practice through as many routes as possible.
As a Trust we aim constantly to be evolving in nature and form in relation to the environment in which we work, to ensure that our contribution remains relevant.
The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
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Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed child and adolescent Psychiatrist. Experience of working in specialist disability CAMHS team is an essential requirement. The ideal candidate will have sound risk assessment and management skills, good interpersonal skills and will thrive within a busy multi-disciplinary team environment, and enjoy short term work, assessments and consulting to a wide range of colleagues, flexibly across the different teams under the Integrated Children’s service umbrella. The post is currently split between two of these teams, Mosaic CAMHS and SCAS (Social Communication Assessment Service) diagnostic assessment and post diagnostic clinical support to children and young people with ASC and/or Intellectual disabilities.
Main duties of the job
This 0.9 WTE post is based in Mosaic CAMHS. This is a comprehensive service which functions as part of an integrated service for children with disabilities in Camden partnership with Central and North West London (CNWL) NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Free London Foundation NHS Trust, Whittington Health NHS Trust and Camden Local Authority it offers an ideal service to work as a key member of a multiagency service offering assessment, intervention and consultation to children and families with a range of disabilities and to work with networks supporting these children.
Candidates are requested to use the section "Supporting Information" on the application form to set out their reasons for applying and their suitability, referring to the person specification, for this post.
Working for our organisation
The Tavistock & Portman which has a worldwide reputation for therapeutic approaches in Mental Health and is a leading provider of post-graduate training and academic courses for Mental Health and Social Care professions. The post will be embedded within the Children Young Adult and Families Directorate (CYAF) which is a thriving and growing Directorate that encompasses services for children and young people (0-25) their families, and carers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Excellent knowledge in child and adolescent psychiatry or psychiatrist in medical psychotherapy.
- 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
- Experience in the psychiatric assessment and treatment of children and young people with Neurodevelopmental conditions including ADHD and ASC.
- Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others.
- Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
- Able to deliver postgraduate teaching and training
- Ability to work in and provide clinical leadership Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement. Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken Participated in continuous professional development Participated in research or service evaluation. Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation. Able to use and appraise clinical evidence. Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications. Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programs Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients
Desirable criteria
- MRCPsych Eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of getting CCT Wide range of specialist and sub- specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.
- Wide experience and skill of therapeutic work with children and young people and their families.
- Evidence of working flexibly with team members and with young people providing appointments in a range of community settings.
- Section 12 approved or eligible to apply
- Able to plan and deliver postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
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 Nancy Sheppard
- Job title
- Mosaic Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Dr Sheva Habel, Medical Director, [email protected]
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