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COMMUNITY CAMHS CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST (FOLKESTONE & DOVER)

North East London NHS Foundation Trust

Location
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Profession
Medical doctor
Grade
Consultant
Deadline
13 Aug 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
13 May 2025

Job overview

COMMUNITY CAMHS CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST

(FOLKESTONE & DOVER, CT18 8AN)

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

Job Details:

Qualifications needed:

  • Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
  • CCT or equivalent
  • Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it
  • Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it
  • Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST

Main duties of the job

To be successful in your application, you will need:

  • To demonstrate that your values are in line with that of NELFT’s values,
  • To be innovative, motivated, and passionate about Child and Adolescent mental health care,
  • Essential understanding of current developments in mental health care,
  • To be a team player

NELFT Benefits:

  • Relocation expenses
  • Career Development and training
  • Just & Compassionate Culture
  • Award winning Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives
  • Vivup employee benefits platform and salary sacrifice scheme
  • Salary Finance and Financial Wellbeing support
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Health & Wellness initiatives
  • 11 Staff Networks including parents & carers network, ethnic minorities network, LGBT+ network and Disability network to name a few
  • Retail Discounts
  • Flexible working and agile working
  • Cycle to work scheme

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be expected to:

  • Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to children and young people with mental health needs, across Folkestone and Dover.
  • Provide senior medical support and guidance to the team
  • Work directly with young people and their families and liaise as appropriate with other external CAMHS mental health providers and acute hospitals
  • Participate in the on-call rota frequency is currently 1:14, with a 3% of basic salary, Category A on-call supplement.
  • Support your peers and team leader, and be an effective team member whilst allowing them to work with their own initiative
  • Work alongside another full-time CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist and a full-time Specialty Doctor.
  • Commit to collaborative working, actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals, and agencies.