# Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist (Inpatient CAMHS) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-child-and-adolescent-psychiatrist-inpatient-camhs/efb2b4b2-b948-49db-8bf2-7d429e9d6b70 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-child-and-adolescent-psychiatrist-inpatient-camhs/efb2b4b2-b948-49db-8bf2-7d429e9d6b70.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East London NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £109,725 - £145,478 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 10 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-20T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-23T11:31:49.959Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Luton/East_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8177908 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8177908?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.elft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist (Inpatient CAMHS) 10 sessions per week We are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for a substantive Consultant post based on Evergreen Ward, an 8-bed acute unit in Luton. Evergreen Ward is a highly specialised in-patient service for adolescents with severe and complex mental disorders. The ward provides acute care within a therapeutic environment, supporting young people through comprehensive assessment and treatment. There is a highly experienced multidisciplinary team providing holistic biopsychosocial assessments and treatment packages to young people and their families, who are actively involved in co-production. East London NHS Foundation Trust is widely recognised as a centre of excellence in mental health care, innovation, and quality improvement. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people’s lives by improving quality of life. ### Main duties of the job The Consultant Psychiatrist will provide comprehensive psychiatric assessments and treatment where appropriate, undertake risk assessments, and contribute a psychiatric perspective to care planning. The post holder will provide clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team, offer consultation to other professionals and agencies, and contribute to ongoing service development. The post holder will also be expected to participate in a range of additional activities, including clinical governance, quality improvement, teaching, and training. We would be particularly interested in candidates’ areas of special interest and how these may contribute to service development. The successful candidate will work closely with the Associate Clinical Director (based across two inpatient hospitals) within the service and collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team in the assessment and management of young people and their families presenting with severe and enduring mental disorders. The role also involves close liaison with community stakeholders, including CAMHS, Social Care, Education services, Youth Offending Teams, Acute Hospitals, and Adult Mental Health services. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy. For any queries, please contact Dr Alex Sales, \[email protected\] ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Meets professional health requirements - Adherence to the highest ethical and professional standards ### Research **Desirable** - Experience in a research project - Publication accepted by peer review journals in a relevant academic field ### Teaching **Essential** - Experience of teaching in small groups and lecturing - Commitment to both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, academic and clinical **Desirable** - Familiarity with problem based learning approaches ### Management/Audit **Essential** - Enthusiastic and organised approach to audit and quality assurance - Ability to operate effectively in a committee **Desirable** - Training in management skills - Experience of management of a clinical area - Experience of service development ### Skills / Abilities **Essential** - Possesses an extensive range of clinical knowledge and excellent clinical skills - Concerned to maintain and develop this knowledge - Displays sound professional judgement - Exercises sound clinical risk management - Sees patients within an holistic context - Creative in the design and implementation of treatment programmes - Appreciation and understanding of transcultural and gender issues in psychiatry - Shows an approach based on critical enquiry and evidence based practice - Able to balance competing demands and prioritise **Desirable** - Higher training in a specific psychotherapeutic treatment or modality eg. Family Therapy, CBT, individual or group psychotherapy. - Experience of managing CYP with eating disorders in acute or community settings ### Travel requirements **Essential** - Ability to travel to other venues in the community including patients homes **Desirable** - Driving license ### Education / Qualifications **Essential** - Full GMC registration - MRCPsych parts 1&2 or equivalent - Eligible for inclusion on the specialist register or higher trainee within 6 months of CCT - Section 12 approved and Approved Clinician status or willing to apply for approval **Desirable** - Higher academic degree ### Communication and Interpersonal Skills **Essential** - Strong leadership and co-ordination skills with ability to direct and organise teams - Excellent communication skills with a range of different people - Ability to build effective relationships with patients, families, colleagues and other professionals - Ability to cope with considerable pressure and adapt to constant change and new demands - Shows enthusiasm and initiative in pursuing innovation and the highest standards for patients, juniors, colleagues and the organisation ## Documents - [jd & ps (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10480865) - [elft strategy (pdf, 153.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1708) - [elft at a glance (pdf, 151.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1110) - [elft staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 920.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1111) - [trust demographic information (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1844) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.