# Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist (K&C CAMHS ETT)

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** HMP Bronzefield
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Psychiatry
- **Grade:** Consultant
- **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 London weighting of £2162 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-07T14:00:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-16T16:51:38.920Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Central_North_West_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/CAMHS_Psychiatrist/CAMHS_Psychiatrist-v8301719
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8301719?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

### Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Enhanced Treatment Team (ETT) at Kensington & Chelsea CAMHS (CNWL)

Permanent, Full-Time (10PAs)

We are excited to commence recruitment for a 10 PA Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to work in the Enhanced Treatment Team within Kensington & Chelsea CAMHS (CNWL). This is a great opportunity for an energetic, innovative and dedicated child and adolescent psychiatrist with creative ideas for service development, keen to work with dynamic and passionate consultant colleagues and MDT clinicians and to collaborate with paediatricians, schools, childrens services and allied health professionals.

You will be working alongside a stable, friendly and supportive consultant group in a team with one core trainee and one GP trainee. There are opportunities for teaching and training, for example as part of the higher training scheme and strong links with Imperial College London to develop research interests. .

Applicants wishing to job share are welcomed to apply.

We offer a generous annual and study leave entitlement, NHS pension scheme, support with relocation expenses for up to 8K(subject to eligibility) and a range of lifestyle benefits, such as various staff discounts, a cycle to work scheme and discount on the purchase and leasing of new cars.

Further Information & Arrangements to visit

Dr Filipa Da Silva (Lead Psychiatrist K & C CAMHS)

filipa.martinssilva2@nhs.net

Tel: 0203 317 3599

### Main duties of the job

The Enhanced Treatment Team (ETT) offers assessment to children and young people presenting with complex presentations (including trauma and attachment issues) involving multi-agency working. ETT MDT clinicians carry out assessments which are discussed in the weekly post assessment meeting where psychiatric diagnosis/(es) and a management plan (in line with the current evidence base) is agreed. A weekly MDT meeting also allows for discussion and review of open cases.

Staff in the Enhanced Treatment Team currently includes a consultant child psychiatrist (1.0),– this post , psychologist (0.6), child psychotherapist (1.2), family therapist (1.8), nursing (0.4), CBT therapist (0.5) as well as administrative support. Each case has a case manager allocated from within the MDT.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- To provide Clinical Leadership within the team
- Responsible for ensuring there are systems to support the other members of the MDT team in identifying the symptoms and levels of risk that requires the involvement of psychiatry
- Contribute psychiatric assessment and treatment where there are identified symptoms suggestive of ASD, ADHD, Anxiety, Depressive Illness and other Psychiatric Disorders
- Support the Case Manager in assessing and managing risk
- Join multidisciplinary assessments of autism spectrum disorder
- Liaise with peadiatric colleagues when further physical assessment is required or to devise joint treatment plans for children who have epilepsy or other long-term complex conditions
- Liaising with NHS England, Commissioners and Tier 4 service when referral to Tier 4 is required
- Participation in the development of new models of service to improve delivery and outcome, considering the views of commissioners and evidence of best practice
- To contribute to the collection and monitoring of Clinical Outcome data across the service to assist delivery of KPIs
- To maintain accurate and up to date clinical records
- To complete and contribute to the completion of Serious Untoward Incident Reports as required
- Participation in development of clinical protocols as required
- Participation in training and supervision of other members of the multidisciplinary Team as required
- Maintaining up to date Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- To work in accordance with service policies and guidelines.

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Personal Skills & Qualities

**Essential**

- Excellent communication and empathic skills with a range of different people
- Demonstrable leadership skills
- Experience of team working
- Sound organisational skills
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Cultural Sensitivity and ability to work in multi ethnic environment
- Ability to cope with considerable pressure and adapt to new demands

### Education and Qualifications

**Essential**

- Full GMC Registration
- Section 12 MHA Approved
- Approved Clinician status or willing to apply for approval.
- GMC Licence to Practice
- Primary Medical Degree
- Inclusion on the Specialist Register for Psychiatry(or CCT expected within 6 months of interview date)

**Desirable**

- MRCPsych (or equivalent)
- An additional post graduate qualification of relevance to working with children and Adolescents
- Inclusion on the Specialist Register for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (or CCT expected within 6 months of interview date)
- Experience/special interest in Learning disability

### Experience, Skills and Abilities

**Essential**

- Competence in psycho- pharmacology and also non- medication therapeutic approaches.
- Experience and training in the assessment and management of neurodevelopmental disorders including cases with psychiatric comorbidity, complex presentations and associated high risk
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance/Care Quality
- Able to participate in Medical Audit and Quality Improvement
- Experience of teaching and supervision of junior staff and other disciplines

**Desirable**

- Management Training
- Experience of Research
- Experience in Paediatrics
- Publication in peer-reviewed journal

## Documents

- [cnwl values (pdf, 182.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1162)
- [cnwl staff charter (pdf, 684.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2868)
- [cnwl staff networks (pdf, 320.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1160)
- [consultant psychiatrist ett 10pas (pdf, 579.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10621089)
- [cnwl reward and wellbeing handbook 2020 (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1773)
- [cnwl culture scarf behaviour framework (pdf, 710.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2869)

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