# Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist > 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/74245ac6-0d61-478c-b9ed-30d11e5c5423 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-child-and-adolescent-psychiatrist/74245ac6-0d61-478c-b9ed-30d11e5c5423.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East London NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum pro-rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (8PA) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-12T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-29T12:43:05.817Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/East_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychiatry/Psychiatry-v8029620 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8029620?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.elft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview A consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist is required for the Tower Hamlets Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. The post is an 8 PA fixed term post. The post-holder will work across the Emotional and Behavioural team and the CAMHS in Social Care Team at Greatorex Street Community CAMHS, a long-established service for the assessment and treatment of young people up to the age of 18 years, their families and carers living in the borough of Tower Hamlets. The post-holder will hold a joint Clinical Team Lead position in a well-established joint leadership structure with a co-Clinical Team Lead. ### Main duties of the job Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details and information relating to the role. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details. For more information and/or informal discussion, please contact: Dr Chiara Colonnelli, Lead Psychiatrist - \[email protected\] ## Job Details A consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist is required for the Tower Hamlets Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. The post is an 8 PA fixed term post. The post-holder will work across the Emotional and Behavioural team and the CAMHS in Social Care Team at Greatorex Street Community CAMHS, a long-established service for the assessment and treatment of young people up to the age of 18 years, their families and carers living in the borough of Tower Hamlets. The post-holder will hold a joint Clinical Team Lead position in a well-established joint leadership structure with a co-Clinical Team Lead. ## Job Description Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details and information relating to the role. ## Responsibilities Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details. For more information and/or informal discussion, please contact: Dr Chiara Colonnelli, Lead Psychiatrist - \[email protected\] ## 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 ### Experience **Essential** - Possesses an extensive range of clinical knowledge and excellent clinical skills. - Experience of assessment and management of CYP with complex mental health disorders ### 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 ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Concerned to maintain and develop this knowledge - Displays sound professional judgement - Exercises sound clinical risk management - Sees patients within a 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, e.g. Family Therapy, CBT, individual or group psychotherapy ### Education/Qualification/Training **Essential** - Full GMC registration - MRCPsych parts 1&2 or equivalent - Eligibility for inclusion on the Specialist Register or CCT in appropriate specialty (or within 6 months) - 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, 755.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10317609) - [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.