# Consultant Child & 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/aa0dbc28-5e3e-44b3-89be-578e0c6274b2 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-child-and-adolescent-psychiatrist/aa0dbc28-5e3e-44b3-89be-578e0c6274b2.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Adult Mental Health Services - Tower Hamlets Directorate - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent: none - **Employment type:** Part time - 6 sessions per week (none) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-15T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-20T14:30:40.961Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/East_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8381592 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8381592?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.elft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview City & Hackney Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service 6 PA'S (6 Sessions) Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist A Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist is required for City & Hackney Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. These clinical sessions are located within our Behaviour Support and Outreach Pathway. These are long-established consultant sessions, with the vacancy having arisen following the previous post holder moving on to a new role. The post-holder would be expected to provide Consultant input and clinical leadership to the Behaviour Support and Outreach Pathway three days per week as well as contribute the assessment clinic and the consultant duty rota. The role of the Consultant is to provide psychiatric assessment and treatment, contribute a psychiatric perspective, provide senior clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team, offer consultation to other professionals and agencies and facilitate the development of the team and wider service. Closing date: 15th November 2026 AAC panel date: TBC ### Main duties of the job A vacancy has arisen for an innovative and enthusiastic Consultant Psychiatrist to provide senior clinical consultant psychiatry input and leadership to the Behaviour Support and Outreach Team in City & Hackney Specialist CAMHS. This post has arisen due to the previous post holder moving to a new role. The role of the consultant is to provide psychiatric assessment and treatment where appropriate, contribute a psychiatric perspective, provide senior clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team, offer consultation to other professionals and agencies and facilitate the development of the team and wider service. In particular, the Consultant Psychiatrist will provide clinical input to psychiatric and crisis assessments, medication reviews, risk assessments and management as well as consultation to the multidisciplinary team. The current post holder holds a case load of around 30 children and young people for whom there is an ongoing prescribing need, many of whom are managed jointly with another member of the MDT. While primarily responsible for delivering a quality clinical service, the consultant psychiatrist is also expected to be actively involved in the strategic development of the team, being involved with the team manager and locality manager in helping to steer the development of the service in line with the strategic direction of the organization. For further information please contact Dr Rafik Refaat, Clinical Director ELFT on rafik.refaat@nhs.net. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities FULL JD/PS ATTACHED The post-holder would be expected to provide Consultant input into the Behaviour Support and Outreach Team, Assessment Clinics and Consultant Duty Rota. The consultant will be joining a team of 5 other Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists (3.6 WTE) in City & Hackney Specialist CAMHS and CAMHS Disability Service. There are 2 Foundation doctors, 2 Psychiatric Core Trainees and 2 Specialty Training posts in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry attached to C&H Specialist CAMHS. The Behaviour Support and Outreach Pathway comprises a range of other CAMHS disciplines including clinical psychology, family therapy, and CAMHS practitioners. While primarily responsible for delivering a quality clinical service, the post holder is expected to be actively involved in the clinical governance and strategic development of the team alongside the CTL. ### 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 ### Knowledge **Essential** - - Displays sound professional judgement - - Exercises sound clinical risk management ### 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 ### Qualifications **Essential** - - Full GMC registration - - MRCPsych parts 1&2 or equivalent ## Documents - [elft strategy 2026 (pdf, 421.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3090) - [elft staff benefits (pdf, 653.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3107) - [trust demographic information (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1844) - [elft staff benefits leaflet new (pdf, 465.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3106) - [consultant child & adolescent psychiatrist (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10710460) - [consultant child & adolescent psychiatrist (pdf, 344.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10710461) ## 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.