Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry – Learning Disabilities

Job overview

Consultant Psychiatrist – Learning Disabilities Hillingdon CAMHS Minet Clinic

We are advertising for a 5 PA consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist to work within the Hillingdon CAMHS Learning Disabilities

This is an exciting 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, children's services and allied health professionals. You will be working within a highly experienced and dedicated MDT with excellent outcome. 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. The CAMHS Service Line has an award-winning Quality Improvement platform with several successful projects within Hillingdon CAMHS and the LD team.

There is also an option for additional 2PAs joining the Hillingdon Early Intervention in Psychosis team as the Consultant Psychiatrist for patients under 18yrs, based at Mill House, and is a comprehensive service offering the full range of management and interventions for this population of young people.

Closing Date : 2 September 202

AAC : 18 September 2026

Main duties of the job

This post has been expanded to reflect the development of LD services in Hillingdon. The focus of this post will be to provide psychiatric consultation, assessment and treatment in the Hillingdon LD team. The post holder will be expected to contribute clinical leadership in the development and management of the Learning Disability and neuro developmental disorder pathway within the Service Line. There are senior psychologists and behaviour analysts within the team, contributing to the expertise available for the local population. Close working relationships exist with the Educational and Children with Disability Teams and with the Child Development/Paediatric Services. In Hillingdon, the team work closely with the Child Development Centre (CDC) and the local pathway agreement is that CDC carry out ASD assessments and prescribe for young people with LD who also have ADHD.

The postholder will contribute to the CAMHS OOH consultant rota for CNWL NHS FT.

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.