# Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry – Learning Disabilities > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-child-and-adolescent-psychiatry-learning-disabilities/da197de6-cd5b-49aa-b987-58eb841ec354 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-child-and-adolescent-psychiatry-learning-disabilities/da197de6-cd5b-49aa-b987-58eb841ec354.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Hillingdon Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 plus London weighting of £2162 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 5 sessions per week (option for additional 2PAs joining the Hillingdon Early Intervention in Psychosis team (EIS) as the Consultant Psychiatrist for patients under 18yrs, based at Mill House, Uxbridge,) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-02T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-12T11:20:45.193Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Hayes/Central_North_West_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/CAMHS_Psychiatrist/CAMHS_Psychiatrist-v8224100 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8224100?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Other **Desirable** - Computer Literate - Full UK car driving licence ### 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 ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - Primary Medical Degree - Full GMC Registration - Section 12 MHA Approved - Approved Clinician status or willing to apply for approval. - GMC Licence to Practice - 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 - 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 - Publication in peer-reviewed journal - Experience in Paediatrics ## 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) - [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) - [consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry (pdf, 833.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10533276) ## 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.