# Consultant Psychiatrist - CAMHS Learning Disability > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-psychiatrist-camhs-learning-disability/f9e26543-a5c9-4ad3-9f67-f6aed55e1fe1 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-psychiatrist-camhs-learning-disability/f9e26543-a5c9-4ad3-9f67-f6aed55e1fe1.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust NHS Trust - **Location:** Trust Headquarters, Trinity Building, Springfield University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent: Part Time - **Employment type:** 7 sessions per week (Part Time) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-27T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-01T01:33:15.617Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London_Tooting/South_West_London_St_Georges_Mental_Health_NHS_Trust/CAMHS_Emergency_Care_Service_CECS/CAMHS_Emergency_Care_Service_CECS-v8264032 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8264032?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Consultant Psychiatrist - CAMHS Learning Disability Part Time - 7PAs We are seeking to appoint an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist to work within our Child & Adolescent Learning Disability Service. This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy, developing service to provide consultation to specialist CAMHS for children and young people with moderate to profound intellectual disability, some of whom may have significant co-morbid mental health needs. We are looking for a consultant with the interest and skills in providing strong medical leadership to take our services forward. The role is being offered on a permanent basis, alongside a tailored management leadership programme for those individuals who would be interested in pursuing this. ### Main duties of the job - The LD CAMHS service is a comprehensive multidisciplinary learning disability mental health team, incorporating psychiatry, psychology, learning disability nursing, speech and language therapy and behavioural analyst expertise. The team provide a highly specialist learning disability CAMHS service for children and young people with moderate to profound intellectual disabilities with additional mental health needs and/or challenging behaviour. Many of the CYP have complex needs related to Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and/ or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The team have strong relationships with the local authority disabled children services, special schools and education departments across all boroughs. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - To provide consultation and liaison with clinicians in Tier 2 and 3 services for patients resident within the boroughs of Richmond and Kingston, referrals to and liaison with Tier 4 providers and, together with the rest of the service, education and support for Tier 1 referrers. - To provide clinical support for the team and provide psychiatric oversight to the team. - To provide emergency consultation, liaison, advice, management and appropriate support to professionals within the team and in the wider network of the child, young person or family. - To work in partnership with young people, parents and carers to develop and implement effective and agreed care plans. - To contribute to the development of multidisciplinary and multiagency packages of care, treatment and support for young people and their families with complex mental health, physical health and social care presentations, through effective consultation, liaison and joint-working. Please see attached JDPS for more details ### 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 ### TEACHING: **Essential** - Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate psychiatry **Desirable** - Teaching Qualification Evidence of feedback good from students ### Qualifications **Essential** - Primary Medical degree and CCT Specialist Registration. - Full GMC registration with a licence to practice. - Included on the GMC Specialist Register or eligible for such inclusion on the Specialist Registrar within three months of completing their CCT. - Approved Clinician status (or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment). - Section 12 (2) approval of the Mental Health Act (or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment). **Desirable** - Qualification in a talking therapy such as CBT, DBT or MBT - Qualifications in change management and service development skills - Additional clinical qualifications or other higher degrees or further training relevant to the post. ### AUDIT AND MANAGEMENT: **Essential** - Engage in continuing professional development, and join a Peer Group to gain approval for CPD done. - Commitment to developing practice through clinical audit, quality improvement, and working with colleagues in the liaison psychiatry team, the acute trust, and managers. Commitment to working with allied agencies including carer’s groups, and local charities. **Desirable** - Experience of service planning and development - Experience of working with third sector partners ### SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE: & EXPERIENCE **Essential** - Completed minimum of three years full time training in approved Higher Psychiatric training scheme. - A detailed knowledge of main treatment approaches for severe mental illness including psychopharmacological interventions - Minimum two years experience working with children and/ or adolescents in a multidisciplinary setting. - Experience of working with learning disabilities/ neurodevelopmental disorders **Desirable** - Knowledge and experience of the CPA process, risk assessment and risk management - Experience of teaching medical and non-medical staff, including those who may not have a formal qualification - Experience of working with children/ adolescents/ young adults with learning disabilities. ## Documents - [trust strategy (pdf, 3.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1559) - [trust values (pdf, 785.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2069) - [staff benefits (pdf, 239.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2318) - [swlstg diversity (pdf, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2314) - [swlstg privacy notice (pdf, 106.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2510) - [dbs information for candidates (pdf, 109.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=627) - [anti racism values into actions (pdf, 815.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2865) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 705.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10578170) - [personal details and fitness to practice (doc, 26.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=490) ## 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.