Job overview
This is a 10 PA Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatry post leading the Ealing Child and Family Team (CFT) in Ealing CAMHS created after an unexpected vacancy due to early retirement.
The post holder will be operationally and professionally accountable to the CAMHS Clinical Director through the Borough Clinical Lead, and in turn accountable to the Trust`s Chief Medical Officer and the Executive Director of Local Services.
This post (10 PAs) provides the opportunity to work with three other Consultant Psychiatrists and the multi-disciplinary Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service based in Ealing CAMHS. The team sits within the three-borough CAMHS Service Line which also includes Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham.
This is a well-established post in the CFT.
Ealing CAMHS offers a comprehensive Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service for children, young people and families in the 0-18 age range. It is a community-based outpatient service characterised by family centred and individually tailored treatment packages. There is close working across teams to ensure responsive patient-centred packages of care.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will have overall Consultant responsibility for the Child and Families Team and, shared together with his/her Consultant colleagues on the Ealing site, for the provision of the comprehensive general child and adolescent mental health services in Ealing CAMHS in line with service and contractual requirements.
The consultant will be expected to share responsibility for the efficient and effective running of the service. The various roles and responsibilities of all staff and the Consultant group are agreed with the Clinical Director in line with the current service needs, service developments and clinical interests and managed within an annual formal job planning process. The post-holder will have the opportunity to develop special interests that meet the needs of the service e.g. tic disorders, safeguarding or others.
Within the Child and Families Team, the post-holder will assist with the delivery of a comprehensive range of assessments, therapeutic interventions, training and consultation with the multi-disciplinary team. He/she will share responsibility for allocated cases and other clinical leadership duties for the team. The post-holder will be expected to provide both urgent and non-urgent psychiatric outpatient assessment, treatment and psychological interventions to cases under his/her direct care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Eligibility
Essential
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice at the time of appointment
- GMC Specialist Register for child and adolescent psychiatry or within six months
- Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
- Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
Desirable
- Good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
- MRCPsych
- Additional clinical qualifications
Other Requirements
Essential
- Commitment to and compliance with Trust values
Desirable
- Mobile and able to travel to Trust sites
Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning
Essential
- Ability to work in and lead team
- Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement.
- Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
- Participated in continuous professional development
- Participated in research or service evaluation
- Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
- Has actively participated in clinical audit, research and/or quality improvement
- Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
Desirable
- Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit or service improvement e.g. prizes, awards or publications
- Evidence of improving patient outcomes through service change or audit
- Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit or service improvement e.g. prizes or awards
Clinical Skills, Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Excellent clinical skills in child and adolescent psychiatry
- Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
- Excellent knowledge in speciality
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
Desirable
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- Wide range of specialist and subspecialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
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This advert is for Consultant with West London NHS Trust in Southall, London, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Psychiatry role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 19 Jul 2026.
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