# Fixed-Term Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/fixed-term-consultant-child-and-adolescent-psychiatrist/aeb3a94e-cf87-4fde-84d2-585fbe5433e9 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/fixed-term-consultant-child-and-adolescent-psychiatrist/aeb3a94e-cf87-4fde-84d2-585fbe5433e9.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Bethlem Royal Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** 7 months (Fixed term) - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week (+ oncall requirement) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-15T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-30T15:11:11.769Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Kent_London/South_London_Maudsley_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Child_Adolescent_Mental_Health_Services_CAMHS/Child_Adolescent_Mental_Health_Services_CAMHS-v8336133 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8336133?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.slam.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 7-month fixed term appointment for an Inpatient Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. This will initially be based at Tyson East 2 ward at the Bethlem Hospital although the post holder’s tenure will cover the transition of the ward to its permanent home at the Maudsley Adolescent Unit at the Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People. Applicants would need to be able to work on both sites. This is a full-time post although applicants who wished to work part time are still encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will be S12/AC approved and will provide clinical leadership to the service and take consultant responsibility for patients (both informal and detained) on the ward. The role is full time (10 sessions) with 7.5 DCC sessions and 2.5 SPA sessions. Start date is from End of December 2026. ### Main duties of the job The consultant role involves clinical and medical leadership for both the MDT and junior medical staff. This involves direct assessment of all admissions, formulation of treatment plans in conjunction with the MDT, liaison with other agencies (both clinical and non-clinical), supervision of junior medical staff, chairing of meetings with both clinical and non-clinical agenda, and facilitating discharge through the CPA process. We work in partnership with colleagues in neighbouring Trusts (Oxleas and South West London and St George’s) as the South London Partnership (SLP) in providing adolescent inpatient care. Adolescent inpatient services are provided by the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) through three wards: TE2/MAU, the Bethlem Adolescent Unit (BAU) and the Bethlem Adolescent Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (BAPICU). Aquarius and Wisteria wards provide general adolescent and eating disorder inpatient services respectively at Springfield Hospital as part of the SLPs integrated inpatient pathway. This gives young people cared for by the SLP access to a broad range of services, without recourse to care far from home. The successful applicant will also join the SLaM consultant CAMHS on-call rota (see On-call Section). ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Key Responsibilities: 1) Assessment and management of children and young people, and to provide psychiatric input for both routine and emergency clinical care. 2) Supervision of resident medical staff. 3) Attending and chairing clinical meetings as timetabled. 4) Liaising and communicating with the MDT, other professionals, teams and agencies 5) Strong clinical leadership 6) Provision of advice to other CAMHS teams. 7) Participation in peer and group supervision meetings. 8) Participation in training of medical students, psychiatric trainees and multidisciplinary staff. 9) Adherence to agreed job plan and appraisal procedures set by the Trust. 10) Maintain GMC registration, maintain a License to Practice and participate in CPD to remain in good standing with the Royal College of Psychiatrists. If required, the post holder will be supported to join or develop a local peer group for CPD purposes. 11) Maintain Section 12 and Approved Clinician approval. If the appointee is not Section 12 or AC approved, they will be expected to become so as soon as possible. 12) Cover for colleagues is prospective. Please refer to the job description for a full description of the role. ### 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 ### Research **Essential** - Involvement in research projects **Desirable** - Peer reviewed publication - Book publication - Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation ### Qualifications **Essential** - Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise - MRCPsych or Equivalent - (Eligibility for) Section 12 approval and Approved Clinician status. If not yet S12/AC approved this would not preclude appointment if otherwise suitable, but gaining such approval must be a priority **Desirable** - Higher degree/Research qualifications - Higher management qualifications ### Clinical Skills **Essential** - Excellent leadership skills - Excellent adolescent psychiatric assessment skills - Good ability to relate to children, adolescents and parents - Good ability to work in a team setting - Understanding of safeguarding - Ability to assess capacity and consent - Understanding of how complaints and serious incidents are managed - Up-to-date knowledge and fitness to practice - Expertise in the use and application of The Mental Health Act in children and young people **Desirable** - Expertise in CBT or other therapeutic intervention to postgraduate level - Significant experience of developing and leading inpatient psychiatric care services ### Personal Skills **Essential** - Good verbal and written communication skills - Good ability to engage marginalised children, young people and their families - Good ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team - Demonstrable and clear ability to effectively lead a team and resolve conflict - Probity - Eligibility to work in the UK ### Professionalism **Essential** - Fit to practice - Occupational Health Clearance ### Training and Experience **Essential** - Experience in inpatient based Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Experience of assessing and managing complex co-morbidities **Desirable** - Trained in ADI and ADOS - Training in investigation of complaints and SIs ## Documents - [slam staff benefits (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2341) - [jd consultant psychiatrist – fixed-term te2&mau (pdf, 272.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10661590) ## 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.