Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
17 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- ELIGIBILITY
Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- ELIGIBILITY
Section 12/Approved clinician approval.
- QUALIFICATIONS
MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
- QUALIFICATIONS
MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
- ACADEMIC SKILLS LIFELONG LEARNING
Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
- ACADEMIC SKILLS LIFELONG LEARNING
Participated in continuous professional development.
- ACADEMIC SKILLS LIFELONG LEARNING
Participated in research or service evaluation.
- ACADEMIC SKILLS LIFELONG LEARNING
Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
- ACADEMIC SKILLS LIFELONG LEARNING
Has actively participated in clinical audit
- ACADEMIC SKILLS LIFELONG LEARNING
Holds a full valid driving license and access to a car (Unless you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995).
- CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Experience of the full range of clinical responsibilities expected of a consultant in psychiatry.
- CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Experience of close collaborative working with social care and other agencies.
- CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Experience of working with service users who have complex needs within psychiatry.
- CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
- CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
- CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others.
Desirable
12 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- ELIGIBILITY
In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.
- ELIGIBILITY
CCT in Psychiatry; OR Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register in psychiatry; OR within six months of achieving CCT/CESR at the time of interview.
- QUALIFICATIONS
Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- QUALIFICATIONS
Relevant higher degree, e.g. MD, PhD, MSc or other additional clinical qualifications
- ACADEMIC SKILLS LIFELONG LEARNING
Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post.
- ACADEMIC SKILLS LIFELONG LEARNING
Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken.
- ACADEMIC SKILLS LIFELONG LEARNING
Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.
- ACADEMIC SKILLS LIFELONG LEARNING
Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
- ACADEMIC SKILLS LIFELONG LEARNING
Has led clinical audits leading to service change.
- ACADEMIC SKILLS LIFELONG LEARNING
Experience of organising and overseeing psychotherapy training program for psychiatry trainees.
- CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.
- CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Excellent degree of medical knowledge in relation to psychiatry.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has become available for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the East Children and Young People Mental Health services within Hoddesdon and our satellite clinic in Bishop Stortford in Hertfordshire.
This post is a fixed term locum post as a job share with another consultant who is on a part time basis and reduced capacity basis.
The Hoddesdon and Bishops Stortford CAMHS Clinics are part of the East Herts Quadrant for
Community CAMHS Clinics of which the teams work alongside colleagues in Welwyn Garden City clinics to form the East Herts quadrant.
Main duties of the job
- To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed by consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Trust's personnel policies and procedures. This may include assessing competences under the Modernising Medical Careers framework.
- To ensure that junior medical staff working with the post holder operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant.
- To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients.
- To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively and submit this promptly to the Information Department.
- To participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service.
- To participate in annual appraisal for consultants.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust and the team including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme.
- To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval, and to abide by professional codes of conduct.
- To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager, which will include consultation with a relevant manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation. To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services and share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management.
- To comply with the Trust's agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the medical director and other managers in preparing plans for services.
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.
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This advert is for Locum Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist (Hoddesdon) with Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in Radlett, 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 12 months (Fixed Term 12 months). The application deadline is 25 Sep 2026.
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