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Locum Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist-Learning Disability

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
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Location
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 plus London weighting of £2162 per annum pro rata
Profession
Medical doctor
Grade
Consultant
Deadline
05 Jan 2025
Contract Type
12 months (Fixed Term)
Posted Date
20 Dec 2024

Job overview

Locum Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Harrow CAMHS Learning Disability Team (CNWL)

We are currently looking for a 2 PA locum consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist to work within our Learning Disability Team in Harrow CAMHS (CNWL) for 12 months to cover maternity leave and provide additional support to the team. This is an exciting opportunity for  an energetic, innovative and dedicated doctor with interest/experience in LD and 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, Tier 4 services and allied health professionals.

Further Information & Arrangements to visit

Dr Julia Gledhill - Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

E: [email protected] T: 020 8869 4500

Main duties of the job

This 2 session post is within the Harrow CAMHS LD team.  The Learning Disability Team in Harrow CAMHS see young people with a moderate or severe learning disability presenting with significant mental health problems and/or challenging behaviour and offers assessment and management of comorbid neurodevelopmental disorders.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This post will involve leadership of and clinical work within the LD team. The LD team are a multi-disciplinary team (including psychologist, nurse, behavioural analyst and an assistant psychologist).  A holistic approach is offered with medication part of this, combined with psychological interventions. The team sign up to the STOMP/STAMP principles. The current caseload is approximately 16 cases on medication at present. The post holder will provide psychiatric assessments and reviews and oversee pharmacological treatment and will  provide leadership to the LD team.