# Locum NHS Psychiatrist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-nhs-psychiatrist/c350f98d-eab7-4b7a-8945-79e9cf5d9f54 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-nhs-psychiatrist/c350f98d-eab7-4b7a-8945-79e9cf5d9f54.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Junior - **Salary:** £109,725 - £145,478 per annum, plus London Weighting pro rata - **Contract type:** 6 months (Locum Post for 6 Months) - **Employment type:** Part time - 7.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2025-10-29T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2025-10-15T10:43:53.310Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Tavistock_Portman_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Locum_Consultant_Child_Adolescent_Psychiatrist_First_Step_Plus/Locum_Consultant_Child_Adolescent_Psychiatrist_First_Step_Plus-v7500889 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7500889?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.tavistockandportman.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is a 6-month fixed term locum opportunity to join the Tavistock First Step Plus Service for 2 PA’s taking place on Thursdays. First Step Plus is a Tavistock specialist mental health service commissioned by the NCL ICB to support children in Haringey's care who experience or are at risk of placement instability. The service is in the Child and Family Unit and operates through a multidisciplinary team comprising Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Clinical Social Work, Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy, and Systemic Family Therapy specialists. The service supports children and young people in Haringey's care aged 0-17 years who are experiencing or at risk of placement instability and lack access to local mental health services. Children experiencing placement instability face high mental health needs due to pre-care trauma and ongoing placement disruption yet struggle to access consistent local mental health services due to frequent moves and disrupted therapeutic relationships. First Step Plus addresses this by providing direct specialist support within the NCL boroughs and within a 20-mile radius of Haringey, including direct assessments, evidence-based interventions and treatment. For placements beyond this radius, consultation support is offered to social workers, foster carers and children's networks, ensuring continuity of care for all children in Haringey's care. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will conduct high-quality, comprehensive psychiatric assessments, psychiatric risk reviews and medical reviews, and deliver evidence-based treatments and interventions. The role encompasses providing consultation and network support while supporting multidisciplinary team functioning and referral assessment processes. The position requires maintaining schedule flexibility to accommodate urgent or high-risk cases and facilitate network consultations when concerns arise. The role is primarily based in our clinic at Bounds Green Health Centre but incorporates flexibility for community-based work. The post holder will conduct home visits and school-based assessments when clinically indicated and attend professional meetings in social work offices in Wood Green as required. The position involves collaborative working alongside the clinical service manager and the broader multidisciplinary team. As the service is currently in transition and re-modelling, the post holder will work alongside the First Step Plus clinical service manager and participate in service development activities as required, assisting in building pathways and relationships with other services, particularly supporting transition planning into adult services and finding pathways into local CYPMH services. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties. If the above sounds like you, please apply and / or contact us for any questions you might have about the post. We are looking forward to hearing from you. ## Job Description The post holder will conduct high-quality, comprehensive psychiatric assessments, psychiatric risk reviews and medical reviews, and deliver evidence-based treatments and interventions. The role encompasses providing consultation and network support while supporting multidisciplinary team functioning and referral assessment processes. The position requires maintaining schedule flexibility to accommodate urgent or high-risk cases and facilitate network consultations when concerns arise. The role is primarily based in our clinic at Bounds Green Health Centre but incorporates flexibility for community-based work. The post holder will conduct home visits and school-based assessments when clinically indicated and attend professional meetings in social work offices in Wood Green as required. The position involves collaborative working alongside the clinical service manager and the broader multidisciplinary team. As the service is currently in transition and re-modelling, the post holder will work alongside the First Step Plus clinical service manager and participate in service development activities as required, assisting in building pathways and relationships with other services, particularly supporting transition planning into adult services and finding pathways into local CYPMH services. ## Responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties. If the above sounds like you, please apply and / or contact us for any questions you might have about the post. We are looking forward to hearing from you. ## Person Specification ### Essential **Essential** - Excellent knowledge in child and adolescent psychiatry or psychiatrist in medical psychotherapy. - Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge. - Excellent oral and written communication skills in English. - Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty - Experience in the psychiatric assessment and treatment of children and young people with Neurodevelopmental conditions including ADHD and ASC. - Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others. - Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA - Able to deliver postgraduate teaching and training - Ability to work in and provide clinical leadership Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement. Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken Participated in continuous professional development Participated in research or service evaluation. Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation. Able to use and appraise clinical evidence. Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications. Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programs Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients **Desirable** - MRCPsych Eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of getting CCT Wide range of specialist and sub- specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service. - Wide experience and skill of therapeutic work with children and young people and their families. - Evidence of working flexibly with team members and with young people providing appointments in a range of community settings. - Section 12 approved or eligible to apply - Able to plan and deliver postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post ## Documents - [dbs policy statement (doc, 27.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1042) - [functional requirements (pdf, 116.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9749889) - [statement of intent: disabilities (pdf, 153.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1040) - [equal opportunities statement of intent (doc, 27.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1041) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 704.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9759522) ## 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.