Consultant Psychiatrist - CAMHS Emotional Disorders Team
29 days ago
Harrow
Consultant Psychiatrist – CAMHS Emotional Disorders Team \n Location: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) \n Contract Type: Full-Time | Maternity Leave Cover \n Rate: £100–£125 per hour \n Start Date: As soon as possible \n About the Role \n We are recruiting a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the CAMHS Emotional Disorders Team (EDT) within Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) on a maternity leave cover basis. \n This is an excellent opportunity to work within a highly specialist and well-established multidisciplinary CAMHS service alongside a substantive Consultant Psychiatrist, supporting children and young people presenting with a range of emotional disorders including: \n\n • \n Depression \n • \n Anxiety disorders \n • \n OCD \n • \n PTSD \n • \n Related emotional and mental health presentations \n\n The Emotional Disorders Team provides specialist assessment and treatment planning for children and young people following CAMHS triage, working within evidence-based pathways and a collaborative MDT structure. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • \n Provide senior psychiatric leadership within the Emotional Disorders Team alongside the substantive Consultant Psychiatrist \n • \n Conduct: \n \n • \n Initial psychiatric assessments \n • \n Risk assessments \n • \n Diagnostic assessments \n • \n Treatment planning and reviews \n \n • \n Initiate and monitor pharmacological treatments where appropriate \n • \n Support and contribute to weekly MDT and post-assessment meetings \n • \n Provide clinical leadership and support to the wider MDT \n • \n Contribute to evidence-based care planning and service development \n • \n Work collaboratively with families, schools, community services, and external agencies \n • \n Support trainee doctors and MDT colleagues within the service \n\n About the Team \n The Emotional Disorders Team currently includes: \n\n • \n Consultant Child Psychiatrists \n • \n Specialty Trainees \n • \n Core Trainees \n • \n Specialty Doctors \n • \n Family Therapists \n • \n Psychologists \n • \n Child Psychotherapists \n • \n Clinical Nurse Specialists \n • \n Systemic Practitioners \n • \n Dedicated Administrative Support \n\n The team manages an active caseload of approximately 200 patients, with each young person allocated a case manager within the MDT. \n What We’re Looking ForEssential \n\n • \n Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practise \n • \n Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (or within 6 months of CCT) \n • \n Significant CAMHS experience, including emotional disorders presentations \n • \n Experience conducting psychiatric and risk assessments in children and young people \n • \n Strong multidisciplinary working and leadership skills \n\n Desirable \n\n • \n Experience within specialist CAMHS emotional disorders services \n • \n Experience supporting trainees and junior staff \n • \n Interest in service development and evidence-based practice \n\n What’s on Offer \n\n • \n £100–£125 per hour \n • \n Full-time hours \n • \n Opportunity to join a highly specialist and supportive CAMHS MDT \n • \n Work alongside experienced substantive consultant colleagues \n • \n Stable and well-established service structure \n • \n Meaningful work supporting children and young people with complex emotional needs \n