Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry – Learning Disabilities: Sponsorship Available

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Consultant Psychiatrist – Learning Disabilities Hillingdon CAMHS Minet Clinic

We are advertising for a 5 PA consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist to work within the Hillingdon CAMHS Learning Disabilities

This is an exciting opportunity for an energetic, innovative and dedicated child and adolescent psychiatrist with 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 and allied health professionals. You will be working within a highly experienced and dedicated MDT with excellent outcome. There are opportunities for teaching and training, for example as part of the higher training scheme and strong links with Imperial College London to develop research interests. The CAMHS Service Line has an award-winning Quality Improvement platform with several successful projects within Hillingdon CAMHS and the LD team.

There is also an option for additional 2PAs joining the Hillingdon Early Intervention in Psychosis team as the Consultant Psychiatrist for patients under 18yrs, based at Mill House,and is a comprehensive service offering the full range of management and interventions for this population of young people.

Closing Date : 2 September 202AAC : 18 September 2026

Main duties of the job

This post has been expanded to reflect the development of LD services in Hillingdon. The focus of this post will be to provide psychiatric consultation, assessment and treatment in the Hillingdon LD team. The post holder will be expected to contribute clinical leadership in the development and management of the Learning Disability and neuro developmental disorder pathway within the Service Line. There are senior psychologists and behaviour analysts within the team, contributing to the expertise available for the local population. Close working relationships exist with the Educational and Children with Disability Teams and with the Child Development/Paediatric Services. In Hillingdon, the team work closely with the Child Development Centre (CDC) and the local pathway agreement is that CDC carry out ASD assessments and prescribe for young people with LD who also have ADHD.

The postholder will contribute to the CAMHS OOH consultant rota for CNWL NHS FT.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • Primary Medical Degree
  • Full GMC Registration
  • Section 12 MHA Approved
  • Approved Clinician status or willing to apply for approval.
  • GMC Licence to Practice
  • Inclusion on the Specialist Register for Psychiatry (or CCT expected within 6 months of interview date)

Desirable

  • MRCPsych (or equivalent)
  • An additional post graduate qualification of relevance to working with children and Adolescents
  • Inclusion on the Specialist Register for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (or CCT expected within 6 months of interview date)
  • Experience/special interest in Learning disability

Experience, Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Competence in psycho- pharmacology and also non- medication therapeutic approaches.
  • Experience and training in the assessment and management of neurodevelopmental disorders
  • Knowledge of Clinical Governance/Care Quality
  • Able to participate in Medical Audit and Quality Improvement
  • Experience of teaching and supervision of junior staff and other disciplines

Desirable

  • Management Training
  • Experience of Research
  • Publication in peer-reviewed journal
  • Experience in Paediatrics

Personal Skills & Qualities

Essential

  • Excellent communication and empathic skills with a range of different people
  • Demonstrable leadership skills
  • Experience of team working
  • Sound organisational skills
  • Ability to work on own initiative
  • Cultural Sensitivity and ability to work in multi ethnic environment

Other

Desirable

  • Computer Literate
  • Full UK car driving licence

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 2 September 2026

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