Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Job summary
We are seeking a Consultant Children and Adolescent Psychiatrist.
CAMHS is part of the Specialist Services Strategic Business Unit in HPFT, managed by the Clinical Director (Dr Shaheen Shora – Fiona McMillian-Shields -non-medical). CAMHS is managed by a Senior Service Line Leader, Natalija Lytrides, supported by Professional Leads and CAMHS Community Managers.
The four geographical divisions provide Tier 2 and 3 services plus the CAMHS Targeted team, as well as parenting support services into the Family Centres.
CAMHS are provided by Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust across the entire county.
Child and Family Clinics
The clinics accept referrals from a number of sources including General Practitioners, Social Workers, Health Visitors and Consultant Paediatricians. Referrals are processed through SPA (the Single Point of Access). The teams are multi-disciplinary including Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Mental Health Nurses, Child Psychotherapists, Systemic Therapists and Social Workers.
Forensic Adolescent Practitioner Service
The aim of these posts is to support the youth offending teams who often come into contact with children with a mental health difficultly. These children may not traditionally access child and family services or whose difficulties may be of low complexity and therefore can be worked within their community setting through a short intervention.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has become available for a substantive Consultant Psychiatrist to join our CAMHS Children’s Crisis and Assessment and Treatment Team service offer in Hertfordshire- ( CCATT-). This post is to cover a vacancy and has also been expanded to become 10Pas,
CCAT team operates over three clinical sites– Watford General, Lister Hospital and has an operational site at 15 Forest Lane, Kingsley Green, Harper Lane, Radlett. The team works cohesively together and meets daily to discuss all referrals and progress of escalations.
The CCATT team compromises of one clinical Manager, one clinical lead, 9 social workers bands 6-7, 16 qualified Nurses bands 5-7, two Healthcare assistance one Psychologist, one Assistant psychologist, one psychotherapist, one counsellor, two admin and one receptionist.
The post holder will also support the CCATT- Community Intervention team (Radlett based) which aims to offer a brief intervention and support to young people who have presented in crisis and who are not yet under any established services, This may include chairing the weekly MDT and also offering approximately 1- 1.5 PA per week for follow ups or urgent reviews for those who require consultant input or a second opinion about escalation to tier 4 , for example acute psychosis, this would be approximately 1-2 reviews /week at maximum.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
- Higher qualification in the field of psychiatry such as MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent qualification approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
Desirable
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- Relevant higher degree, e.g. MD, PhD, MSc or other additional clinical qualifications.
ELIGIBILITY
Essential
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- 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.
- Section 12/Approved clinician approval.
Desirable
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.
CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Experience of the full range of clinical responsibilities expected of a consultant in child and adolescent service.
- Experience of close collaborative working with social care and other agencies
- Experience of working with service users who have complex needs within child and adolescent service.
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psychosocial perspective and wide medical knowledge.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
- Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others.
Desirable
- Wide range of specialist and subspecialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.
- Excellent degree of medical knowledge in relation to child and adolescent service.
ACADEMIC SKILLS LIFELONG LEARNING
Essential
- Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
- Participated in continuous professional development.
- Participated in research or service evaluation.
- Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
- Has actively participated in clinical audit
- Holds a full valid driving license and access to a car (Unless you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995).
Desirable
- Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post.
- Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken.
- Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
- Has led clinical audits leading to service change.
- Experience of organising and overseeing psychotherapy training program for psychiatry trainees.
Closing Date: 2 August 2026
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