Consultant

West London NHS Trust

Job summary

This is a 10 PA Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatry post co-leading the Hounslow CAMHs Neurodevelopmental Team (NDT) in Hounslow CAMHS alongside a second Consultant Psychiatrist post.

The post holder will be operationally and professionally accountable to the CAMHS Clinical Director through the Borough Clinical Lead, and in turn accountable to the Trust`s Chief Medical Officer and the Executive Director of Local Services.

This post (10 PAs) provides the opportunity to work with three other Consultant Psychiatrists and the multi-disciplinary Neurodevelopmental team based in Hounslow CAMHS. The team sits within the CAMHS Service Line which also includes Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Forensic CAMHS.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will share overall Consultant responsibility for the Neurodevelopmental Team. The arrangement between the Consultants will be agreed on appointment. At present the Consultants have defined the overall Team Lead role alongside respective Lead roles for the ASD and ADHD pathways.

The post-holder will be responsible together with his/her Consultant colleagues on the Hounslow site, for the provision of comprehensive general child and adolescent mental health services in Hounslow CAMHS in line with service and contractual requirements.

The Consultant will be expected to share responsibility for the efficient and effective running of the service. The various roles and responsibilities of all staff and the Consultant group are agreed with the Clinical Director in line with the current service needs, service developments and clinical interests and managed within an annual formal job planning process. The post-holder will have the opportunity to develop special interests that meet the needs of the service e.g. tic disorders, ASD home treatment, safeguarding or other areas of interest.

Within the Neurodevelopmental Team, the post-holder will assist with the delivery of a comprehensive range of general mental health assessments, specialist ASD & ADHD assessments, therapeutic interventions, training and consultation with the multi-disciplinary team. He/she will share responsibility for allocated cases and other clinical leadership duties for the team.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Desirable

  • Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
  • MRCPsych
  • Additional clinical qualifications

Eligibility

Essential

  • Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice at the time of appointment
  • GMC Specialist Register for child and adolescent psychiatry or within six months
  • Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
  • Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment

Desirable

  • Good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Clinical Skills, Knowledge and experience

Essential

  • Excellent clinical skills in child and adolescent psychiatry
  • Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
  • Excellent knowledge in speciality
  • Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
  • Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others

Desirable

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
  • Wide range of specialist and subspecialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning

Essential

  • Ability to work in and lead team
  • Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement.
  • Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
  • Participated in continuous professional development
  • Participated in research or service evaluation
  • Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
  • Has actively participated in clinical audit, research and/or quality improvement
  • Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
  • Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
  • Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes

Desirable

  • Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
  • Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit or service improvement e.g. prizes, awards or publications
  • Evidence of improving patient outcomes through service change or audit
  • Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
  • Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit or service improvement e.g. prizes or awards
  • Evidence of improving patient outcomes through service change or audit

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Commitment to and compliance with Trust values

Desirable

  • Mobile and able to travel to Trust sites

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: 19 July 2026

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