COMMUNITY CAMHS CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST (WALTHAMSTOW) | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

NELFT is an award-winning community and mental health Trust, providing healthcare for over 4.9 million people, ensuring our patients, family and friends feel confident that their health needs are met. We are committed to delivering the best care to the communities we serve across North East London, Essex and Kent.

With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled healthcare professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care. Joining us will provide you with unparalleled access to training opportunities, continuous CPD, peer support groups, and a robust supervision and appraisal system., This is an established, substantive, full-time post -10 Programmed Activities (DCC:SPA = 7.5:2.5).This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit to this post as soon as possible.

You will joinanother2.7wte CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist (Dr Amber Sadiq, Dr Colin Welch, and Dr Sara Kundu), 0.9wte Specialist Grade doctor (Dr Richie Scott), 3wte Specialty Doctors (Dr Fakiha Masood, Dr Uzma Sajid, and out to recruitment), 1 Higher Specialist

You will be expected to:

· Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to children and young people with mental health needs, across Waltham Forest.

· Provide senior medical support and guidance to the team

· Work directly with children and young people and their families and liaise as appropriate with other external CAMHS mental health providers and acute hospitals

· Participate in the on-call rota frequency is currently 1:13, with a 3% of basic salary, Category A on-call supplement.

· Support your peers and team leader, and be an effective team member whilst allowing them to work with their own initiative

· Work alongside 2.7wte CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrists, 0.9wte Specialist Grade doctor, 3wte Specialty Doctors, 1 Higher Specialist Trainee, and 1 Core Trainee, within the service.

· Commit to collaborative working, actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals, and agencies.

· Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

· CCT or equivalent

· Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it

· Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it

· Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST

To be successful in your application, you will need:

· To demonstrate that your values are in line with that of NELFT's values,

· To be innovative, motivated, and passionate about mental health disorders in children and young people,

· Essential understanding of current developments in mental health care,

· To be a team player