Consultant CAMHS - Southwark CAMHS Adolescent / Adolescent Outreach

We are seeking a permanent Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to join the Southwark Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service, adolescent service from March 2025.
The post holder will join an established Multidisciplinary Team and support in the leadership and delivery of an effective borough adolescent Service in accordance with national guidance and guidelines, and in collaboration with other members of the multi-disciplinary team, and other relevant services in the statutory and voluntary sectors.
This Consultant post offers an opportunity to join Southwark CAMHS and the CAMHS Clinical Academic Group of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, the most comprehensive mental health service for children and young people in the country., · Assessment and management of children and young people, and to provide psychiatric input for both routine and emergency clinical care.
· To carry out mental health & risk assessments on children & young people, including with regards to the use of the MHA, as appropriate, and to support the multi-disciplinary team in managing these situations effectively.
· To assume responsibility for own case list and case management of children and families, in partnership with the MDT
· To use pharmacological interventions, as appropriate, in partnership with children and their families and networks of care.
· Supervision of junior medical staff as required., · Participation in training of medical students, psychiatric trainees and multidisciplinary staff.
· Attending and chairing clinical meetings as timetabled
· To consider safeguarding issues for each case, as relevant, consulting with other professionals and referring concerns to the appropriate safeguarding teams as required
· To communicate skilfully, tactfully and sensitively with children, families and other professionals, taking account any potential barrier to communication
· To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry and recording
· To work as an autonomous professional, within professional guidelines and the policies and procedures of the Trust and service and provide advice and guidance as appropriate to members of the MDT
· To link with statutory and voluntary agencies and professionals as well as other CAMHS Teams, as appropriate, in support of referral pathways and joint work.
· To maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.
· To maintain a high standard of verbal and written communication and to provide continuity of care.
· Participation in peer and group supervision meetings.
· Adherence to agreed job plan and appraisal procedures set by the Trust.
· Maintain GMC registration, maintain a License to Practice and participate in CPD to remain in good standing with the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
· Maintain Section 12 and Approved Clinician approval. If the appointee is not Section 12 or AC approved, they will be expected to become so as soon as possible
· Provision of prospective cross cover for colleagues during periods of leave and provision of advice to other CAMHS teams covered.
Full details of the Job Description can be found on the attachment, which also details the main responsibilities expected from the post holder.
We look forward to receiving your application.
The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:
+ Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
+ Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
+ We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity
Please note:
+ That all applications for this post will need to be made online
+ That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
+ That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
+ That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
+ That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
+ That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
+ That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
+ That we are a smoke-free Trust
SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe'

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. It's important to us that you are valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
+ Generous pay, pensions and leave. We offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
+ Work life balance. We support a range of flexible working options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
+ Career development. There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
+ Car lease. Our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars.
+ Our staff benefit from keyworker housing, which is available on selected sites.
+ NHS discounts. With discounts of up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through the Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include:
+ Counselling services
+ Wellbeing events
+ Long service awards
+ Cycle to work scheme
+ Season ticket loan
+ Childcare vouchers
+ Staff restaurants