Consultant Psychiatrist, CAMHS Brent ETT/EIS

Overview Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist - Brent CAMHS Enhanced Treatment Team (ETT)/Early Intervention Service (EIS). Permanent, Full Time 10 PAs. We are currently looking for a Full Time Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to work within the Brent CAMHS Enhanced Treatment Team (ETT) within CNWL. There are 8 sessions within Brent CAMHS and 2 sessions within Brent Early Intervention Service (EIS) focusing on the 14-18 year olds. This is an exciting opportunity for an energetic, innovative and dedicated child and adolescent psychiatrist with special interest in complexity and trauma, and keen to work with a supportive, dynamic and passionate substantive consultant group and MDT clinicians. There are opportunities for teaching and training, and strong links with Imperial College London to develop research interests. This post attracts a generous annual leave entitlement, study leave, the NHS pension scheme and a range of staff discounts including discount on purchase and lease of new cars. In addition we will cover your relocation expenses for up to 8K (subject to eligibility). Whilst the post is a full time one we would consider applications for either a job share.Main duties of the job Brent CAMHS has multiple sub-teams with specialist skills: Emotional Disorders Team (EDT), Neurodevelopmental Team (NDT), Learning disability (LD) and Enhanced Treatment Team (ETT). The post is 10 PAs and this is divided between 8 PAs for the Enhanced Treatment team, and 2 PAs in the Brent Early Intervention for Psychosis service. The Enhanced Treatment team contains assessment and treatment pathways for children and young people with severe attachment difficulties, emerging personality disorders and repeated self harm, and usually a high degree of complexity and comorbidity. The Brent EIS is part of the Adult Mental Health services in Brent and provides assessment and treatment for people over 14 years of age who present with their first psychotic episode. The service contains embedded CAMHS psychiatry resource (this role) for the assessment and treatment of young people aged 14-18 years old with first onset psychosis.Clinical WorkWork along with other MDT colleagues to develop the Enhanced Treatment sub-team, offer consultation, work with colleagues from local authority and education, assess and manage children, young people and their families as appropriate.Provision of a generic service for non-urgent presentations of children and adolescents requiring psychiatric assessments and treatment, including direct clinical involvement and supervision and oversight of cases held by fellow clinicians.Provision of a service to acutely mentally ill children and adolescents when presenting in crisis, including a comprehensive assessment and evidence based interventions as required across a range of theoretical models and treatments.Consultation to other members of the multidisciplinary team regarding the management of urgent assessments and risk.The post holder will be expected to assess about 15-20 new assessments per year, and offer 10-12 face to face contacts per week.The caseload expected of the post holder is about 30-40 cases in the CAMHS Enhanced treatment team, most of whom will be prescribed medication and present with high clinical complexity. They will be expected to consult other member of the team and join them for clinical reviews as appropriate.Brent EIS caseload includes around 10-15 young people aged 14-18 years old. Each young person has a care coordinator. The post holder will be expected to provide clinical leadership to the care coordinators and psychiatric reviews for this group, and contribute CAMHS perspective into the day-to-day running of the service.Accessing Tier 4 provision as clinically appropriate and reviewing the management and care of the young person during inpatient admission to ensure the most effective use of resources.Clinical leadership and management dutiesParticipation in the development of new models of service to improve delivery and outcome, taking into account the views of commissioners and evidence of best practice.Provision of clinical leadership in the Brent Enhanced Treatment teamParticipation in development of clinical protocols as required.Contribution to the Brent CAMHS senior management groupContribution to leadership activities within the CAMHS- ED service line.Teaching, training and supervisionParticipation in training and supervision of junior doctors, medical students, and other members of the multidisciplinary Team as required. There is one CT and one FY2 doctor attached to Brent CAMHS who are currently supervised by the other consultants.Education and Qualifications Essential criteriaPrimary Medical DegreeFull GMC RegistrationSection 12 MHA ApprovedApproved Clinician status or within 3 months of appointmentInclusion on the Specialist Register or CCT expected within 6 months of interview dateDesirable criteriaAn additional postgraduate qualification of relevance to working with children and AdolescentsInclusion on the Specialist Register for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry or equivalent (or CCT expected within 6 months of interview date)Experience, Skills and Abilities Essential criteriaCompetence in psycho-pharmacology and also non-medication therapeutic approachesExperience in the assessment and management of children and young people with complex mental health needs and high riskKnowledge of Clinical Governance/Care QualityAble to participate in Medical Audit and Quality AssuranceExperience of teaching and supervision of junior staff and other disciplinesDesirable criteriaManagement TrainingExperience of ResearchExperience in PaediatricsExperience and training in the assessment and management of neurodevelopmental disordersPersonal Skills & QualitiesExcellent communication and empathic skillsDemonstrable leadership skillsExperience of team workingSound organisational skillsAbility to work on own initiative#J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2026-03-14