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Job summary

Main area
mental health
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
395-MED263-26
Employer
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Brookside Unit
Town
Goodmayes, Ilford
Salary
£109,725 - £145,478 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
27/03/2026 23:59

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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust logo

Consultant Children and Adolescent Psychiatrist

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London,  and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

JOB TITLE:      Consultant Children and Adolescent Psychiatrist;                                                   Inpatient and Home Treatment Team.

CONTRACT:  10 Programmed Activities (10 PAs)

Flexible working available – including job share, part-time, remote sessions considered

BASE:                 Brookside Unit, 107a Barley Lane, Goodmayes, Ilford. IG3 8XQ

Main duties of the job

Consultant Psychiatrist in Children and Adolescent Inpatient, Brookside Unit and the young person’s Home Treatment Team.

This is a replacement full-time post of 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) with 7.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs).

The purpose of this job description is to outline the level of responsibility and accountability of this post. This will ensure that all work undertaken by our staff is clearly identified and carried out under clear lines of accountability.

Working for our organisation

The successful candidate will be committed to establishing a culture of relational care and collaborative working across the inpatient unit and home treatment team. You will work as a senior clinical lead in the multidisciplinary team and provide direct clinical care to patients. You are expected to demonstrate clinical and strategic leadership and provide supervision to clinicians where appropriate. You will work clinically with young people and their families, and work closely with community CAMHS colleagues in the care of young persons within the service, particularly from the London Boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge, Waltham Forest and Havering. The post holder will also be expected to take a lead on emergency Mental Health Act assessments of CAMHS cases in A&E and the Section 136 suite as required. 

On-call responsibilities:

The postholder will be part of the Senior Psychiatrist on-call rota covering out of hours and weekends for Mental Health Services in NELFT. The on-call will cover service delivery for Children and Adolescents presenting with mental health problems. The on-call rota is covered by the local community substantive CAMHS consultants and the two inpatient consultants.  This rota is currently 1:13 rota, with a 3% Category A salary supplement. The rota would be 1:13, which equates to 4 weeks a year.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Brookside Services include the Brookside Unit (general acute mixed ward, 15 beds) and the Young People’s Home treatment Team (up to 25 patients supported in the community). The services provide assessment and treatment of all mental disorders associated with the child and adolescent population between the ages of 12 to 18 years. You will join another full-time consultant and share responsibility for the service. The inpatient ward and the YPHTT have separate managers and supported by a modern matron. Both pathways benefit from occupational therapy, psychology, and safeguarding input onto the ward. Supervision arrangements for the resident and SAS doctor will be the responsibility of the consultants in the team.

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCT Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Extensive knowledge of the biological, psychological, and social determinants of mental health disorders and evidence-based treatment interventions.
  • An understanding of system leadership and evidence of how this has been put into practice.
  • An awareness of NHS strategic and clinical governance priorities.

Clinical Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent clinical skills
  • Excellent communication skills both verbally and written. Familiarity with a wide range of theoretical and clinical approaches.
  • Ability to provide clinical leadership to the multi-disciplinary team
  • Experience in managing patients and families from different cultural backgrounds. Working with interpreters and translators

Academic Skills

Essential criteria
  • Experience in clinical governance and a willingness to participate in research.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sarah Dracass
Job title
Medical Director
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Deputy Chief Medical Officer: Dr Sarah Dracass              [email protected]

 Associate Medical Director: Dr Yasmin Sultana               [email protected]

Chief Medical Officer: Dr Helene Brown               [email protected]

 Medical Staffing:                                                                   [email protected]

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