Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- 6 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 363-MRSS7605859-D
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- East London CAMHS Crisis Team and Intensive Community CAMHS Service
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £63,696 - £102,689 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialty Grade Doctor - CAMHS ICCS and Crisis Team
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job overview
Specialty Grade Doctor for ICCS and CAMHS Crisis Team
This post has been developed for an innovative and enthusiastic Specialty Grade Doctor to provide psychiatry input to the East London CAMHS Crisis Team and ICCS which provides crisis assessments and brief interventions to young people presenting in crisis across the 3 East London Boroughs of Newham, Tower Hamlets and City & Hackney.
The Crisis team provide assessment and brief intervention to all young people presenting in crisis presenting to the hospital A&E departments, whereas the ICCS see young people at home and in the community supporting Community CAMHS services to provide intensive interventions that are designed to reduce the need for inpatient admission or support discharge from inpatient services. ICCS provides a gatekeeping function to all potential requests for inpatient admission. They liaise closely with the NCEL provider collaborative Patient Flow Team to review all referrals with a view to providing intervention in the community where possible to avoid unnecessary inpatient admissions.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
Please read our attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information.
Working for our organisation
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see JD (Job Description) and PS (Personal Specification) for full details of role requirements.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Medical graduation
- Fully registered with the General Medical Council
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree
- Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines)
- Approval under Section 12(2) of Mental Health Act 1983, or plan to gain approval within 6 months of appointment.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Child and adolescent mental health disorders and their management
- Use of outcome measurements
- Experience of pharmacological treatments
- Risk assessment and risk management
Desirable criteria
- Experience of Quality Improvement projects & Clinical Audit
- Good working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act
ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS/ ABILITIES
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills, verbal, non verbal and written
- Develop effective working relationships
- Function autonomously as well as being a team player
- Assessing, formulating and prioritising patients’ needs
- Apply research and theory to practice
Desirable criteria
- Evidence based service development
- Skills and a range of therapeutic interventions and psycho-social treatment options
- Experience with Audit/Research
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Priti Patel
- Job title
- Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07943804842
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