Job Title
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Consultant Children and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Contract
10 Programmed Activities (10 PAs)
Flexible Working
Available
Base
79 Axe Street, Barking, Essex IG11 7LZ
Job Summary
This post is for a CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist position in the Barking and Dagenham CAMHS Community Team, based at 79 Axe Street, Barking, IG11 7LZ.
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.
The expectation of the post holder will be to support their team, department and organisation to follow the Trust’s Values in their day‑to‑day work.
- We are kind
- We are respectful
- We work with our communities
This is a well‑established post but has been vacant due to the previous consultant leaving the organisation and covered by Locum doctors. A lot of transformation has taken place already and continues to take place within Barking and Dagenham Community CAMHS Services. This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit substantively to this post as soon as possible.
On‑call Rota
The postholder will be part of the CAMHS 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 1:12 rota, with a 3% Category A salary supplement. Once this post is filled, the rota would be 1:13, which equates to 4 weeks a year.
Team and Collaboration
The successful candidate will work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to children and young people with mental health needs, across Barking and Dagenham.
The successful candidate will provide senior medical support to the team, and direct input on clinical cases. The consultant will be expected to provide guidance and supervision 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. You will work alongside two other full‑time CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrists 0.4wte Academic Consultant CAMHS Psychiatrists, two substantive Specialty Doctors, and one Core Trainee. The post holder will work closely with the community Paediatric Team to support a fully integrated all‑age children’s service. You’ll share supervision for junior members of the team with your consultant colleague.
Responsibilities
- Organise and prioritise own and others’ workload in the day‑to‑day allocation of work.
- Deputise when required in the team manager’s absence and delegate appropriately to other medical staff. xwzovoh
- Have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them.
Closing Date
This advert closes on Friday 20 Mar 2026.
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