Locum Consultant Psychiatrist CYP Community Eating Disorders
Closing date: 24 June 2026
Location: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Employment: Full‑time 10 PA, 12‑month fixed‑term
This is a fixed‑term locum post for a CAMHS Consultant psychiatrist within the CYP Community Eating Disorders Team, working alongside a specialist multidisciplinary team. The team offers a supportive environment and a manageable, stimulating workload.
The post includes 1 PA for a Clinical Academic role, creating opportunities to coordinate research work, support best practice and teaching, and work on quality improvement. The successful applicant may choose to use a further 1 SPA out of their general 2.5 SPA entitlement for clinical academic work.
Relocation package: up to £8,000 (subject to eligibility) and a range of lifestyle benefits and staff discounts, including purchase and lease of new cars.
Main Duties
- Provide clinical leadership within the CYP Community and ICT teams.
- Consultant responsibility for patient care within the service.
- Consultation to the multidisciplinary team regarding urgent assessments and risk management.
- Diagnose patients with an ICD‑10 code at assessment and ensure documentation and mandatory data recording.
- Participate in weekly referrals, assessments and MDT meetings, providing leadership, supervision and consultation.
- Work with therapists and colleagues to manage flow of referrals, assessments and waiting lists.
- Provide comprehensive initial assessments for complex clients.
- Provide psychiatric review and management of CYP ED patients.
- Develop and review protocols with local paediatric services.
- Provide responsible clinician cover for paediatric wards.
- Access Tier‑4 provision and review inpatient care for young people.
- Develop and sustain good working relationships and effective MEED pathways with Paediatrics.
- Contribute to CPA meetings as appropriate.
- Contribute to MHA assessments as appropriate.
- Support the maintenance of a psychologically minded clinic culture.
- Attend staff groups, CPD sessions and consultant meetings regularly.
- Manage and provide training and psychiatric case‑work supervision for trainees seeking special interest sessions.
- Provide cross‑cover for colleague psychiatry in the eating disorder service.
- Be an active member of the senior management team.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary colleagues in developing the service, new models of care and best practice.
- Participate in clinical protocol development.
- Maintain accurate, up‑to‑date clinical records.
- Administer patient information systems and ensure data entry aligns with service policies.
- Collect and monitor clinical outcome data across the service.
- Liaise with statutory and non‑statutory agencies regarding patient treatment and management.
- Ensure discharges follow service policies and guidance.
- Complete serious incident reports as required.
- Work in accordance with service policies and guidelines.
- Maintain up‑to‑date CPD.
Research and audit responsibilities:
- Lead or contribute to research, audit, and service evaluation projects across the Community CYP‑ED service.
- Support the systematic collection, monitoring, and interpretation of clinical outcome measures and service data.
- Promote and integrate evidence‑based practice across multidisciplinary teams.
- Contribute to quality improvement initiatives, clinical governance, and service evaluations.
- Provide teaching, supervision and training to medical students, trainees, and colleagues; collaborate with academic institutions and partner agencies.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
- Primary medical degree.
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice.
- Section 12 MHA Approved Clinician status.
- Additional postgraduate qualification relevant to specialty.
- Inclusion on the Child and Adolescent Specialist Register (or CCT expected within 6 months of interview).
Experience, Skills and Abilities
- Experience and skills in eating disorders in young people.
- Excellent communication and empathetic skills.
- Demonstrable leadership skills.
- Experience of team working.
- Sound organisational skills.
- Ability to work on own initiative.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Contact details for further information and to arrange a visit:
Rachel Clancy, Head of ED Services – rachel.clancy2@nhs.net
Salary£113,565 to £150,569 per year plus London weighting of £2,162 per annum pro rata.
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