Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist (Locum/Agency)

A consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist is required for the Tower Hamlets Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. The post is an 8 PA fixed term post (3-6 months). Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details and information relating to the role.

Mission & Values

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 – 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.

Responsibilities

• Hold a joint Clinical Team Lead position in a well‑established joint leadership structure with a co‑Clinical Team Lead.
• Work across the Emotional and Behavioural team and the CAMHS in Social Care Team at Greatorex Street Community CAMHS, a long‑established service for the assessment and treatment of young people up to the age of 18 years, their families and carers living in the borough of Tower Hamlets.
• Provide clinical leadership, assessment and management of CYP with complex mental health disorders.
• Participate in audit, quality assurance, service development and management of a clinical area.
• Deliver teaching in small groups and lecturing, and commit to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, academic and clinical.
• Operate effectively in committees and meet professional health requirements.
• Maintain ethical standards and sound clinical judgement, with a holistic approach to treatment programme design.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration MRCPsych parts 1 & 2 or equivalent.
• Eligibility for inclusion on the Specialist Register or CCT in the appropriate specialty (or within 6 months).
• Section 12 approved and Approved Clinician status or willingness to apply for approval.
• Higher academic degree (research, experience in a research project, publication accepted by peer‑review journals in a relevant academic field).
• Extensive range of clinical knowledge and excellent clinical skills.
• Experience of assessment and management of CYP with complex mental health disorders.
• Communication and interpersonal skills, strong leadership and co‑ordination skills with the ability to direct and organise teams.
• Excellent communication skills with a range of different people and the ability to build effective relationships with patients, families, colleagues and other professionals.
• Ability to cope with considerable pressure and adapt to constant change and new demands, showing enthusiasm and initiative in pursuing innovation and the highest standards for patients, juniors, colleagues and the organisation.
• Teaching experience in small groups and lecturing, commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, academic and clinical, familiarity with problem‑based learning approaches.
• Effective audit and quality assurance skills, managerial skills, and experience of service development.
• Adherence to the highest ethical and professional standards, sound professional judgement, clinical risk management, holistic context and creative treatment programme design.
• Appreciation and understanding of transcultural and gender issues in psychiatry, critical enquiry and evidence‑based practice, and the ability to balance competing demands and prioritise.
• Higher training in a specific psychotherapeutic treatment or modality (e.g. Family Therapy, CBT, individual or group psychotherapy).

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