Locum Consultant (Consultant) - Psychiatry - West London NHS Trust

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West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.

We also provide some specialistservices that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.

Job overview

We are pleased to welcome applications for a Locum Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatry post in the Hounslow Adolescent Team, West London NHS Trust CAMHS. This is for 6 months in the first instance pending substantive recruitment to a well established post.

Consultant Child Psychiatrist Posts - Locum 10PA's - 6 months

The West London NHS Trust's Child and Adolescent Mental Health services have a history of innovation. We are currently embedding Youth Ambassadors in all services to ensure co-production and continue to develop innovative services to enhance the crisis pathway.

Hounslow CAMHS has four specialist community teams - a child and family team, an adolescent team (including EIP), a Neurodevelopmental service and a mental health team for young people with intellectual disability. Trust-wide CAMHS Crisis, Eating Disorder, DBT and Under-5 Services support the core CAMHS offer.

Main duties of the job

To offer consultant psychiatry input in the Adolescent Team. There is a strong emphasis on medical leadership in our services. Consultants work closely with heads of discipline and managers to deliver excellent assessment and treatment options for children and young people with emphasis on responsive, individually tailored patient-centred delivery of care. There is considerable opportunity for professional growth.

Working for our organisation

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person specification Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
• Additional clinical qualifications
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice at the time of appointment
• GMC Specialist Register for child and adolescent psychiatry or within six months
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• Good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Clinical skills, knowledge and experience

• Excellent clinical skills in child and adolescent psychiatry
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Excellent knowledge in speciality
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

Academic skills and lifelong learning

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Ability to work in and lead team
• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement.
• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
• Participated in continuous professional development
• Participated in research or service evaluation
• Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit or service improvement e.g. prizes, awards or publications
• Evidence of improving patient outcomes through service change or audit
• Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit or service improvement e.g. prizes or awards
• Evidence of improving patient outcomes through service change or audit

As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of, and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution.

We reserve the right to close adverts prior to the closing date stated should we receive a high volume of applications.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to West London NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, you will be required to undergo a pre-employment checks which can take between 4-8 weeks . After which your information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system (ESR ).

Please ensure you include email addresses for your referees which MUST be at supervisory or managerial capacity covering the last 3 years of employment to date to avoid delay in the recruitment process.

West London NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We encourage applicants to personalise their recruitment applications to fully showcase their unique skills, experiences, and achievements. While technology can be a helpful tool, we do not encourage the use of AI-generated content in applications. Relying on AI to generate responses rather than highlighting your own strengths and experiences may negatively impact the success of your application. Please note that all applications will be carefully assessed based on the essential and desirable criteria for the role, and it is crucial that your application and supporting information clearly demonstrate how you meet these requirements

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

At West London NHS Trust, we want you to support you to build a career you can be proud of and this starts before your first day with us. Our people live our values every day as they deliver, manage and work to improve our services to patients, carers, families and other professionals.

We're committed to making our recruitment process clear and efficient. It's in everyone's interest that we get the very best people on board as soon as we can.