COMMUNITY CAMHS CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST (MEDWAY)

Overview

COMMUNITY CAMHS CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST (MEDWAY)

Closing date: 19 November 2025

Note: We reserve the right to close this advert, at any time, in the event of receiving suitable applicants.

Contract

Substantive

Hours

Frequency 1:14; Category A - 3% on call supplement

Location

Unit 1 The Courtyard, Campus Way, Gillingham Business Park, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 0NZ

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
• CCT or equivalent
• Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it
• Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it
• Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST

Main duties of the job

• To demonstrate that your values are in line with that of NELFT's values
• To be innovative, motivated, and passionate about Child and Adolescent mental health care
• Essential understanding of current developments in mental health care
• To be a team player
• Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to children and young people with mental health needs, across Medway
• Provide senior medical support and guidance to the team
• Work directly with young people and their families and liaise as appropriate with other external CAMHS mental health providers and acute hospitals
• Participate in the on-call rota frequency is currently 1:14, with a 3% of basic salary, Category A on-call supplement
• Support peers and team leader, and be an effective team member whilst allowing them to work with their own initiative
• Work alongside another CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist
• Commit to collaborative working, actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals, and agencies

Organisation and culture

NELFT is an award-winning community and mental health Trust, providing healthcare for over 4.9 million people, dedicated to delivering the best care to the communities we serve across North East London, Essex and Kent. We offer opportunities for training, CPD, supervision, and appraisal support.

Why Kent?

Kent is a county in Southeast England known as the Garden of England, renowned for its beauty.

About the role

We are recruiting to a CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist position in the Medway CAMHS Community Team, based at Unit 1 The Courtyard, Campus Way, Gillingham Business Park, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 0NZ. This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit to this position as soon as possible. You will join another substantive Consultant within the service, and will have the opportunity to influence future direction, treatment, and models of design in the area in which you work.

Job responsibilities

• Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to children and young people with mental health needs, across Medway
• Provide senior medical support and guidance to the team
• Work directly with young people and their families and liaise as appropriate with other external CAMHS mental health providers and acute hospitals
• Participate in the on-call rota frequency is currently 1:14, with a 3% of basic salary, Category A on-call supplement
• Support peers and team leader, and be an effective team member whilst allowing them to work with their own initiative
• Work alongside another CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist
• Commit to collaborative working, actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals, and agencies

GMC

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

Qualifications

• CCT or equivalent

Knowledge

• Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it

Knowledge

• Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

Unit 1 The Courtyard, Campus Way, Gillingham Business Park

Unit 1 The Courtyard, Campus Way, Gillingham Business Park