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.
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.
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’ overall by 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.
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.
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