Job SummaryThis is a substantive consultant child & adolescent psychiatrist post which has been created by the conversion of a fixed term post into a permanent position, to provide clinical leadership and Consultant Psychiatry expertise in the Neurodevelopmental Pathway (NDP) in Lambeth CAMHS, specifically focused on the ADHD pathway within the service. It offers a unique opportunity to join an established and dynamic team of 5 Consultant Psychiatrists in Lambeth CAMHS, within South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
This is a newly envisaged post; advertised alongside our longstanding NDP consultant psychiatry position, creating two neurodevelopmentally-focused consultant psychiatry posts within the service. This is an exciting development to increase neurodevelopmental expertise and capacity, and represents the ideal opportunity to respond innovatively to the needs of our children and young people. This dual-handed approach will also provide a close working relationship with the other consultant psychiatry post-holder, the NDP principal psychologist lead and the ADHD nurse specialist, which we envisage will be a supportive experience and prove fertile ground for innovation.
Main Duties of the JobThis post holder will provide consultant psychiatry leadership and clinical input to the ADHD pathway in Lambeth CAMHS, including the ADHD medication clinic (LARC). In addition, clinical time will also be spent providing additional psychiatric capacity to our NDP. The post-holder will work closely with the Band 8A prescribing nurse specialist in ADHD, and with the Band 8B NDP lead, an experienced psychologist. The NDP is an integrated assessment and treatment offer described below. Operationally this postholder will be based between the ADHD medication clinic and the River Team (higher-complexity CAMHS) for children and young people up to the age of 18 years. There are embedded NDP clinicians in other teams within the service.
There are six consultant child and adolescent psychiatry posts in Lambeth CAMHS (a total of 5.5 WTE), providing local opportunities for significant peer support and consultation. We have specialist interests in early intervention, GP consultation, ADHD, at-risk populations and crisis care.
The successful applicant will also join the SLaM consultant CAMHS on-call rota (see On-call Section).
About UsThere are excellent opportunities for professional development including management, training, research, and audit experience.
BenefitsWe are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. It's important to us that you are valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
Generous pay, pensions and leave. We offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
Work life balance. We support a range of flexible working options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
Career development. There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
Car lease. Our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars.
Our staff benefit fromkeyworker housing, which is available on selected sites.
NHS discounts. With discounts of up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through the Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include:
- Counselling services
- Wellbeing events
- Long service awards
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Childcare vouchers
- Staff restaurants
DetailsDate posted: 20 July 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: Depending on experience, £113,565 - £150,569 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 334-CHI-8132088-JA
Job locations: Lambeth CAMHS, 35 Black Prince Road, London, SE11 6JJ
Job Responsibilities- Assessment and management of children and young people, and to provide psychiatric input for both routine and emergency clinical care.
- Manage clinical caseload, including ensuring timely outcoming, referrals, transitions and discharges. Provide caseload data/action key caseload management targets as required.
- Provide strong clinical leadership and vision, in collaboration with 8a ADHD Pathway Lead, for the ADHD pathway and LARC medication clinic.
- Supervision of non-consultant medical staff. It is expected the post holder will be an accredited clinical supervisor, or will become so if not already. This is not a training post, but we are always looking for opportunities to take on new trainees.
- Attending and chairing clinical meetings and attendance at external meetings (e.g. LARC clinic meeting, local service development meetings) as timetabled.
- Liaising and communicating with the MDT, other professionals, teams and agencies
- Provision of consultation and advice to other CAMHS teams.
- Participation in peer and group supervision meetings.
- Participation in training of medical students, psychiatric residents and multidisciplinary staff.
- Adherence to agreed job plan and appraisal procedures set by the Trust.
- Maintain GMC registration, maintain a License to Practice and participate in CPD to remain in good standing with the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
- Maintain Section 12 and Approved Clinician approval. If the appointee is not Section 12 or AC approved, they will be expected to become so as soon as possible
- Cover for colleagues is prospective.
- Attend monthly Senior Management Team meetings as timetabled, and fulfil SMT membership roles and responsibilities as a clinical leader
The successful applicant will also join the SLaM consultant CAMHS on-call rota (see On-call Section).
Please refer to the job description for a full description of the role.
Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential- Primary medical qualification
- Evidence of post-graduate professional qualifications in psychiatry
Desirable- Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
- Qualification in other relevant specialties such as learning disability psychiatry or neurodevelopmental disorders
EligibilityEssential- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
- Evidence for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within six months of gaining CCT in C&A psychiatry
- Section 12 approved
- Approved Clinician status or able to achieve within three months of appointment
Training and ExperienceEssential- Experience in Outpatient/Community Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Experience of assessing and managing complex co-morbidities
- Experience in managing neurodevelopmental conditions (ASC, ADHD and ID)
Desirable- Trained in ADI and ADOS
- Training in investigation of complaints and SIs
- Special interest in neurodevelopmental conditions
Clinical SkillsEssential- Excellent leadership skills
- Excellent adolescent psychiatric assessment skills
- Good ability to relate to children, adolescents and parents
- Good ability to work in a team setting
- Understanding of safeguarding
- Ability to assess capacity and consent
- Understanding of how complaints and serious incidents are managed
- Up-to-date knowledge and fitness to practice
- Expertise in the use and application of The Mental Health Act in children and young people
Desirable- Evidence of skills in consultation to non-mental health specialists e.g. GPs, social workers, paediatricians
- Evidence of range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
- Expertise in CBT or other therapeutic intervention to postgraduate level
- Significant experience of developing and leading outpatient/community CAMHS psychiatric care.
Academic Skills and Lifelong LearningEssential- Management / Audit: Participation in audit or QI in clinical posts
- Teaching: Experience of teaching a range of disciplines
- Research: Involvement in research projects
Desirable- Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
- Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications
- Has led quality improvement projects/audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients
- Evidence of involvement with business planning of clinical services
- Peer reviewed publication
- Book publication
- Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
Personal SkillsEssential- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Good ability to engage marginalised children, young people and their families
- Good ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Demonstrable and clear ability to effectively lead a team and resolve conflict
- Probity
- Eligibility to work in the UK
ProfessionalismEssential- Fit to practice
- Occupational Health Clearance
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.
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Employer DetailsEmployer name: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Lambeth CAMHS, 35 Black Prince Road, London, SE11 6JJ
Employer's website: slam.nhs.uk
