Consultant Psychiatrist Camhs Eating Disorders

Consultant Psychiatrist

Community CAMHS Eating Disorders

Orchards Health Centre, Gascoigne Road

Barking IG11 7RS

7 Programmed Activities (7 PAs)

On-call responsibilities

The postholder will be part of the Senior CAMHS Psychiatrist on-call rota covering out of hours and weekends for Mental Health Services in NELFT. The on call will cover service delivery for Children and Adolescents presenting with mental health problems. The on-call rota is covered by the local community substantive CAMHS consultants and the two inpatient CAMHS consultants. This rota is currently 1:12 rota, with a 3% Category A salary supplement.

Main duties of the job

This post is for a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, 7 Programmed Activities, in the All Age Eating Disorder Service, based at Orchards Health Centre, Gascoigne Road, Barking, IG11 7RS.

This is a replacement substantive post of 7 Programmed Activities (PAs) with a ratio of 5.25 Direct Clinical Care (DCC) to 1.75 Supporting Professional Activities (SPA).

The purpose of this job description is to outline the level of responsibility and accountability of this post. This will ensure that all work undertaken by our staff is clearly identified and carried out under clear lines of accountability.

The expectation of the post holder will be to support their team, department and organisation to follow the Trusts Values in their day-to-day work.

We are kind

We are respectful

We work with our communities

About us

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex.

We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.

Details

Date posted

06 October 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£113,565 to £150,569 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

JAC-3ML-002197

Job locations

Jane Atkinson Centre

Waltham Forest

London

E17 3ED

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Main responsibilities:

To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others' workload in the day-to-day allocation of work.

To deputise when required in the team manager's absence and delegate appropriately to other medical staff.

To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them.

To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.

To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing, and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust's risk register.

Clinical Skills:

To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for their own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols.

The post holder will have full registration with a licence to practice from the General Medical Council (GMC).

Further professional knowledge will have been gained through accredited courses, workshops, study, and in-house training programmes.

To be responsible, and accountable, for service delivery to clients/patients.

To be able to assess and develop care plans to meet the complex needs of patients with a variety of conditions, recognising own limitations and seeking advice when necessary. This will include continuously evaluating and acting on outcomes.

Job responsibilities

Main responsibilities:

To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others' workload in the day-to-day allocation of work.

To deputise when required in the team manager's absence and delegate appropriately to other medical staff.

To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them.

To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.

To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing, and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust's risk register.

Clinical Skills:

To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for their own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols.

The post holder will have full registration with a licence to practice from the General Medical Council (GMC).

Further professional knowledge will have been gained through accredited courses, workshops, study, and in-house training programmes.

To be responsible, and accountable, for service delivery to clients/patients.

To be able to assess and develop care plans to meet the complex needs of patients with a variety of conditions, recognising own limitations and seeking advice when necessary. This will include continuously evaluating and acting on outcomes.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register, within 6 months of obtaining CCT
• MRCPsych or equivalent.
• Section 12 Approval or application for this within 3 months of starting post.
• Approved Clinician status, or application for this within 3 months of starting post.

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualification

Experience

Essential

• Extensive knowledge of the biological, psychological, and social determinants of mental health disorders and evidence-based treatment interventions in child
• & adolescent psychiatry and eating disorders.
• An understanding of system leadership and evidence of how this has been put into practice.
• An awareness of NHS strategic and clinical governance priorities.

Desirable

• Clear thoughts on how to involve service users and carers in service development and quality improvement

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register, within 6 months of obtaining CCT
• MRCPsych or equivalent.
• Section 12 Approval or application for this within 3 months of starting post.
• Approved Clinician status, or application for this within 3 months of starting post.

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualification

Experience

Essential

• Extensive knowledge of the biological, psychological, and social determinants of mental health disorders and evidence-based treatment interventions in child
• & adolescent psychiatry and eating disorders.
• An understanding of system leadership and evidence of how this has been put into practice.
• An awareness of NHS strategic and clinical governance priorities.

Desirable

• Clear thoughts on how to involve service users and carers in service development and quality improvement

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.

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

Jane Atkinson Centre

Waltham Forest

London

E17 3ED

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

Jane Atkinson Centre

Waltham Forest

London

E17 3ED

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

Main responsibilities:

To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others' workload in the day-to-day allocation of work.

To deputise when required in the team manager's absence and delegate appropriately to other medical staff.

To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them.

To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.

To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing, and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust's risk register.

Clinical Skills:

To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for their own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols.

The post holder will have full registration with a licence to practice from the General Medical Council (GMC).

Further professional knowledge will have been gained through accredited courses, workshops, study, and in-house training programmes.

To be responsible, and accountable, for service delivery to clients/patients.

To be able to assess and develop care plans to meet the complex needs of patients with a variety of conditions, recognising own limitations and seeking advice when necessary. This will include continuously evaluating and acting on outcomes.

Qualifications

Essential

• Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register, within 6 months of obtaining CCT
• MRCPsych or equivalent.
• Section 12 Approval or application for this within 3 months of starting post.
• Approved Clinician status, or application for this within 3 months of starting post.

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualification

Experience

Essential

• Extensive knowledge of the biological, psychological, and social determinants of mental health disorders and evidence-based treatment interventions in child
• & adolescent psychiatry and eating disorders.
• An understanding of system leadership and evidence of how this has been put into practice.
• An awareness of NHS strategic and clinical governance priorities.

Desirable

• Clear thoughts on how to involve service users and carers in service development and quality improvement