Job summary
City & Hackney Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service

6 PA'S (6 Sessions)

Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist

A Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist is required for City & Hackney Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. These clinical sessions are located within our Behaviour Support and Outreach Pathway. These are long-established consultant sessions, with the vacancy having arisen following the previous post holder moving on to a new role.

The post-holder would be expected to provide Consultant input and clinical leadership to the Behaviour Support and Outreach Pathway three days per week as well as contribute the assessment clinic and the consultant duty rota. The role of the Consultant is to provide psychiatric assessment and treatment, contribute a psychiatric perspective, provide senior clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team, offer consultation to other professionals and agencies and facilitate the development of the team and wider service.

Closing date: 15th November 2026

AAC panel date: TBC

Main duties of the job
A vacancy has arisen for an innovative and enthusiastic Consultant Psychiatrist to provide senior clinical consultant psychiatry input and leadership to the Behaviour Support and Outreach Team in City & Hackney Specialist CAMHS. This post has arisen due to the previous post holder moving to a new role.

The role of the consultant is to provide psychiatric assessment and treatment where appropriate, contribute a psychiatric perspective, provide senior clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team, offer consultation to other professionals and agencies and facilitate the development of the team and wider service. In particular, the Consultant Psychiatrist will provide clinical input to psychiatric and crisis assessments, medication reviews, risk assessments and management as well as consultation to the multidisciplinary team. The current post holder holds a case load of around 30 children and young people for whom there is an ongoing prescribing need, many of whom are managed jointly with another member of the MDT.

While primarily responsible for delivering a quality clinical service, the consultant psychiatrist is also expected to be actively involved in the strategic development of the team, being involved with the team manager and locality manager in helping to steer the development of the service in line with the strategic direction of the organization.

For further information please contact Dr Rafik Refaat, Clinical Director ELFT on rafik.refaat@nhs.net.

About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Date posted: 23 October 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year Per annum, pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 363-C&H-MR-8064247A

Job responsibilities

• FULL JD/PS ATTACHED
• The post-holder would be expected to provide Consultant input into the Behaviour Support and Outreach Team, Assessment Clinics and Consultant Duty Rota.
• The consultant will be joining a team of 5 other Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists (3.6 WTE) in City & Hackney Specialist CAMHS and CAMHS Disability Service.
• There are 2 Foundation doctors, 2 Psychiatric Core Trainees and 2 Specialty Training posts in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry attached to C&H Specialist CAMHS.
• The Behaviour Support and Outreach Pathway comprises a range of other CAMHS disciplines including clinical psychology, family therapy, and CAMHS practitioners.
• While primarily responsible for delivering a quality clinical service, the post holder is expected to be actively involved in the clinical governance and strategic development of the team alongside the CTL.

Person Specification
Qualifications (Essential)

• Full GMC registration
• MRCPsych parts 1&2 or equivalent

Experience (Essential)

• Possesses an extensive range of clinical knowledge and excellent clinical skills
• Experience of assessment and management of CYP with complex mental health disorders

Knowledge (Essential)

• Displays sound professional judgement
• Exercises sound clinical risk management

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address: City & Hackney CAMHS, 15 Homerton Row, London, E9 6ED, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
Clinical Director ELFT, Dr Rafik Refaat, rafik.refaat@nhs.net, 02032225600

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