Job summary
JOB TITLE: Specialist Grade Doctor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

North East Essex (Colchester and Clacton)

CONTRACT: 10 Programmed Activities

Substantive

Flexible working available including job share, part-time, remote sessions considered

BASE: 900 The Crescent, Colchester, Essex, CO4 9YQ

This is a newly created post following review of current psychiatric needs in the team due to the previous doctor leaving the organisation.

This is funded as ten Programmed Activities (8 PAs) post with 8 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs).

This is a substantive, full time (5 days) post and we are also open to consider flexible working, job share or fixed term if preferred.

The expectation of the post holder is to support their teams, the Directorate and the organisation to follow the Trusts Values in their day-to-day work.

We are kind

We are respectful

We work with our communities

Main duties of the job
This post is for an Specialist Grade Doctor position in CAMHS Psychiatry in the North East SET CAMHS Colchester and Clacton, 900 The Crescent, Colchester, Essex, CO4 9YQ.

This is a newly created post following restructuring of psychiatric team due to the previous doctor leaving the organisation. A lot of transformation has taken place already and continues to take place within Essex's Community CAMHS Services. This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit to this post as soon as possible.

This is a new post, substantive, full time 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) post with 8 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs).

The successful candidate will work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to children and young people with mental health needs, across North East Essex. The service is provided by one team with one management structure, but due to the size of the area covered it is spread across two main bases.

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
14 August 2026

Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade
Specialty Doctor

Salary
£104,401 to £115,341 a year

Contract
Permanent

Working pattern
Full-time

Reference number
TCC-3ML-001802

Job locations
The Crescent, Colchester

Colchester

Essex

CO4 9YQ

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 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 on 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. This includes chronic, acute, and palliative care within own competencies, recognising own limitations and seeking advice when necessary. This will include continuously evaluating and acting on outcomes.

To be able to initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies.

To provide patients and relatives with information and education thus ensuring they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence, and quality of life.

To ensure practice is supported by research, evidence-based practice, literature, and peer review.

Training & Supervision:
To act as clinical supervisor to junior colleagues (FY/CT/GPVTS/ST), providing effective education, facilitating their development, and promoting high standards of medical care.

Ensure junior colleagues are actively supported to enable them to achieve their learning needs.

To ensure own continued professional development and support a culture of lifelong learning in self and others.

To undertake, and assist, in the planning of own mandatory training and workshops.

To undertake a regular appraisal, developing a personal development plan that includes clinical competencies reflecting the health needs of the local population and relates to Trust strategy.

To support new staff and their integration within the team.

To support training as part of the role including changes to professional development and implementation of new policies and guidelines.

Administration:
To follow good medical practice standards in documenting all assessments of patients and to share necessary information with other health professionals.

To provide reports on time.

To ensure that all letters and summaries are checked and sent promptly to referring GPs, other colleagues, and agencies.

The post holder will ensure that accurate and up to date records are kept of all clinical activity.

The post holder will be expected to have good IT skills and to use the Trust’s electronic case record system.

Leadership:
To participate in the development of an effective team and the development of productive working relationships throughout the Trust.

To actively promote professional integrated health working, internally and externally.

To facilitate the development of a positive and supportive team culture by taking responsibility for dealing effectively with potential conflict.

To take an active interest in working parties and groups within the Trust to develop and improve on service delivery, protocols, and guidelines.

To participate in the audit process, linking in with the clinical governance agenda.

To advise, encourage and share knowledge utilising the latest research and practice development, through literature and peer reviews.

Support the AMD in strategic service development and business planning.

Lead compassionately on the evolution of services.

Engage patients and staff in the development of services.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registration with the GMC with a licence to practice.
• Mastery in the management of a broad range of mental disorders in children, including neurodevelopmental disorders

Desirable

• Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it.
• A postgraduate qualification in psychiatry

Experience
Essential

• At least 4 years of full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time basis) of which at least 2 years will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee or shall have equivalent experience and competencies.
• Experience in managing patients from different cultural backgrounds.
• Working with interpreters and translators.
• Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams

Desirable

• Experience in general medicine

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
The Crescent, Colchester

Colchester

Essex

CO4 9YQ

United Kingdom

Employer's website
https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Associate Medical Director

Viviana Porcari

medicalstaffingrecruitment@nelft.nhs.uk

Details
Date posted
14 August 2026

Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade
Specialty Doctor

Salary
£104,401 to £115,341 a year

Contract
Permanent

Working pattern
Full-time

Reference number
TCC-3ML-001802

Job locations
The Crescent, Colchester

Colchester

Essex

CO4 9YQ

United Kingdom

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