Closing date: 26 July 2026

Job summary
This post is to provide joint multi-disciplinary consultant leadership for the regionally commissioned community Forensic Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (FCAMHS) covering the 12 boroughs within the South London Partnership (SLP). The FCAMHS team and, therefore, this post will be managed by SLAM and the postholder will be accountable to the Lead Clinician for National and Specialist CAMHS (ultimately to the SLAM Medical Director). This is a replacement for an established post.

The successful applicant will be working 6 PAs and the expectation is that they will be working across the SLP in a flexible manner, although based in SLaM.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will work closely with the wider team to deliver multidisciplinary consultations, assessments, and a small number of interventions to young people, their families and professional networks.

The post holder will be required to maintain Section 12 and Approved Clinician Status, to provide consultant clinical leadership to the multi-disciplinary team.

The post holder will provide consultation but also (as described above) work directly with children, adolescents and their families using specialist knowledge and expertise; they will prepare timely assessment and review reports and maintain and ensure high service standards for safeguarding, adherence to relevant legislation (including Mental Health Act, Children's Act & Mental Capacity Act) and progressive clinical practice.

About us
Working for the Trust
There are excellent opportunities for professional development including management, training, research, and audit experience.

Benefits
We 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

Job responsibilities
The post-holder and the Consultant Clinical Psychologist will be responsible for:

• Provision of specialist child and adolescent forensic mental health expertise in advising, formal consultation, assessment and intervention. The postholder would be expected to participate in two multiagency consultation clinics per week.
• Providing advice and consultation to partner agencies regarding the diagnosis, management and treatment of children and adolescents who need consultant psychiatric intervention
• The majority of clinical work will be single consultations regarding a young person. As such there is are minimal follow up cases and a small active caseload for the postholder.
• Provision of advice to local CAMHS and other agencies regarding appropriate risk assessment and management in high-risk cases involving young people presenting risk of harm to others
• Active involvement with the families and carers of young people referred to the service
• Active liaison with a wide range of professionals and agencies working with children and young people especially those involved in juvenile criminal justice.
• Development of an active leadership role within his/her area of specialist competence in the catchment area for which he/she is responsible. This will involve the development of good relationships with senior professionals in CAMHS and other agencies, identification of gaps in provision for young people and a capacity for service development and innovation.
• Provision of clinical leadership within the multidisciplinary regional FCAMHS team and to collaborate in systems of supervision and care management. The consultant will offer consultation and joint working with other professionals wherever possible but will also have the capacity to work autonomously when this is required.
• Provision of a prompt response to all referrals, in conjunction with the wider team. The team receives circa 100 new referrals per year for consultation.
• Working in partnership with local multidisciplinary teams and other agencies to ensure clinical management of patients in relation to the care programme approach (CPA).
• Provision of reciprocal cross-cover for consultant psychiatrist for annual leave, unplanned leave and for short term sickness etc, and in the normal working week)
• Urgent clinical work is undertaken by the whole multi-disciplinary team, including the consultant, during normal working hours. The consultant provides senior medical cover, together with the other consultants for the sector/service.

Full details of the Job Description can be found on the attachment, which also details the main responsibilities expected from the post holder.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Person Specification

Training and Experience
Essential

• Completion of Higher Psychiatric Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Equivalent training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CESR issued by PMETB)
• Experience in psychopharmacology and assessing + treating complex neuropsychiatric conditions
• Experience in clinical leadership and service development

Desirable

• Approved qualifications in relevant therapeutic practice e.g. DBT, CBT or Family Therapy
• Experience of psychopharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment modalities in children with mental illness in intellectual disability and autism and physical illness
• Experience in Paediatrics
• Inpatient experience
• Experience in liaison psychiatry liaison psychiatry
• Experience in liaison psychiatry liaison psychiatry
• Experience in the use of ADOS, ADI-r

Qualifications
Essential

• MRCPsych or equivalent
• CCT or within 6 months of accreditation)
• Full GMC Registration and inclusion on Specialist GMC Register
• Sec 12 (2) and AC approved (or undertaking to obtain this before taking up the post
• Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or Equivalent

Desirable

• a)Higher degree or additional qualifications (e.g., MSc, PhD on a related topic/ neuroscience, Psychotherapy diploma, Teaching Proficiency)

Clinical skills
Essential

• Demonstrated clinical skills in specialist area of intellectual disability/developmental neuropsychiatry / autism and psychopharmacology
• Demonstrated clinical skills child and adolescent psychiatry
• Must have experience in dealing with children with eating disorders and associated comorbidities in community day programmes and inpatient settings
• Advanced knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapies for young people with eating disorders and their families
• Experience and knowledge of multi-disciplinary, multi-agency working with children with complex, multi-system disease
• Experience of safeguarding, governance and legislation issues specific to children with eating disorders and associated comorbidities
• Experience working in specialist eating disorders teams and co-working with social care, and education
• Competence in risk management
• Competence in non-medication therapeutic approaches
• Evidence based practice
• Compliance with national and professional guidelines
• Advanced theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment interventions for young people with eating disorders of all classifications
• Competence in physical assessments

Management
Essential

• Knowledge, understanding and compliance with Clinical Governance guidance structures and principles (e.g., service quality improvement, gap analysis)
• Participation in quality improvement work
• Participation in development of service protocols and service development projects
• Demonstrable ability to effectively lead a multidisciplinary team
• Must have excellent skills in communication in English with patients, relatives/carers, colleagues and staff or other organisations
• Must be skilled in professional collaboration
• Must have an interest in and commitment to Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry

Desirable

• Basic training in management skills

Teaching
Essential

• a)Experience of and interest in undergraduate and post-graduate teaching, teaching of junior doctors and multi-disciplinary staff at local, national and international level

Desirable

• Developing training programmes for staff of all disciplines

Academic Achievements
Essential

• Demonstrable academic achievements to support allocation of Research time in job plan
• Publication(s) accepted by peer review journals in a relevant academic field

Desirable

• Presentation at a national or international conference
• A proven track record or the ability to demonstrate potential in the research of child and adolescent psychiatry
• A higher research degree (e.g. MPhil., MD or PhD)
• Publication in a peer-reviewed journal
• Experience of co-operating in Clinical Research

Personal Skills
Essential

• Focus on good communication skills and ability to be clear, fluent and articulate in communication in English
• Ability to provide clinical leadership and guidance for complex cases
• Ability to take part in multidisciplinary teamwork and accept non-medical leadership arrangements
• Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority and diversity issues
• Ability to work with Partner Agencies including local CAMHS Services, Social Services, Education and Voluntary Agencies
• Readiness to cover absent colleagues and service areas when necessary

Desirable

• Demonstration of a wider understanding of NHS and ability to work within constantly changing environment at national and international levels

Personal Circumstances
Essential

• Ability to travel
• Membership of Medical Defence Organisation

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Details
Date posted: 29 June 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: Depending on experience, £113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 334-CHI-8069067-JA
Job locations: Maudsley Hospital, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AZ, United Kingdom

Employer details
Employer name South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address Maudsley Hospital, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AZ, United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Dr Sacha Guglani, sacha.guglani@slam.nhs.uk