Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 7-month fixed term appointment for an Inpatient Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. This will initially be based at Tyson East 2 ward at the Bethlem Hospital although the post holder's tenure will cover the transition of the ward to its permanent home at the Maudsley Adolescent Unit at the Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People. Applicants would need to be able to work on both sites. This is a full-time post although applicants who wished to work part time are still encouraged to apply.

The successful candidate will be S12/AC approved and will provide clinical leadership to the service and take consultant responsibility for patients (both informal and detained) on the ward.

The role is full time (10 sessions) with 7.5 DCC sessions and 2.5 SPA sessions.

Start date is from End of December 2026.

Main duties of the job
The consultant role involves clinical and medical leadership for both the MDT and junior medical staff. This involves direct assessment of all admissions, formulation of treatment plans in conjunction with the MDT, liaison with other agencies (both clinical and non-clinical), supervision of junior medical staff, chairing of meetings with both clinical and non-clinical agenda, and facilitating discharge through the CPA process.

We work in partnership with colleagues in neighbouring Trusts (Oxleas and South West London and St George's) as the South London Partnership (SLP) in providing adolescent inpatient care. Adolescent inpatient services are provided by the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) through three wards: TE2/MAU, the Bethlem Adolescent Unit (BAU) and the Bethlem Adolescent Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (BAPICU). Aquarius and Wisteria wards provide general adolescent and eating disorder inpatient services respectively at Springfield Hospital as part of the SLPs integrated inpatient pathway. This gives young people cared for by the SLP access to a broad range of services, without recourse to care far from home.

The successful applicant will also join the SLaM consultant CAMHS on-call rota (see On-call Section).

Key Responsibilities

• Assessment and management of children and young people, and to provide psychiatric input for both routine and emergency clinical care.
• Supervision of resident medical staff.
• Attending and chairing clinical meetings as timetabled.
• Liaising and communicating with the MDT, other professionals, teams and agencies.
• Strong clinical leadership.
• Provision of advice to other CAMHS teams.
• Participation in peer and group supervision meetings.
• Participation in training of medical students, psychiatric trainees 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. If required, the post holder will be supported to join or develop a local peer group for CPD purposes.
• 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.

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.

• Generous pay, pensions and leave, dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance, including part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development through mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
• Car lease deals.
• Keyworker housing, available on selected sites.
• NHS discounts of up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands.
• Counselling services, wellbeing events, long service awards, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, childcare vouchers and staff restaurants.

Salary
Depending on experience £113,565 - £150,569 per annum

Contract
Fixed term, 7 months, full-time

Location
Bethlem Royal Hospital / Maudsley Hospital, Monks Orchard Road / Denmark Hill, Kent / London, SE5 8AZ, United Kingdom

Closing date
15 November 2026

Essential qualifications and experience

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise.
• MRCPsych or Equivalent.
• (Eligibility for) Section 12 approval and Approved Clinician status. If not yet S12/AC approved this would not preclude appointment if otherwise suitable, but gaining such approval must be a priority.
• Experience in inpatient based Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Experience of assessing and managing complex co-morbidities.
• 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.
• Involvement in research projects.
• 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.
• Fit to practice.
• Occupational Health Clearance.

Desirable

• Higher degree/Research qualifications.
• Higher management qualifications.
• Trained in ADI and ADOS.
• Training in investigation of complaints and SIs.
• Expertise in CBT or other therapeutic intervention to postgraduate level.
• Significant experience of developing and leading inpatient psychiatric care services.
• Peer reviewed publication.
• Book publication.
• Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.

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.

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

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