Overview
A Vacancy at East London NHS Foundation Trust. Locum Consultant – Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist (Inpatient CAMHS).
Fixed Term - 12 months. 10 sessions per week.
About the Coborn Centre for Adolescent Mental Health
The Coborn Centre is a highly specialised in-patient service for adolescents with severe and complex mental disorder. It is based in vibrant multicultural East London. The service is a centre of excellence, rated as Outstanding by the CQC.
The Coborn Centre comprises three provisions: a PICU service, an Acute ward, and a Day Service. There is a highly experienced, well established expert multidisciplinary team providing a comprehensive holistic biopsychosocial assessment and treatment packages to young people and families who actively participate in co-production.
Role and Responsibilities
The consultant psychiatrist will:
* provide psychiatric assessments and treatment where appropriate;
* undertake risk assessments;
* contribute a psychiatric perspective and provide clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team;
* provide consultation to other professionals and agencies;
* contribute to service developments.
The post holder will also be expected to participate in a range of other activities, particularly healthcare governance, quality improvement, teaching and training. We would be particularly interested in talking to potential candidates about their areas of special interest.
The post holder will work closely with two other consultants in the service and with the multidisciplinary team in the assessment and management of young people and families with severe and enduring mental disorder, as well as liaising with community stakeholders including CAMHS, Social Care, Education, Youth Offending Teams, Acute Hospital and Adult Mental Health teams.
About East London NHS Foundation Trust
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people’s lives by improving quality of life. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – and we are looking for people who champion these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
We are committed to active co-production and have recently appointed a People Participation lead within the service. We also have a range of Quality Improvement projects at the Coborn and work closely with community colleagues, particularly in developing our admission avoidance work in each community system we serve. We are in active collaboration with our CAMHS Collaboratives, and our partner Unit run by ELFT, Evergreen, in Luton. Collaboration and joint working are key.
How to Apply
Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy.
For any queries, please contact Dr Ravi Patel at ravi.patel4@nhs.net
To apply, visit www.jobs.nhs.uk and search under the relevant job reference number.
Closing Date
This advert closes on Wednesday 8 Oct 2025.
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