Overview
A vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust. Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist - Hillingdon Urgent Care Team (UCT) (attracts 20K RRP). Permanent, Full-Time (10PAs).
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 10PAs substantive Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to work in the Hillingdon Urgent Care Team with a special interest in Paediatric Liaison. The post holder will manage young people who predominantly present through Hillingdon Hospital Emergency Department and those admitted to paediatric and adult medical wards.
Urgent Care Pathway has recently received additional funding to develop short term crisis intervention (tier 3.5) input, providing a stimulating opportunity to help shape the new short term crisis intervention service. You will join a friendly, multidisciplinary team based across 2 clinic sites in the middle of the borough with good transport connections and parking at both sites.
This post attracts a Golden Hello of 20K payable in two instalments (taxable and non-pensionable) and a relocation package for up to 8K (subject to eligibility), plus a generous annual leave & study leave, the NHS pension, and a range of staff discounts including car purchase/lease discounts.
Further information and arrangements to visit:
Dr Afrooz Kosari, Lead Consultant Hillingdon CAMHS
E: afrooz.kosari@nhs.net, T: 01895 256521
Team and Service Context
Staffing in the Hillingdon Urgent Care Team includes – 1.0 WTE consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist (this post), team lead (1.0), clinical nurse specialist (3.0), assistant psychologist (1.0) and an administrator (1.0). The Urgent Care Team provides assessments at the Emergency Department and to the paediatric ward and medical wards (for 16- and 17-year olds) at Hillingdon Hospital, as well as 7 day follow up appointments for Hillingdon patients discharged from acute hospitals. On average the team sees 30 new cases/month. Cases are initially discussed with the team and, if required, with the consultant psychiatrist. Cases are not kept on caseload but transferred to another service or discharged to primary care. Once the UCOS crisis service is developed, the team is expected to carry a maximum caseload of 10 active cases at any time. The direct clinical care consultant caseload is expected to vary between 10-20 cases, combined between liaison and crisis aspects; the consultant is not expected to provide direct case management.
Central and North West London (CNWL) specialises in caring for people with a wide range of mental and physical health needs and is one of the largest mental health trusts in England. Hillingdon CAMHS has a Lead Psychiatrist, Therapies lead and team manager who work with the outer boroughs service manager. The Hillingdon UCT team lead will work closely with the UCT consultant (this post) and UCT service manager. Hillingdon UCT is linked with Brent & Harrow UCT and Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster UCT; the postholder will be part of the UCT Senior Management Team led by the UCT clinical lead and service manager.
General duties
* To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients
* To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively and maintain accurate, contemporaneous medical notes in line with the Trust record keeping policy
* To participate in the service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service
* To attend and participate in internal CPD activities and maintain up to date CPD
* To attend the monthly consultant meetings and other relevant professional meetings
* To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12 (2) and AC approval
* To participate annually in job plan review
* To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services, sharing with other consultant colleagues the medical contribution to management
* To comply with the Trust’s agreed policies and procedures
Clinical and management duties
* The appointee will take a consultant lead role in the local urgent care team
* Provide consultation and medical input to the weekly clinical review meeting for UCT
* Provide psychiatric assessments when required and support the Urgent Care Team with emergency work at Hillingdon Hospital and 7 day follow ups
* Lead on the development of the Tier 3.5 service (Urgent Care Outreach Service) for Hillingdon
* Contribute to the monthly senior management meetings for the local CAMHS and the crisis pathway
* Take a lead role in developing joint crisis pathways and protocols with the acute hospital
* Attend interface meetings with the emergency department and contribute to professional meetings for young people at the hospital, including bed escalation meetings
* Provide clinical supervision to psychiatry trainees and specialty doctors as needed
* Lead on development of interface working between UCT and other CAMHS sub-teams and ACTS (Adolescent Community Treatment Service)
* Ensure continuity of consultant input for young people admitted to paediatric and medical wards and act as the responsible clinician if required
* Use paediatric liaison sessions to offer consultation and develop a business case for a paediatric liaison service with the local acute trust (Hillingdon Hospital)
* Participate in case-based discussions with other CAMHS consultants and junior medical colleagues at the Hillingdon CAMHS doctors meeting
* Offer teaching to colleagues, CAMHS staff, trainees and medical students
* Facilitate monthly consultation group with the out-of-hours team alongside other UCT consultants
* Work with the team lead to provide activity reports and present work to senior management meetings and commissioners (including North West London Provider Collaborative and CNWL CAMHS CQPMG)
This advert closes on Wednesday 8 Oct 2025
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