Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist – Hillingdon Urgent Care Team (UCT) – 10 PAs
A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.
Permanent, Full‑Time (10PAs).
An exciting opportunity has arisen for 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 – a stimulating opportunity to help shape the new service.
You will join a friendly and welcoming multidisciplinary team based across two clinic sites in the borough. There are good transport connections and parking at both sites.
Benefits
* Golden Hello of £20,000 payable in two instalments (taxable and non‑pensionable)
* Relocation package up to £8,000 (subject to eligibility)
* Generous annual leave & study leave
* UK NHS pension scheme
* Staff discounts, including discounts on the purchase and lease of new cars
Contact
Dr Afrooz Kosari, Lead Consultant Hillingdon CAMHS
E: afrooz.kosari@nhs.net
T: 01895 256521
Team Composition
Staffing includes a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist (1.0 WTE) – this post – plus a team lead (1.0), clinical nurse specialist (3.0), assistant psychologist (1.0) and an administrator (1.0).
Service Overview
The UCT provides assessments at the Emergency Department and to paediatric ward and medical wards (for 16‑ and 17‑year olds) at Hillingdon Hospital, as well as seven‑day follow‑up appointments for patients discharged from acute hospitals. On average the team sees 30 new cases per month, discussed with the team at first instance; if required, they are discussed with the consultant psychiatrist. The current caseload is not kept in the system but either transferred to another service for further input or discharged to primary care.
Once the urgent care outreach service (UCOS) is developed, the team will carry a maximum caseload of 10 active cases at any one time. The direct clinical care consultant caseload is expected to vary between 10‑20 cases, combined between liaison and crisis aspects of the service. The consultant is not expected to provide direct case management.
General Duties
* Undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients
* Record clinical activity accurately and maintain accurate medical notes in line with the Trust record‑keeping policy
* Participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service
* Attend and participate in the internal CPD activities and maintain up‑to‑date CPD records
* Attend monthly consultant meetings and other relevant professional meetings
* Maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) and AC approval
* Participate annually in job plan review
* Work with local managers and professional colleagues to ensure efficient running of services, sharing the medical contribution to management with other consultants
* Comply with the Trust’s agreed policies and procedures
Clinical and Management Duties
* 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 UCT with emergency work at Hillingdon Hospital and seven‑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 local CAMHS and the crisis pathway
* Take a lead role, together with the UCT team lead, 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 speciality doctors as needed
* Lead on the development of interface working between UCT and other CAMHS sub‑teams and ACTS (Adolescent Community Treatment Service)
* Provide continuity of consultant input for young people admitted to paediatric and medical wards and, if required, be the responsible clinician (RC)
* Use paediatric liaison sessions to offer consultation to paediatrics and develop a business case for a paediatric liaison service in collaboration with the local acute trust (Hillingdon Hospital)
* Participate in case‑based discussions with other CAMHS consultants and junior medical colleagues within the Hillingdon CAMJS doctors meeting, which takes place twice a month
* Offer teaching to colleagues at the acute hospital, CAMHS colleagues and trainees and medical students
* Facilitate a monthly consultation group with the out‑of‑hours team together with other UCT consultants
* Work together with the team lead to provide activity reports and contribute to presenting the work to senior management meetings and commissioners, including the North West London Provider Collaborative and the CNWL CAMHS Central Care Quality and Performance Management Group (CQPMG)
This advert closes on Sunday 14 Dec 2025.
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