Overview
We are looking for a full-time (10 PA) Locum Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to cover a secondment for a substantive post holder. The post is available for 10 months from September 2025 to work within CAMHS Brent & Harrow Urgent Care Team at Northwick Park Hospital. We are seeking an enthusiastic child and adolescent psychiatrist with an interest in A&E liaison and crisis intervention work to join a well-developed MDT providing urgent assessments to children and adolescents presenting to an emergency department and paediatric and adult wards at Northwick Park Hospital. The team also has a small crisis intervention team (UCOS) offering brief crisis intervention. The UCOS within Brent and Harrow UCT provides urgent assessments to children and adolescents who present to the emergency department at Northwick Park Hospital or are admitted to paediatric (under 16 years) or adult medical wards (16-18 years).
In addition to the consultant, the MDT consists of a team lead, clinical nurse specialists, a psychologist, an assistant psychologist, a neurodevelopmental crisis specialist and a full-time administrator. Brent & Harrow UCT works closely with Brent CAMHS and Harrow CAMHS and there are established good links and smooth transfer of care processes with core CAMHS services.
Responsibilities
* Provide daily psychiatric input to the Brent and Harrow Urgent Care Team by offering consultation and psychiatric input.
* Support junior doctors in conducting MHA assessments at the hospital and provide MHA assessments if required.
* Contribute to multiagency meetings for young people presenting at the hospital.
* Contribute to provider collaborative escalation meetings for young people waiting for psychiatric inpatient beds.
* Take a consultant lead role in the Brent and Harrow urgent care team.
* Provide consultation and psychiatric input to the weekly clinical review meeting for UCT.
* Provide leadership and psychiatric input to the weekly UCOS Clinical Cases discussion meeting.
* Provide continuity of consultant input for young people admitted to paediatric and medical wards and, if required, be the responsible clinician (RC).
* Provide psychiatric assessments when required and support the Urgent Care Team with emergency work at Northwick Park Hospital and 7-day follow-ups.
* Contribute to the monthly senior management meetings for local CAMHS as well as the crisis pathway.
* Lead with the urgent care 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.
* Provide clinical supervision to psychiatry trainees and specialty doctors contributing to the work of the UCT on a case-by-case basis as needed.
* Lead on the development of interface working between UCT and other CAMHS sub-teams as well as ACTS (Adolescent Community Treatment Service).
* Participate in case-based discussions with other CAMHS consultants and junior medical colleagues within the Harrow CAMHS doctors meeting (twice a month).
* Offer teaching to colleagues at the acute hospital, CAMHS colleagues and trainees and medical students.
* Work 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 CNWL CAMHS Central Care Quality and Performance Management Group).
About CNWL and the Team
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a large catchment area spanning London, Milton Keynes and parts of Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Kent and Hampshire. The Trust is one of the largest mental health trusts in England and has three CAMHS Urgent Care Teams (Hillingdon UCT, Brent & Harrow UCT, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster UCT). Each team is led by a consultant psychiatrist and a team lead who work closely with the lead consultant and service manager. The Trust fosters diversity and equality and is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
Benefits and Conditions
This post attracts relocation support (up to 8K, subject to eligibility), a generous annual leave entitlement, study leave, the NHS pension scheme, and a range of staff discounts including car purchase/lease discounts. Flexible working options are available, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on benefits, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page. We also offer opportunities for professional development and leadership roles within CAMHS and related services.
CNWL NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices. Due to high response levels for some vacancies, vacancies may expire before the advertised closing date. Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13-week probationary period. If offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
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