CAMHS Consultant - Lambeth CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Pathway (ADHD)

This is a substantive consultant child & adolescent psychiatrist post which has been created by the conversion of a fixed term post into a permanent position, to provide clinical leadership and Consultant Psychiatry expertise in the Neurodevelopmental Pathway (NDP) in Lambeth CAMHS, specifically focused on the ADHD pathway within the service. It offers a unique opportunity to join an established and dynamic team of 5 Consultant Psychiatrists in Lambeth CAMHS, within South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

This is a newly envisaged post; advertised alongside our longstanding NDP consultant psychiatry position, creating two neurodevelopmentally-focused consultant psychiatry posts within the service. This is an exciting development to increase neurodevelopmental expertise and capacity, and represents the ideal opportunity to respond innovatively to the needs of our children and young people. This dual-handed approach will also provide a close working relationship with the other consultant psychiatry post-holder, the NDP principal psychologist lead and the ADHD nurse specialist, which we envisage will be a supportive experience and prove fertile ground for innovation.

This post holder will provide consultant psychiatry leadership and clinical input to the ADHD pathway in Lambeth CAMHS, including the ADHD medication clinic (LARC). In addition, clinical time will also be spent providing additional psychiatric capacity to our NDP. The post-holder will work closely with the Band 8A prescribing nurse specialist in ADHD, and with the Band 8B NDP lead, an experienced psychologist. The NDP is an integrated assessment and treatment offer described below. Operationally this postholder will be based between the ADHD medication clinic and the River Team (higher-complexity CAMHS) for children and young people up to the age of 18 years. There are embedded NDP clinicians in other teams within the service.

There are six consultant child and adolescent psychiatry posts in Lambeth CAMHS (a total of 5.5 WTE), providing local opportunities for significant peer support and consultation. We have specialist interests in early intervention, GP consultation, ADHD, at-risk populations and crisis care.

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

There are excellent opportunities for professional development including management, training, research, and audit experience.

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. It’s important to us that you are valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.

Some Of Our Benefits Are Highlighted Here

Generous pay, pensions and leave.

We offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.

Work life balance.

We support a range of flexible working options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.

Career development.

There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.

Car lease.

Our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars.

Our staff benefit from keyworker housing, which is available on selected sites.

NHS discounts.

With discounts of up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through the Health Service Discounts website.

Other Benefits Include

• Counselling services
• Wellbeing events
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Childcare vouchers
• Staff restaurants

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Jane Anderson Job title: Lead Clinician and Consultant Psychiatrist Email address: Telephone number:

Service Manager Lambeth CAMHS: Natasha Hutchinson

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