Specialty Doctor Waltham Forest Community CAMHS
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Walthamstow, E17 3LAView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£63,969 to £102,689
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
16 November 2026
27 days leftJob description
JOB TITLE: Specialty Doctor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Waltham Forest CAMHS. CONTRACT: 10 Programmed Activities (10 PAs) Flexible working ava...
The Specialty Doctor is an exciting and enriching role which holds a case load across the neurodevelopmental, emotional and behavioural pathways from which cases will be allocated. They will attend weekly meetings and see children as part of the duty rota, and also participate as duty prescriber. There are many opportunities for service development, teaching and quality improvement, in addition to engaging in wider trust activities as part of CAMHS transformation.
- Participate actively as a core member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT), collaboratively with colleagues including psychologists, nurses, therapists, and administrative staff.
- Offer specialist clinical input into the assessment, formulation, diagnosis, and treatment planning for children and adolescents with complex mental health needs which will include contributing to neurodevelopmental assessments.
- Contribute to the management and care planning of young people with ADHD and emotional difficulties.
- The service is currently undergoing a review of the job roles of staff, including medical staff, so that clinicians are assigned to specific clinical care pathways appropriate to the needs of the service and the skills and experience of the clinicians concerned. There may thus be amendments to the clinical pathway(s) involvement for this post holder.
On-call responsibilities
The post does not currently include on call responsibilities. If Section 12 approv
Main responsibilities: • To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others’ workload in the day-to-day allocation of work. • To deputise when required in the team manager’s absence and delegate appropriately to other medical staff. • To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them. • To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes. • To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing, and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust’s risk register.
- To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for their own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols. • The post holder will have full registration with a licence to practice from the General Medical Council (GMC). • Further professional knowledge will have been gained through accredited courses, workshops, study, and in-house training programmes. • To be responsible, and accountable, for service delivery to clients/patients. • To be able to assess and develop care plans to meet the complex needs of patients with a variety of conditions, recognising own limitations and seeking advice when necessary. This will include continuously evaluating and acting on outcomes. • To be able to initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies. • To provide patients and relatives with information and education thus ensuring they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence, and quality of life. • To ensure practice is supported by research, evidence-based practice, literature, and peer review.
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex.
We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.
Qualifications
Essential
- Medical degree.
- Section 12 Approval or eligibility and application for it within 3 months of appointment.
- Experience in postgraduate specialist core training
Desirable: - MRCPsych or pass of some Papers; - Experience in postgraduate specialist higher training; - Postgraduate qualification; -
Experience
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of the biological, psychological, and social determinants of mental health disorders and evidence-based treatment interventions in child & adolescent psychiatry
- An understanding of system leadership and evidence of how this has been put into practice.
Desirable: - An awareness of NHS strategic and clinical governance priorities.
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First seen
19 October 2026
Last checked
20 October 2026
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