Locum Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist (CCATT)
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Main area Locum Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract 12 months (Fixed Term) Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week Job ref 367-HPFT-MEDICAL-508-J
Site Watford General Hospital Town Watford Salary £113,565 - £150,569 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 08/11/2026 23:59
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
We are seeking a Consultant Children and Adolescent Psychiatrist.
CAMHS is part of the Specialist Services Strategic Business Unit in HPFT, managed by the Clinical Director (Dr Shaheen Shora – Fiona McMillian-Shields -non-medical). CAMHS is managed by a Senior Service Line Leader, Natalija Lytrides, supported by Professional Leads and CAMHS Community Managers.
The four geographical divisions provide Tier 2 and 3 services plus the CAMHS Targeted team, as well as parenting support services into the Family Centres.
CAMHS are provided by Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust across the entire county.
Child and Family Clinics
The clinics accept referrals from a number of sources including General Practitioners, Social Workers, Health Visitors and Consultant Paediatricians. Referrals are processed through SPA (the Single Point of Access). The teams are multi-disciplinary including Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Mental Health Nurses, Child Psychotherapists, Systemic Therapists and Social Workers.
Forensic Adolescent Practitioner Service
The aim of these posts is to support the youth offending teams who often come into contact with children with a mental health difficultly. These children may not traditionally access child and family services or whose difficulties may be of low complexity and therefore can be worked within their community setting through a short intervention.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has become available for a substantive Consultant Psychiatrist to join our CAMHS Children's Crisis and Assessment and Treatment Team service offer in Hertfordshire- ( CCATT-). This post is to cover a vacancy and has also been expanded to become 10Pas,
CCAT team operates over three clinical sites – Watford General, ListerHospital and has an operational site at 15 Forest Lane, Kingsley Green, Harper Lane, Radlett. The team works cohesively together and meets daily to discuss all referrals
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