Consultant Psychiatrist CAMHS NHS in Chelmsford, Essex

Consultant Community CAMHS Psychiatrist SET Mid Essex CAMHS (Chelmsford & Halsted)CONTRACT: 6 Programmed Activities (6 PAs) Flexible working available including job share, part-time, remote sessions consideredBASE: Stapleford House, Stapleford Close, Chelmsford CM2 0QXMain duties of the jobThis is funded as eight Programmed Activities (6 PAs) post with 4.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 1.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs).The post is currently filled by a doctor due to retire in October 2026. It is a substantive post and we would consider requests for flexible working, job share or fixed term if preferred.We are kindWe are respectfulWe work with our communitiesThis post is for an CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist position in the SET CAMHS Mid Essex and is split between Stapleford House, Stapleford Close, Chelmsford CM2 0QX and The Coach House, Trinity Street, Halstead, CO9 1JD.This post was originally covered by a full time specialty doctor but has now been converted into a new part time Consultant post due to the previous doctor leaving the organisation to progress their trainings. A lot of transformation has taken place already and continues to take place in Essex's Community CAMHS Services.This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit substantively to this post as soon as possible.This post is part-time - 6 Programmed Activities (PAs) post with 4.5 DirectAbout usNELFT 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.DetailsDate posted08 October 2026Pay schemeHospital medical and dental staffGradeConsultantSalary Part-time To deputise when required in the team manager’s absence and delegate appropriately to other medical staff. • 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.The post holder will have full registration with a licence to practice on the General Medical Council (GMC). • Further professional knowledge will have been gained through accredited courses, workshops, study, and in-house training programmes. • 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. • Training & Supervision: • To act as clinical supervisor to junior colleagues (FY/CT/GPVTS/ST), providing effective education, facilitating their development, and promoting high standards of medical care. • To ensure own continued professional development and support a culture of lifelong learning in self and others. • To undertake, and assist, in the planning of own mandatory training and workshops. • To undertake a regular appraisal, developing a personal development plan that includes clinical competencies reflecting the health needs of the local population and relates to Trust strategy. • To support training as part of the role including changes to professional development and implementation of new policies and guidelines. Deputy Medical Director: Dr Sarah Dracass, email Sarah.To deputise when required in the team manager’s absence and delegate appropriately to other medical staff. • 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.The post holder will have full registration with a licence to practice on the General Medical Council (GMC). • Further professional knowledge will have been gained through accredited courses, workshops, study, and in-house training programmes. • 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. • Training & Supervision: • To act as clinical supervisor to junior colleagues (FY/CT/GPVTS/ST), providing effective education, facilitating their development, and promoting high standards of medical care. • To ensure own continued professional development and support a culture of lifelong learning in self and others. • To undertake, and assist, in the planning of own mandatory training and workshops. • To undertake a regular appraisal, developing a personal development plan that includes clinical competencies reflecting the health needs of the local population and relates to Trust strategy. • To support training as part of the role including changes to professional development and implementation of new policies and guidelines. Deputy Medical Director: Dr Sarah Dracass, email Sarah.EssentialInclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register for Psychiatry or within 6 months of obtaining CCTApproved Clinician status, or eligibility for it.EssentialInclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register for Psychiatry or within 6 months of obtaining CCTApproved Clinician status, or eligibility for it.Understanding of change managementDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Employer detailsEmployer nameNELFT North East London Foundation TrustAddressStapleford HouseChelmsfordEssexCM2 0QXUnited KingdomEmployer's websiteEmployer detailsEmployer nameNELFT North East London Foundation TrustAddressStapleford HouseChelmsfordEssexCM2 0QXUnited KingdomEmployer's website