Consultant Community CAMHS Psychiatrist Brentwood
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NELFT North East London Foundation Trust Consultant Community CAMHS Psychiatrist Brentwood
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
JOB TITLE: Consultant Community CAMHS Psychiatrist Basildon & Brentwood SET CAMHS
CONTRACT: 10 Programmed Activities (10 PAs) Substantive Post Flexible working available including job share, part-time, remote sessions considered BASE: Great Oaks Clinic, Great Oaks, Basildon, Essex, SS14 1EH Post and Specialty:
This is a well-established post but has been vacant due to the previous consultant leaving the organisation. This is funded as eight Programmed Activities (10 PAs) post with 7.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs). The post is currently filled by a locum doctor. It is a substantive full time post and we are also open to consider flexible working, job share or fixed term if preferred. The expectation of the post holder is to support their teams, the Directorate and the organisation to follow the Trusts Values in their day-to-day work.
We are kind
We are respectful
We work with our communities
This post is for an CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist position in the SET CAMHS Basildon and Brentwood Team at Great Oaks Clinic, Great Oaks, Basildon, Essex, SS14 1EH.
Main duties of the job
This is a well-established post but has been vacant due to the previous consultant leaving the organisation. A lot of transformation has taken place already and continues to take place within Essex's Community CAMHS Services.
This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit to this post as soon as possible. This is a replacement, permanent, full-time post - 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) post with 7.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs).
On-call responsibilities: The postholder will be part of the Senior Psychiatrist out of hours on-call rota. The community CAMHS Consultants participate in an on-call rota with a current frequency of 1:7, with a 2% of basic salary, Category B on-call supplement. This rota mainly provides telephone advice to the crisis teams, which is the first port of call for children in crises out of hours, covering Southend, Essex and Thurrock. The on-call shifts are from 17:00 - 09:00 Monday to Friday, and all day on weekends and bank holidays. The on call does not include support to psychiatric inpatient units or Section 136 suites, as this is provided by a different organisation in Essex (EPUT).
The successful candidate will work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to children and young people with mental health needs, across Basildon and Brentwood Essex. The service is provided by one team with one management structure, but due to the size of the area covered it is spre
About us
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.
Details
Date posted
03 September 2026
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Consultant
Salary
£113,565 to £150,569 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
BCH-3ML-001972
Job locations
Brentwood Community Hospital
Brentwood
Essex
CM15 8DR
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
Clinical Skills:
- To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for 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 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 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. This includes chronic, acute, and palliative care within own competencies, 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.
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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.
- Ensure junior colleagues are actively supported to enable them to achieve their learning needs.
- 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 new staff and their integration within the team.
- To support training as part of the role including changes to professional development and implementation of new policies and guidelines.
Who to contact for informal inquiries:
Medical Director: Dr Sarah Dracass [email protected] Associate Medical Director: Dr Viviana Porcari [email protected] Medical Staffing: [email protected]
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
Clinical Skills:
- To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for 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 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 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. This includes chronic, acute, and palliative care within own competencies, 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.
-
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.
- Ensure junior colleagues are actively supported to enable them to achieve their learning needs.
- 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 new staff and their integration within the team.
- To support training as part of the role including changes to professional development and implementation of new policies and guidelines.
Who to contact for informal inquiries:
Medical Director: Dr Sarah Dracass [email protected] Associate Medical Director: Dr Viviana Porcari [email protected] Medical Staffing: [email protected]
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register for Psychiatry or within 6 months of obtaining CCT
- Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it.
Desirable
- Endorsement in Liaison Psychiatry
- Application Form
- Postgraduate qualification
Experience
Essential
- Mastery in the management of a broad range of mental disorders in adults
- Application Form
- Interview
- Experience in managing patients from different cultural backgrounds.
- Working with interpreters and translators.
Desirable
- An awareness of NHS strategic and clinical governance priorities.
- Understanding of change management
Qualifications
Essential
- Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register for Psychiatry or within 6 months of obtaining CCT
- Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it.
Desirable
- Endorsement in Liaison Psychiatry
- Application Form
- Postgraduate qualification
Experience
Essential
- Mastery in the management of a broad range of mental disorders in adults
- Application Form
- Interview
- Experience in managing patients from different cultural backgrounds.
- Working with interpreters and translators.
Desirable
- An awareness of NHS strategic and clinical governance priorities.
- Understanding of change management
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This 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 details
Employer name
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Address
Brentwood Community Hospital
Brentwood
Essex
CM15 8DR
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Address
Brentwood Community Hospital
Brentwood
Essex
CM15 8DR
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Medical Director, Essex
Viviana Porcari
Details
Date posted
03 September 2026
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Consultant
Salary
£113,565 to £150,569 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
BCH-3ML-001972
Job locations
Brentwood Community Hospital
Brentwood
Essex
CM15 8DR
United Kingdom
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