Consultant Psychiatrist | North London NHS Foundation Trust

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We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, skilled, approachable and motivated specialty doctor to join the Haringey CAMHS team to help in managing the care of young people living within the north central London and collaborative. This is an excellent opportunity for a consultant (Acting up consultant) to help lead a and work with a well-functioning ADHD team and established community CAMHS team with a diverse multi-disciplinary team. 

This is a post that has arisen as the current consultant has gone on maternity leave. The appointed person will expected to provide an effective and timely service to the young people living in the borough of Haringey with ADHD and needing a service either for medication or associated co-morbidity.  

The person appointed to the post will be encouraged to innovate with consultant colleagues and pursue research interest. We have excellent links with the academic child and adolescent research unit based at University College London CAMHS research unit. The post holder will be encouraged to participate in various QI projects with the service and will also be encouraged to come up with new QI projects as appropriate.

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:  

1.  We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.

2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all

3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

4.  We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology. 

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.

• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.

• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme

• Excellent internal staff network

The post holder will be aligned with our values:

• We Are Kind

• We Are Respectful

• We Work Together

• We Keep Things Simple

• We Empower

• We Are Proudly Diverse

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

The trust is embarking on an ambitious transformation of services within CAMHS using the THRIVE principles and the candidate would be encouraged to develop and contribute towards these changes in order to deliver an effective and compassionate service to the young people living within Haringey.  

All new doctors will be provided with mentoring by experienced consultants to help develop in their role. The specialty doctor will be invited to be part of the local Consultant CPD/Peer support group. The postholder will be encouraged to use the CESR/pathway portfolio route to converting his/her experience to become a consultant.

This advert closes on Sunday 1 Nov 2026