Specialty Doctor Waltham Forest Community CAMHS

Overview

In this Specialty Doctor role, you will deliver specialist input for children and adolescents with complex mental health needs, supporting MDT collaboration and care planning. You’ll work within CAMHS to assess neurodevelopmental and emotional-behavioural presentations, contribute to ADHD care, and partake in service development and teaching. The post offers a chance to shape clinical pathways amid CAMHS transformation and engage in quality improvement. You will work across a defined clinical load with links to wider trust activities.

Responsibilities

• Organise and prioritise own and team workload; deputise for the team manager; follow Trust protocols
• Provide autonomous clinical care within GMC-licensed practice; develop care plans for complex cases
• Conduct neurodevelopmental assessments and contribute to formulation, diagnosis, and treatment planning
• Initiate referrals to other specialists and engage in multidisciplinary collaboration
• Maintain accurate audit records and contribute to risk management and the Trust risk register
• Ensure practice is evidence-based and supported by research, literature, and peer review
• Participate in service development, teaching, and quality improvement initiatives
• Engage in CAMHS transformation and align with evolving clinical pathways

Key requirements

• Medical degree
• Section 12 Approval or eligibility within 3 months of appointment
• Experience in postgraduate specialist core training
• Desirable: MRCPsych or evidence of papers
• Desirable: postgraduate specialist higher training
• Desirable: postgraduate qualification

• Cross-functional collaboration
• Leadership and delegation
• Effective communication with patients and families
• Neurodevelopmental assessment
• Care planning for complex mental health needs
• ADHD management and differential diagnosis

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