Specialty Doctor - CAMHS - London

About Direct Medics

This year, we’re proud to celebrate our 25th anniversary, marking a quarter-century of placing healthcare professionals in locum roles across both the public and private sectors in the UK and Ireland. Our long-standing reputation speaks to the trust and reliability we’ve built within the healthcare sector.

About the Role

• Specialty Doctor

• Psychiatry - Child and Adolescent Service

• Thorpe Coombe Hospital, London

• 12/11/2026 - 18/12/2026

• Full time

Clinical assessment, review and treatment of children & young people within the Waltham Forest CAMHS service. The remit includes cases in the neurodevelopmental and emotional difficulties pathways. This includes seeing patients for appointments at Wood Street Health Centre, Walthamstow and Hawkwell Court, Chingford, possibly some home visit appointments and telephone / video appointments; documentation of clinical work in the EPR, prescribing, working with the MDT to manage the Access / duty service, correspondence and liaison with GPs, social services, education; risk formulation, safeguarding where appropriate.

Skills/Experience: Significant experience in psychiatry, ideally at least completion of core specialist training, but there is flexibility on this. Car driver desired as there may be a need to travel between sites.

Essential Requirements

• Valid GMC Registration with full Licence to Practice

• Right to Work in the UK

• Minimum 6 months experience within the UK/NHS

What We Offer:

• Approved and Trusted Supplier: Placing healthcare professionals in locum roles across leading healthcare systems such as the NHS and HSE, covering a wide range of settings and specialties.

• Dedicated Recruitment Consultants : We provide one-to-one support from our recruitment specialists with in-depth local market knowledge.

• Comprehensive Compliance Assistance : Full guidance on documentation and ongoing regulatory requirements.

• FREE Accredited Training : Remain compliant and current with training delivered by our in-house experts.

Benefits

We offer our medical candidates a complete end-to-end support package worth up to £2,000 annually. The following services are included and provided at no cost to our candidates:

• Free Annual Appraisal (worth £600 per year)

• Free Multi-Source Feedback (worth £200 per exercise)

• Free Revalidation Recommendations (worth £200 per recommendation)

• Free Governance Support: in the event of Fitness to Practice concerns (unlimited with no charge regardless of resources required)

• Free Enhanced Criminal Records Check

• Free Serology Reporting

• Free Occupational Health Assessment

• Unlimited Colleague Referral Bonus Scheme*

• Priority Locum Bookings

• Weekly Payroll & Choice of Payment Options

• Negotiable Payrates

• 24/7 On Call Assistance

• *T&Cs Apply

To Apply

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To discuss this role in further detail, contact our medical recruitment consultant directly on 02890 590077 or email at [email protected] for further information.

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