Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Go back Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

The closing date is 01 June 2025

We are looking for self-motivated, enthusiastic, forward-thinking individuals who can work within the Trust and with partners to develop a dynamic, responsive and patient centred service

North Tyneside CAMHS is part of the Child Health business unit in Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. There are close working relationships with paediatric colleagues and other professionals including psychiatric liaison team and crisis team to develop and deliver high quality clinical services. The Trust is held up as an exemplar for many areas of service provision and has twice been rated 'outstanding' by the CQC in successive inspections.

North Tyneside CAMHS is a forward-thinking service providing a high-quality community mental health services for young people under the age of 18. The service currently has 5 WTE consultant child and adolescent psychiatrists, 1 WTE consultant clinical psychologist and 1 WTE consultant nurse. At any given time there are up to two junior doctors (Specialty registrar/GPVTS). The consultant team work with experienced psychology, psychotherapy, nursing and allied health professional colleagues to provide a comprehensive CAMH service. There is also a team of non- medical nurse prescribers who provide care including prescribing and monitoring of medication for young people with an ADHD diagnosis.

Main duties of the job

The service is currently arranged into teams that provide: access for the triage of all referrals reaching the service, the assessment and treatment for emotional disorders, neurodevelopmental assessment and diagnosis, the treatment of ADHD and eating disorders.

On call is currently a 1 in 8 on call to a range of professionals in North Tyneside. The Psychiatric Liaison Team ( PLT ) provided by the local mental health trust provides first line on call to urgent mental health assessments 7 days a week and also completes all the liaison work on the local paediatric unit.

The post-holder will be expected to actively involved in providing clinical leadership to the multi-disciplinary team, to provide psychiatric assessment and treatment where clinically appropriate and case management of high-risk presentations. There is also the opportunity to develop specialist clinical interests as well as participating in audit and clinical governance.

In this role, you'll combine clinical expertise with sound strategic acumen and inspiring leadership to develop and oversee the delivery of the very best care across this growing service.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England?Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will participate in the provision of specialist child and adolescent mental health services to young people under the age of 18 years in North Tyneside.

Along with other consultant colleagues, the post-holder will be expected to take clinical lead/responsibility for developing and delivering a comprehensive, needs led, community based mental health service. This will involve developing relationships with designated GPs, primary health care teams, community child health, safeguarding teams, education and children services.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration or eligibility to be included on the register and holding a current licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of gaining CCT in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Section 12 approval/ Approved Clinician Status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Relevant Higher Degree e.g. MD, PHD, Msc or other additional clinical qualifications
• MRCPsych or MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Additional clinical qualifications

Experience

• Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team involvement
• Evidence of effective multi-agency working
• Specific additional therapy training (e.g. Positive Behavioural Support, CBT, systemic therapy, DBT etc.)

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.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£105,504 to £139,882 a yearper annum (pro-rata if part time)