Specialty Doctor in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

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Specialty Doctor in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

The closing date is 22 April 2026

At CNTW we strive to provide the BEST CARE, delivered by the BEST PEOPLE, to achieve the BEST OUTCOME. CNTW is on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services.

As a specialty doctor, you will be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career. You'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.

And as you are working in Child and Adolescent community Psychiatry you will work with the CPNs and integrated team psychologists to provide medical expertise for the young people across neurodevelopmental and Mental Health pathways. You will be an active member in supporting the Trust and your team during this process.

The job is a 10 PAs a week over 5 days and you will be working alongside the multidisciplinary team, junior doctors, and wider clinical teams, you will be the medical perspective to ensure best practice care is delivered and support the team.

Please note we can not sponsor GMC for this role.

Please note this vacancy will close once sufficient applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

The post-holders will provide medical input into the service and will support the service and the team for their proportion of patients being looked after by the team.

The post holder will participate, directly and indirectly, in the assessment of patients referred to the service and in drawing up care plans which will address the patients' psychiatric, physical, and social needs.

The post holder will carry out detailed psychiatric assessments of patients as clinically indicated to allow accurate diagnoses and contribute to their treatment plans, including pharmacological management of psychotropic medication.

The post-holder will forge good working relationships with other psychiatrists/SAS doctors across the Directorate in order to encourage appropriate referrals and assure a cooperative approach to the care of patients. They will be linked in with SAS doctors and supported to join peer groups. They will also provide consultation and advice to members of the MDT and primary care colleagues.

The post holder will have their own office space and will be supported by a medical secretary.

This is a fixed term, full-time post however we would be happy to consider applicants available on a part time.

About us

Why us?

• Up to £8k relocation package
• 30 days study leave (every 3 years)
• Flexible working opportunities created with you involved in your job plan
• Remote working available as suits service needs
• Dedicated and protected SPA time
• Focus on creating a healthy workforce by investing heavily in health and wellbeing accessible support including emotional, physical, social, psychological financial and career well being
• Teaching and research opportunities available
• Stimulating CPD sessions and programs including mentoring, medical leadership, and coaching
• Teaching opportunities in our brand-new state of the art Medical Education Centre
• Employee Excellence awards
• Plus, lots more employee benefits including discounts. Find out more at

As an added bonus, the Trust is located in the Northeast of England and Cumbria which is an area of outstanding natural beauty, containing national parks, ancient heritage sites and major cities supported by excellent national and international transport links. The area is predominantly rural and contains the Lake District National Park which is considered one of England's finest areas of natural beauty.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for further details and main duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification Qualifications and Training

• MBBS (or equivalent)
• Registration with the GMC (or eligible to become registered) with a licence to practice
• MRCPsych or equivalent qualification
• Postgraduate qualifications in a relevant field
• Has undergone training in educational supervision
• Has undergone training in appraisal
• Approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983
• Approved Clinician Status

Knowledge

• Up to date knowledge in the field of psychiatry
• Awareness of current issues and controversies in service provision, mental health policy and legislation

Experience

• Minimum of 4 years full-time postgraduate training including 2 years work experience in psychiatry
• Experience of multidisciplinary team working
• Wide clinical experience in psychiatry in different clinical settings
• Experience in multi agency work especially with service user, carer and voluntary agencies
• Experience in service management or development
• Experience of clinical audit

Skills

• High level of clinical skills
• Able to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Proven competence in diagnosis and management of psychiatric disorders
• Good teaching skills
• Ability to work in a time efficient manner
• Established record of clinical leadership
• Established ability as a clinical teacher
• Training in specific and relevant treatment skills eg a brief form of psychological therapy

Personal Characteristics

• Able to sustain self and support others
• Trustworthiness, maturity, openness and flexibility
• Able to meet the mobility requirements of the post

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.

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust

£61,542 to £99,216 a year pro rata for part time