Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in Learning Disability

Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in Learning Disability

The closing date is 15 December 2025

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (BSMHFT) is looking to recruit a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in CAMHS Learning Disabilities (LD). This post is suitable for doctors who are on the specialist register in CAMHS or LD. Candidates who are due to gain a CCT or equivalent in the next 6 months may also apply.

The post holder will be involved in direct assessment and management of the mental health of children and young people with learning disabilities.

The Children's Learning Disabilities service is a well-established service with a national reputation and has well developed multidisciplinary working practices with a range of clinicians across Nursing, Clinical Psychology, Occupational Therapy and Support Work. Additionally, we have very good relationships with Special Schools, Disabled Children's Social Care and Disabled Children's Care Homes. A significant number of clinical contacts will take place in special school clinics.

To join us in this exciting venture, we are looking for a suitably qualified LD CAMHS Consultant who:

• Holds themselves to high professional standards.
• Displays and believes in the Trust's visions and values.
• Is ambitious and dynamic, interested in life long learning and career development.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve:

• Providing direct psychiatric services through the clinical assessment, diagnosis and care plan, risk assessment and management plans, treatment formulation, prescribing and working with the team on implementing evidence based interventions for children and young people aged 0 19 years with a moderate to profound Learning Disability.
• Working alongside Consultant Psychiatrists and the multi disciplinary team in the provision of services for this area and participating in formulating and implementing appropriate care plans around physical healthcare needs of service users in CAMHS LD.
• Working closely with core and specialist community teams within FTB and in the wider health economy, serving as psychiatric liaison with other agencies particularly regarding continuity of patient care. This includes active liaison and engagement with Social Services, Education, GPs and all Primary Care Workers.

About us

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description for a full and detailed overview of all duties, responsibilities, and expectations associated with this vacancy.

Person Specification scoring

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
• Approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act (1983) or be prepared to undertake approval within 3 months after joining.
• MRCPsych or equivalent
• Obtained inclusion on the Specialist Register; or within six months of the award of a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) in CAMHS or Intellectual disability Psychiatry; or eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register
• Commitment to personal programme of Continuing Professional Development.
• Substantial experience of psychiatry, including working with people suffering from severe mental illness, preferably in a community setting
• Experience of providing psychological and/or social interventions
• Experience of teaching and training at an undergraduate/postgraduate level
• Commitment to clinical audit within multi-disciplinary team.
• Evidence of potential for effective leadership.
• Ability to work creatively within multi-disciplinary team.
• Demonstrable interest in the provision of gender sensitive mental health service
• Willingness to be involved in management of service
• Able to participate in Consultant on-call rota
• Able to travel
• Additional qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or another relevant field
• Broad clinical training including both inpatient and community service
• Experience serving a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic population.
• Experience of stakeholder engagement in service delivery
• Experience of contributing to or completion of a service improvement project
• Completed clinically relevant audit projects

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.

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust