Child and Adolescent Consultant Psychiatrist

Your responsibilities will include:

• Review referrals and determine appropriateness for admission
• Conduct admission assessments and maintain effective management plans of all young people on the unit
• Conduct risk assessments and review regularly
• Allocate specialist psychological treatments in line with individual needs
• Assess physical health
• Ensuring effective liaison with referring teams
• Facilitating regular CPA review meeting
• Act as Responsible Clinician for young people detained under the Mental Health Act
• Involvement in quality, inspections and governance processes

You will also be required to take part in the On Call Consultant rota.

To be successful in this role, you'll need

• Registered on the Specialist Register for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with a licence to practice
• Experience of CAMHS Forensic and/or Eating Disorders desirable.

Must Have:

• Registered on the Specialist Register for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with a licence to practice
• Experience of CAMHS Forensic and/or eating disorders
• Core Psychiatry Training (CT1-CT3): 3 years full-time training covering general adult psychiatry and other subspecialties, enabling eligibility for Higher Specialist Training.
• Higher Specialist Training (ST4-ST6): 3 years in a chosen psychiatry subspecialty (e.g., adult, forensic, child and adolescent, or old age psychiatry), leading to a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT).
• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT): Confirms eligibility for consultant psychiatrist roles and placement on the GMC Specialist Register.
• Educational Qualifications: Recognised medical degree (e.g., MBBS, MBChB) from a GMC-approved institution.