Child & Adolescent Mental Health Clinical Academic Lead

Herefordshire And Worcestershire Health And Care Nhs Trust; Worcester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days leave plus bank holidays

NHS pension

Flexible working opportunities

Maternity/paternity/adoption support

Staff networks

Health and wellbeing opportunities

Job summary

The University of Worcester and Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust are seeking an outstanding clinical academic to lead a programme of research in child and adolescent mental health. This joint appointment combines research leadership in the Universitys growing mental health portfolio with a substantive consultant psychiatrist role.

The postholder will spend three days each week in clinical practice with the Community Core CAMHS Team in Redditch and two days undertaking

Responsibilities

• Lead a programme of research in child and adolescent mental health as a clinical academic.
• Spend three days each week in clinical practice with the Community Core CAMHS Team in Redditch and two days on research at the University.
• Be mentored within the NIHR-funded Mental Health Inequities Research Unit (MHIRU) and participate in researcher development and external training.

Job description

The University of Worcester and Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust are seeking an outstanding clinical academic to lead a programme of research in child and adolescent mental health. This joint appointment combines research leadership in the Universitys growing mental health portfolio with a substantive consultant psychiatrist role.

The postholder will spend three days each week in clinical practice with the Community Core CAMHS Team in Redditch and two days undertaking