Community CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist – Flexible Part-Time

The Methodist Church in Britain; Bourne; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Recruitment bonus £20,000

Relocation support up to £8,000

NHS pension scheme

Generous annual leave and study leave

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain is seeking a consultant psychiatrist to join the South Kent Community CAMHS team serving under-18s in Dover and Folkestone. The post covers a generic Tier 3 caseload with ADHD, autism, mood disorders, psychosis, and emerging personality disorders, with a focus on care planning and service delivery.

Part-time and job-share applications are welcome. Applicants require full GMC registration with Approved Clinician and S12 status (or eligibility), ideally MRCPsych,

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration with licence to practise
• On the GMC Specialist Register, or within six months of completing CCT in psychiatry
• Approved Clinician status, or able to achieve it within 3 months of appointment
• Approved under S12, or able to achieve it within 3 months of appointment

Responsibilities

• Act as an autonomous registered practitioner, accountable for own unsupervised practice within the professional code and Trust guidelines
• Be responsible and accountable for service delivery to patients
• Assess and treat children and young people with ADHD, ASD, mood disorders, psychosis, PTSD, anxiety, emerging personality disorders and challenging behaviour
• Assess patients with complex needs and develop care plans, evaluating outcomes and acting on them continuously
• Care for patients with chronic, acute or palliative needs within own competencies, seeking advice when needed
• Initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies
• Give patients and relatives information and education so they have meaningful choices
• Keep practice grounded in research, evidence, literature and peer review
• Keep professional knowledge current through accredited courses, study and in-house training
• Leading a team and working collaboratively to deliver improvement
• Delivering undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Participating in continuing professional development

Skills

Oral and written English

Clinical decision-making

Managing clinical complexity

Team leadership

Education

MB BS or equivalent

MRCPsych (nice to have)

Job description

The Methodist Church in Britain is seeking a consultant psychiatrist to join the South Kent Community CAMHS team serving under-18s in Dover and Folkestone. The post covers a generic Tier 3 caseload with ADHD, autism, mood disorders, psychosis, and emerging personality disorders, with a focus on care planning and service delivery.

Part-time and job-share applications are welcome. Applicants require full GMC registration with Approved Clinician and S12 status (or eligibility), ideally MRCPsych,