Consultant CAMHS ID + 20% Golden Hello

NHS Trust; Kirkby-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 106,000 - 140,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

CPD opportunities

Staff wellbeing initiatives

Academic programme participation

Job summary

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the CAMHS Intellectual Disability Service on a part-time, permanent basis.

The role involves working across Ashfield sites with a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care to children and young people. MRCPsych and CAMHS/ID certification are required, with travel between clinical bases. The post offers professional development opportunities and a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• MRCPsych and CCT in CAMHS/ID or eligible within six months.
• Inclusion on Specialist Register (or anticipated within six months).
• Approved under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act 1983.
• Ability to travel between clinical bases and home addresses.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychiatric assessments, formulations, diagnosis and management plans.
• Liaise with community teams, families and agencies supporting children and young people.
• Provide clinical leadership to the CAMHS Intellectual Disability team.
• Ensure appropriate use of the Mental Health Act and participate in on-call duties.
• Maintain high-quality clinical records and contribute to audits and outcomes.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Communication skills

Decision making

Travel between sites

Education

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

MRCPsych

CCT in CAMHS/ID OR eligible within 6 months

GMC registration & Specialist Register eligibility

Job description

Main area CAMHS Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent: 8 PAS Hours Part time - 8 sessions per week (8 PA: 6 DCC, 2 SPA, including 2 PA for Kisimul School) Job ref 185-46385-KF

Employer Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Ashfield Health Village Town Kirkby in Ashfield Salary £105,504 - £139,882 Dependant on experience + 20% Golden Hello Closing 15/11/2026 23:59

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

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Job overview

Consultant Psychiatrist – CAMHS Intellectual Disability Service

Location: Ashfield Health Village
Employer: Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Contract: Part-time, Permanent

An Exciting Opportunity to Make a Difference

Are you passionate about improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people? We are seeking a dedicated Consultant Psychiatrist to join ourCAMHS IDTeam within Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

This is a part-time post in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, offering the chance to work alongside a highly skilled multidisciplinary team across CAMHS. You will play a key role in delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to children and young people across Nottinghamshire County.

What We Offer

• A supportive and collaborative environment within one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands.
• Opportunities for professional development, including participation in our academic programme and CPD activities.
• Access to staff wellbeing initiatives and inclusive staff networks.

What We’re Looking For

• MRCPsych and CCT or CESR in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (or within 6 months of eligibility).
• Inclusion on the Specialist Register (or anticipated within six months).
• Approved under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act 1983.
• Ability to travel between clinical bases and home addresses.

Main duties of the job

About the Role

Provide psychiatric assessments, formulation, diagnosis, developing a holistic plan of management including medical management, as well as assessment of risk to self and others.

Liaison with other community teams, family and agencies supporting children and young people with Intellectual Disability.

Provision of clinical leadership to the CAMHS Intellectual Disability team.

Ensure the Mental Health Act is used appropriately, providing medical recommendations for assessments taking place in the community and 136 Suites. Involvement in MHA assessments of emergency cases as part of on call duties.

To maintain good record keeping, ensure the high quality of clinical information including discharge summaries and specialist reports, and contribute to audit and outcome monitoring.

To supervise medical undergraduate students and post-graduate trainees when placed with them.

To maintain own continued professional development for revalidation and to support clinical needs of the team.

Working for our organisation

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post-holder is expected to consult to the team to offer psychiatric expertise and direct involvement in the areas of: assessment and diagnosis, pharmacological treatments, use of the Mental Health Act and other relevant legislation in the management of children and young people, and the management of complex and/or risky presentations and severe symptomatology. Psychiatrists are not expected routinely to take on the role of case coordinator and there is a team caseload ethos. Involvement in other clinical tasks for the team (routine consultations, therapy) may be possible but would be negotiated through job planning and would take second priority to the key psychiatric tasks.

Due to the fact that the job is split between geographically disparate sites, the successful candidate must be able to travel between these sites independently.

To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Trust’s personnel policies and procedures.

To ensure that junior medical staff working with the post holder operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant.

To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients.

To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively and submit this promptly to the Information Department.

To participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole child and adolescent mental health service. This can be dependent on interest in this aspect and service need and would be in collaboration with the team leads, service manager, operational manager and clinical directors.

To participate in annual appraisal for consultants.

To attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme.

To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval, and to abide by professional codes of conduct.

To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager, which will include consultation with a relevant manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation.

To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services and share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management.

To comply with the Trust’s agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the medical director and other managers in preparing plans for services.

The post holder will be required to work in partnership at both strategic and operational levels with relevant and external stakeholders. The post holder will need to ensure that people who use services, carers and advocates are treated with respect and dignity.

To offer psychiatric expertise and direct involvement in the areas of assessment and diagnosis, pharmacological treatments, use of the Mental Health Act and other relevant legislation in the management of children and young people referred to the team

The Consultant will provide clinical leadership in the management of complex and/or risky presentations and severe symptomatology.

The Consultant has a continuing responsibility for the care of patients. The consultant will liaise with the General Practitioners, hospital and community specialists and other agencies wherever relevant.

The Consultant will also undertake the appropriate administrative duties associated with the care of patients and the running of the clinical department, including the prioritization of the case load according to need.

The Consultant will be expected to provide leadership to the wider team, alongside the team manager and other senior team members within the CAMHS-ID team. They will liaise with the wider CAMHS service and other agencies to ensure that the health and care needs of patients are met. The post holder will be required to work in partnership at both strategic and operational levels with relevant and external stakeholders. The post holder will need to ensure that people who use services, carers and advocates are treated with respect and dignity in conjunction with team and service requirements.

The consultant will contribute to the development of clinical expertise for the benefit of patients and the Service as a whole and will be responsible for offering expert advice on clinical issues, together with the maintenance of case work with individual patients till their safe discharge elsewhere.

These duties are an outline of the main duties of the post. The post holder may be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade and is encouraged to develop special interests in agreement with the Service Group Manager. Any changes to clinical commitments would include a review of the job plan and would take account of the experience of the post holder and the need for any additional training. It is expected that the post holder will participate in peer supervision - necessary and appropriate arrangements for this will be negotiated with the post holder.

The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the post holder when necessary and in line with changing service needs.

There are 2 SPA sessions that can be utilised for special interest clinical activities. Time for other areas can also be negotiated in line with clinical needs and interests of the consultant around areas such as teaching/ training and supervision, governance and audit, research and academic time and any external duties.

Person specification

Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
• CCT in CAMHS/ ID OR Eligible for CCT within 6 months of interview date OR an equivalent approved indicator of training, and eligible for entry onto the Specialist Register
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
• MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Additional clinical qualifications
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Transport

• Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative

Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Excellent knowledge and experience in Intellectual Disability
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
• Experience of working in a Specialist CAMHS service
• Experience of working within CAMHS with young people experiencing acute distress and mental health crises

Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Ability to work in and lead team
• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
• Participated in continuous professional development
• Participated in research or service evaluation
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
• Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
• Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
• Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
• Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications
• Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients

Additional Information

• We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants.
• The Trust believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria.
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• For eligible posts, DBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment. If you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Convictions which would otherwise be considered as 'spent' will also be checked as part of an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.