Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist Swindon

NHS; Swindon; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK healthcare trust in Swindon is seeking a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to deliver high-quality care in CAMHS. The role involves clinical leadership, multidisciplinary teamwork, and flexible working opportunities. Ideal candidates will have robust knowledge in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and experience in managing complex cases. This is a permanent position with a competitive salary range.

Benefits

Flexible working practices

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experienced in managing children with complex needs.
• Ability to undertake full range of Consultant responsibilities.
• Experience in teaching medical trainees.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and medical input to the team.
• Responsible for clinical governance and team management.
• Work within a multidisciplinary framework for patient management.

Skills

Knowledge in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Experience in multidisciplinary team working

Effective communication skills

Ability to manage complex needs

Education

Eligibility for Section 12 (Mental Health Act)

GMC Specialist Registrar in a psychiatric specialty

Job description

Job summary

Are you a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist interested in delivering and developing ground-breaking and growing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in historic & picturesque Wiltshire?

We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people. We support flexible working practices.

We have a consultant opportunity in our Swindon CAMHS team. As a Consultant you will be responsible for supporting your manager in ensuring that our service users' needs are met through the delivery of high-quality care. As a centre of excellence, you will offer a person-centred approach to their independence and well-being. You will have clinical leadership opportunities to develop services across the patch and medical education/ supervision.

Main duties of the job

o Provide clinical leadership and medical input to the team.

o The postholder will take responsibility for those patients seen by himself/herself, together with those patients seen by medical staff directly supervised by them.o With other consultants in the team, have responsibility for the clinical governance of the team as clinical leads for the team.o The team will assess all emergencies referred to it within a day of referral. When necessary, this will include responsibility for Mental Health Act assessment of patients. The Consultant is not expected to make initial assessments, except in certain circumstances. The Consultant psychiatrists will work in partnership within the multidisciplinary team for the clinical management of patients. This will include risk assessment, the assessment of the needs of carers, and the development of services to meet the needs of patients and families for whom the team is responsible. Consultant Psychiatrists within the Swindon team, have a robust system to arrange cross-cover to ensure there is always a psychiatrist available to the service.o There is a weekly clinical team meeting which the Consultant is expected to join and be part of the clinical MDT

About us

This is an exciting time to join Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and become part of the BSW service. We deliver the i-Thrive model across BSW, including Mental Health Support Teams in schools and In-Reach services to Social Care. Oxford Health hosts the Thames Valley Provider Collaborative and Forensic CAMHS. Our CAMHS Eating Disorders Service is accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and was the regional pilot site for the national ARFID project. We work closely with our BSW ICB, Local Authorities, NHS providers and Third Sector Partners to transform services for young people up to 25.

If you relish a challenge, are enthusiastic about improving children and young people's mental health and want to join a friendly and ambitious service which is modernising and expanding at pace, then OHFT have all the right ingredients.

Details Date posted

01 August 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£109,725 to £145,478 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

267-MSCAMHSSW-11

Job locations

Swindon CAMHS

Marlborough House, Okus Road, Swindon, SN1 4JS

Swindon

SN1 4JS

Job description Job responsibilities

This post is substantive Child and Adolescent Consultant Psychiatry post with the multidisciplinary team in Swindon, covering CAMHS in south Wiltshire in the Getting More Help service and Neurodevelopmental assessment clinic (NDC) or CAMHS Learning Disability team. There are also consultants in the team who provides psychiatric input to the Eating Disorders Service (TEDS). The team also offer CAMHS Getting Help Services to young people in the area, a Crisis and Home Treatment Service and outreach work for hard to engage young people. There are Mental Health Support Teams in local school and an In-Reach to Bath and North East Somerset Local Authority. We offer a mixed model of treatment with digital and face to face working.

At OHFT we are committed to providing opportunities for flexible working. If you would like to work differently or different hours to those advertised then please get in touch to discussthis in more detail.

We have described the job in detail in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, but we would be delighted to answer any questions you might have and to find out more about you.

You can start getting to know by having a look at our recruitment video made by members of the team and children, young people and young adults who have accessed our services:

BSW RECRUITMENT - YouTube

Find out more about living and working in BSW here:

Living and Working | Oxford Health

Job description Job responsibilities

This post is substantive Child and Adolescent Consultant Psychiatry post with the multidisciplinary team in Swindon, covering CAMHS in south Wiltshire in the Getting More Help service and Neurodevelopmental assessment clinic (NDC) or CAMHS Learning Disability team. There are also consultants in the team who provides psychiatric input to the Eating Disorders Service (TEDS). The team also offer CAMHS Getting Help Services to young people in the area, a Crisis and Home Treatment Service and outreach work for hard to engage young people. There are Mental Health Support Teams in local school and an In-Reach to Bath and North East Somerset Local Authority. We offer a mixed model of treatment with digital and face to face working.

At OHFT we are committed to providing opportunities for flexible working. If you would like to work differently or different hours to those advertised then please get in touch to discussthis in more detail.

We have described the job in detail in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, but we would be delighted to answer any questions you might have and to find out more about you.

You can start getting to know by having a look at our recruitment video made by members of the team and children, young people and young adults who have accessed our services:

BSW RECRUITMENT - YouTube

Find out more about living and working in BSW here:

Living and Working | Oxford Health

Person Specification Qualifications/Training Essential

• oEligibility for Section 12 (Mental Health Act 1983) Approval and Approved Clinician status.
• oEligible for Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Registrar in a psychiatric speciality; OR within six months of achieving registration at the time of interview.

Desirable

• oHigher degree/diploma or equivalent in relevant field of medical or psychological studies
• oHigher specialist training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in approved training post for a minimum of three years and/or previous consultant experience.
• oSub-specialty or other specialist clinical training relevant to post.
• . oMembership or Fellowship of The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Experience Essential

• oExcellent knowledge in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• oExperience of effective multidisciplinary team working.
• oExperience of effective multiagency partnership at work.
• oExperience in management of children and young people with complex needs spanning multiple agencies, with emerging personality disorders, conduct and behavioural problems.
• oExperience and familiarity with UK health systems and CAMHS services
• oAbility to undertake full range of Consultant responsibilities.

Desirable

• oApplication of evidence-based practice and interest in clinical and policy developments for this care group.
• oDevelopment of multidisciplinary teamwork, close collaboration with Primary Care services, and working with a multiagency approach, including education, health and social care.
• oHigh training placement in Adolescent Psychiatry

Skills and Knowledge Essential

• oAbility to work within a collaborative multidisciplinary framework, and to share leadership responsibilities with senior colleagues of other professions. The ability to assume a medical leadership role within the team and to work closely with senior managers to implement trust objectives
• oAbility to understand how organisations work most effectively.
• oCommitment to multiagency partnership
• oAbility to promote effective team working
• oThe ability to prioritise workload and respond in a timely, flexible manner to requests for consultation from colleagues
• oThe ability to use electronic records and diaries
• oClinical audit
• oMust have excellent skills in communication with patients, relatives/carers, colleagues and staff of other organisations.
• oExperience of Undergraduate and postgraduate medical teaching.
• oMust be skilled in professional collaboration.
• oExperience in supervising basic level psychiatric trainees
• oMust have an interest in and commitment to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• oHonesty and integrity
• oHigh energy levels
• oFlexibility to cope with service change and demanding clinical challenges

Desirable

• oRelevant experience of administrative and management role or senior medical staff.
• oTeaching qualification

Other requirements Essential

• oFull registration
• oMeet specifications set out in the GMC
• oIndependently mobile to travel between base and clinic sites

Person Specification Qualifications/Training Essential

• oEligibility for Section 12 (Mental Health Act 1983) Approval and Approved Clinician status.
• oEligible for Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Registrar in a psychiatric speciality; OR within six months of achieving registration at the time of interview.

Desirable

• oHigher degree/diploma or equivalent in relevant field of medical or psychological studies
• oHigher specialist training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in approved training post for a minimum of three years and/or previous consultant experience.
• oSub-specialty or other specialist clinical training relevant to post.
• . oMembership or Fellowship of The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Experience Essential

• oExcellent knowledge in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• oExperience of effective multidisciplinary team working.
• oExperience of effective multiagency partnership at work.
• oExperience in management of children and young people with complex needs spanning multiple agencies, with emerging personality disorders, conduct and behavioural problems.
• oExperience and familiarity with UK health systems and CAMHS services
• oAbility to undertake full range of Consultant responsibilities.

Desirable

• oApplication of evidence-based practice and interest in clinical and policy developments for this care group.
• oDevelopment of multidisciplinary teamwork, close collaboration with Primary Care services, and working with a multiagency approach, including education, health and social care.
• oHigh training placement in Adolescent Psychiatry

Skills and Knowledge Essential

• oAbility to work within a collaborative multidisciplinary framework, and to share leadership responsibilities with senior colleagues of other professions. The ability to assume a medical leadership role within the team and to work closely with senior managers to implement trust objectives
• oAbility to understand how organisations work most effectively.
• oCommitment to multiagency partnership
• oAbility to promote effective team working
• oThe ability to prioritise workload and respond in a timely, flexible manner to requests for consultation from colleagues
• oThe ability to use electronic records and diaries
• oClinical audit
• oMust have excellent skills in communication with patients, relatives/carers, colleagues and staff of other organisations.
• oExperience of Undergraduate and postgraduate medical teaching.
• oMust be skilled in professional collaboration.
• oExperience in supervising basic level psychiatric trainees
• oMust have an interest in and commitment to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• oHonesty and integrity
• oHigh energy levels
• oFlexibility to cope with service change and demanding clinical challenges

Desirable

• oRelevant experience of administrative and management role or senior medical staff.
• oTeaching qualification

Other requirements Essential

• oFull registration
• oMeet specifications set out in the GMC
• oIndependently mobile to travel between base and clinic sites

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Swindon CAMHS

Marlborough House, Okus Road, Swindon, SN1 4JS

Swindon

SN1 4JS

Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Swindon CAMHS

Marlborough House, Okus Road, Swindon, SN1 4JS

Swindon

SN1 4JS

Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)