Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Warmley; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a consultant psychiatrist in CAMHS Neurodevelopment to focus on autism assessment and ADHD medication reviews for young people up to 18. The role includes MDT collaboration, leadership in ADHD pathways, and clinical supervision within a multidisciplinary team.

You will join a community-based service with NHS Foundation Trust support, contributing to safe practice, research, and regional neurodevelopmental links.

Qualifications

• CCT, or six months from CCT to specialist register.
• CAMHS specialism.

Responsibilities

• Specialist autism assessments for complex children and young people with psychiatric formulation.
• Consultant input to ADHD meds initiation and review for under-18s.
• Lead ADHD clinics and support non-medical prescribers.
• Manage a caseload of complex young people requiring consultant input.
• Provide supervision and medication advice to team members.
• Help develop safe ADHD assessment and medication pathways.
• Provide psychiatric input to CAMHS referrals from GPs in Gloucestershire.
• Collaborate in multidisciplinary treatment clinics.
• Contribute to MDT discussions on complex cases.
• Offer consultation to CAMHS, paediatrics, education and others.
• Support quality improvement and enable research.
• Engage in regional and national neurodevelopmental partnerships.

Skills

CAMHS experience

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Neurodevelopmental assessment

Education

CCT or nearing specialist register

Tools

ADOS testing

QB testing

Cognitive assessments

Job description

The post sits in the Neurodevelopmental service at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust and is community-based, with Core CAMHS as a second team. The work centres on specialist autism assessment and ADHD medication review for young people up to 18, plus consultant input to complex caseloads. Ten programmed activities are split six Neurodevelopmental and four Core CAMHS, with part-time applicants expected to take at least six in the neurodevelopmental role. Royal College approval is still pending for this new post.

What the job involves

• Provide specialist autism assessments for complex children and young people, including psychiatric assessment, formulation and differential diagnosis
• Provide consultant psychiatric input to ADHD medication initiation, optimisation and review for children and young people up to 18
• Run ADHD medication clinics, supporting Speciality Doctors and non-medical prescribers
• Hold a caseload of complex young people requiring consultant psychiatric input
• Provide clinical supervision and professional advice on medication to team members, including Speciality Doctors and non-medical prescribers
• Contribute to the development and implementation of safe and effective ADHD assessment and medication pathways
• Provide psychiatric input to children and young people referred to CAMHS by GPs in Gloucestershire, including Core CAMHS assessment, formulation, treatment advice, medication review and clinical leadership
• Work in treatment clinics with multidisciplinary colleagues on general CAMHS or specialist neurodevelopmental work
• Contribute to MDT discussions and formulation of complex cases
• Provide consultation and advice to colleagues in CAMHS, paediatrics, education and other relevant agencies
• Support evaluation and quality improvement of service provision and enable research
• Contribute to best practice through links with regional and national neurodevelopmental teams

What’s required

Qualifications

• CCT, or six months from CCT to specialist register
• CAMHS specialism

Registration & licences

• GMC registration

Experience

• Significant CAMHS experience
• Experience of multidisciplinary team working

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge and clinical skills to assess, treat and manage neurodiverse conditions

Nice to have

• MRCPsych
• GMC Specialist Register in Child Psychiatry or Learning Disability
• Specialist working knowledge and skills in objective neurodiverse condition assessments, e.g. ADOS, QB testing and cognitive assessments