Consultant in Child & Adolescent Mental Heath - Basingstoke

NHS; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare organization as a Consultant in Child & Adolescent Mental Health. You'll lead a dedicated team in delivering expert care to young patients facing complex challenges. This role emphasizes direct patient care, clinical assessments, and tailored interventions, ensuring holistic support for children and adolescents. With a focus on professional development and quality improvement, you will contribute to the growth of services in a collaborative environment. If you are passionate about shaping the future of mental health care for young people, this is the opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Relevant higher degree in psychiatry or related field.
• Full registration with the General Medical Council required.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and specialist care for young patients.
• Manage a small caseload and conduct patient assessments.
• Engage in teaching and mentoring junior doctors.

Skills

Clinical Leadership

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Patient Assessments

Treatment Planning

Clinical Governance

Education

MD, PhD, MSc or equivalent

Full Registration with the General Medical Council

MRCPsych or equivalent

Job description

Job summary

Join us as a Consultant in Child & Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) and make a real impact on young lives across Basingstoke and North Hampshire. Based at our Bramblys site, you'll lead a dedicated, multi-disciplinary team to deliver compassionate, expert mental health care for children and adolescents facing complex challenges. With a focus on direct patient care, clinical assessments, and tailored interventions, you'll work closely with families and carers, ensuring holistic, patient-centred support.

This role offers 9 Programmed Activities (PAs) weekly, including dedicated time for professional development, teaching, and quality improvement. You'll contribute to service growth, clinical governance, and innovation within an inspiring, collaborative setting. We value your expertise and commitment, offering a supportive environment for career growth and continuous learning. If you're ready to lead, inspire, and shape the future of young people's mental health, we want to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

As a Consultant in Child & Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS), you will provide clinical leadership and specialist care within a dedicated team, offering assessments, diagnosis, and evidence-based treatments for young people with complex mental health needs. You will work closely with families, carers, and multi-disciplinary colleagues, ensuring that patient-centred, holistic care remains at the core of our service.

Key duties include managing a small caseload, conducting patient assessments, developing treatment plans, and providing clinical oversight and guidance to the team. You will play a pivotal role in service development, enhancing treatment pathways and championing recovery-focused care models. You will also engage in teaching, mentoring junior doctors and other staff, and participating in audit and quality improvement initiatives.

The Basingstoke team provides community CAMHS service covering the areas around Basingstoke in the North of Hampshire. The patch is mixed, with some areas of high deprivation. Young people are seen individually and/or with their families/carers. The multi-disciplinary team is multi-skilled and enthusiastic and offers a wide range of experience and therapies including CBT and other psychotherapies, systemic therapy, creative therapy, consultation etc.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, combining the expertise and services of multiple NHS providers to deliver high-quality healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With a dedicated workforce exceeding 12,000 staff and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we offer an extensive range of services, including mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health care, reaching diverse communities across urban, rural, and coastal areas.

We are committed to delivering care with compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, ensuring that our patients and service users are at the heart of everything we do. By working closely with our partners, we're creating a forward-thinking, inclusive organisation that champions staff development, well-being, and collaboration.

Join us and be part of an organisation dedicated to delivering exceptional healthcare; where your skills and ambitions can make a real difference to the communities we serve, now and in the future.

Date posted

24 April 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

348-SS-MED-6212

Job locations

Bramblys Grange Health Centre

Bramblys Drive

Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG21 8UN

Job description Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Job description Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Relevant Higher Degree e.g., MD, PhD, MSc or other additional clinical qualifications
• Full Registration with the General Medical Council
• MRCPsych or recognised equivalent
• Eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 12 months of CCT at time of interview. CCT in general Child and Adolescent psychiatry.
• Approved under section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983.

Desirable

• Liaison accreditation.
• To hold Approved Clinician status at the point of taking up post

Experience Essential

• Prior experience of general adult psychiatry
• Prior experience of working with detained/Mental Health inpatients as senior trainee or consultant.
• Prior experience in please add in any other essential clinical requirements.
• Experience of audit and an understanding of the principles of clinical governance.

Desirable

• Proven commitment to improving the quality of clinical care.
• Experience of crisis, inpatient or community mental health team care for Children and Adolescents.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Relevant Higher Degree e.g., MD, PhD, MSc or other additional clinical qualifications
• Full Registration with the General Medical Council
• MRCPsych or recognised equivalent
• Eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 12 months of CCT at time of interview. CCT in general Child and Adolescent psychiatry.
• Approved under section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983.

Desirable

• Liaison accreditation.
• To hold Approved Clinician status at the point of taking up post

Experience Essential

• Prior experience of general adult psychiatry
• Prior experience of working with detained/Mental Health inpatients as senior trainee or consultant.
• Prior experience in please add in any other essential clinical requirements.
• Experience of audit and an understanding of the principles of clinical governance.

Desirable

• Proven commitment to improving the quality of clinical care.
• Experience of crisis, inpatient or community mental health team care for Children and Adolescents.

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

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bramblys Grange Health Centre

Bramblys Drive

Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG21 8UN

Employer's website

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

Employer details Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bramblys Grange Health Centre

Bramblys Drive

Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG21 8UN

Employer's website

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