Consultant Psychiatrist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

NHS; Morpeth; Hybrid; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry to join their Universal Crisis Service. The role involves providing psychiatric assessments and leading a multi-disciplinary team supporting young people in crisis. A generous salary package and extensive relocation support are offered, along with opportunities for teaching and research.

Benefits

Up to £8k relocation package

30 days study leave every 3 years

Flexible working opportunities

Qualifications

• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
• Included on the GMC CAMHS Specialist Register OR within six months.
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychiatric assessment and diagnosis to patients presenting with mental health crises.
• Collaborate with GPs, Community Teams and primary care clinicians.
• Lead, collaborate, and advise on research and quality improvement projects.

Skills

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Team Leadership

Crisis Intervention

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management

Job description

Overview

Go back Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust. Consultant Psychiatrist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The closing date is 20 October 2025.

This is an opportunity to join an experienced and well-established Universal Crisis Service which also provides crisis assessment and home treatment for young people experiencing acute mental health problems who can be managed in the community with intensive mental health support. The post will be supported by a Specialist Crisis Younger Persons' Team and you will join a skilled UCT multi-disciplinary workforce, including nurse consultants, non-medical prescribers, a pharmacist, specialist nurses, and a psychologist.

As a medical leader in the Crisis service you will typically provide home-visit or outpatient reviews of new patients taken on for home treatment and, as part of the MDT, be responsible for reviewing their progress through its course. This will involve meeting with families, carers and other agencies to support their roles. You will also provide support and consultative advice to other clinicians in the service, supervision and support to trainees/ visiting medical students on an ad-hoc basis. Your role will involve liaison with GPs, schools, local authorities and other multi-agency staff, and community CYPS colleagues.

Main duties of the job

• To provide psychiatric assessment, diagnosis and formulation to patients presenting with mental health crises from childhood to 18 yrs taken on for home-based treatment treatment with the Northumberland and North Tyneside CT or seen by the Psychiatric Liaison service.
• To undertake S12 work in relation to Mental Health Act assessments for UCT patients
• To provide (or ensure referral to the appropriate service for the provision of) up to date, evidence-based interventions for patients under the service's care.
• To collaborate with GPs, Community Teams and primary care clinicians on follow-up arrangements for patients assessed or treated within the service.
• To provide leadership, consultation, advice and guidance within the MDT, including for the Access and Triage components of the service.
• To work collaboratively with colleagues in other specialist mental health teams and develop proactive links with the community services; particularly with a view to developing more robust pathways into appropriate follow-up care once discharged
• To take a lead role with the Team/ Clinical Manager and other colleagues in service establishment, development and innovation/ improvement.
• To contribute to the ongoing training and development programme within the team.
• To train and supervise junior medical staff, medical students and other allied professions.
• To lead, collaborate and advise on research and quality improvement projects in the team, within the clinical governance agenda.

About us

Why us?

• Up to £8k relocation package
• 30 days study leave (every 3 years) with a generous study leave allowance
• Flexible working opportunities created with you involved in your job plan
• Remote working available as suits service needs
• Dedicated and protected SPA time
• Focus on creating a healthy workforce by investing heavily in health and wellbeing accessible support including emotional, physical, social, psychological financial and career wellbeing
• Teaching and research opportunities available
• Stimulating CPD sessions and programs including mentoring, medical leadership, and coaching
• Teaching opportunities in our brand-new state of the art Medical Education Centre
• Employee Excellence awards
• Plus, lots more employee benefits including discounts. Find out more at www.thriveatcntw.co.uk

As an added bonus, the Trust is located in the Northeast of England and Cumbria which is an area of outstanding natural beauty, containing national parks, ancient heritage sites and major cities supported by excellent national and international transport links. The area is predominantly rural and contains the Lake District National Park which is considered one of England's finest areas of natural beauty.

Job responsibilities

Applicants should be on the Specialist Register or be within 6 months of obtaining CCT at the point of interview. Candidates should be suitably qualified, including eligibility for Section 12 approval and Approved Clinician status.

This is an exciting, flexible role with scope for innovation and close liaison and networking across multiple networks whilst being well supported by the clinical teams and consultant colleagues. There will be multiple opportunities to positively contribute to development within access services to ensure excellent provision for younger people and their families.

You will also join the Enhanced Psychiatric Liaison team that covers NSECH, a flagship emergency hospital that serves Northumberland and North Tyneside. This role recognises the need for liaison services for young people that often present in crisis to the A and E department. You will join an experienced and established team consisting of a WAA and OA consultant psychiatrists as well as an MDT consisting of Nurse Consultant, Service Manager, Clinical Leads (working age adult & CYPS) and band 6 nursing staff.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Please note we can not sponsor GMC for this role.

Please note this vacancy will close once sufficient applications have been received.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
• Additional clinical qualifications
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
• Included on the GMC CAMHS 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 the GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

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 and 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

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.

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust

£109,725 to £145,478 a year pro rata for part time