Consultant Psychiatrist - Liaison CAMHS

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Melksham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career progression

Learning & development

Annual leave 33-35 days

NHS discount

Pension scheme

Lease car

Cycle to work

Employee assistance

ED&I groups

Job summary

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to shape a new CAMHS Liaison Service across Bath & North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire. The role offers leadership to a growing multidisciplinary team in three hospitals and a 12-month fixed-term contract, with options for full- or part-time engagement.

You will design future care models, strengthen crisis pathways, influence system-wide practice, and help secure permanent funding for expanded services.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of a new CAMHS Liaison model across BSW as part of a clinical leadership team.
• Provide senior clinical leadership with psychiatric expertise to multidisciplinary liaison teams across three hospitals.
• Assess and manage high-risk young people, provide specialist consultation, and advise on high-risk presentations.
• Develop links with CAHTS, inpatient services and wider networks to improve care and reduce admissions.
• Foster quality improvement, supervision, and compassionate care within liaison services.

Job description

Are you an innovative and ambitious Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist looking for the opportunity to shape a new service from the ground up?

We are recruiting a full-time or part-time Consultant Psychiatrist to join our newly developing BSW CAMHS Liaison Service across Bath & North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire for a 12 month fixed term contract to expand and transform our liaison offer for children and young people presenting in mental health crisis within acute hospital settings.

You'll provide clinical leadership across three District General Hospitals – the Royal United Hospital (Bath), Great Western Hospital (Swindon) and Salisbury District Hospital – working alongside a newly established leadership team and expanded multidisciplinary workforce.

This is far more than a traditional liaison post. You will help design and develop a future model of care, strengthen pathways with crisis and inpatient services, influence system-wide practice, and play a key role in demonstrating the impact of the service to secure permanent funding.

We are looking for a clinician who thrives on innovation, service development and collaborative working. You'll have the opportunity to improve outcomes for young people in crisis, reduce avoidable admissions and ensure children and families receive timely, compassionate and effective care.

Join us and help create the next generation of CAMHS liaison services.

• Lead the development of a new CAMHS Liaison model across BSW as part of a newly established clinical leadership team, shape and enhance the CAMHS Liaison Service, helping to develop a comprehensive urgent mental health offer and supporting the case for permanent funding.
• Provide senior clinical leadership across three District General Hospitals offering psychiatric expertise and clinical oversight to multidisciplinary liaison teams working within the Royal United Hospital (Bath), Great Western Hospital (Swindon) and Salisbury District Hospital.
• Assess and manage young people presenting with high-risk mental health crises supporting complex assessments, providing specialist consultation, undertaking Mental Health Act work when required, and advising colleagues managing high-risk presentations.
• Work collaboratively across urgent care pathways through developing strong links with the Crisis and Home Treatment Service (CAHTS), inpatient services, acute hospitals and wider networks to improve care, reduce avoidable admissions and promote least restrictive interventions.
• Lead and support multidisciplinary teams through clinical leadership, governance, supervision and consultation to liaison clinicians and medical trainees, fostering a culture of quality improvement, learning and compassionate care.

Oxford Health provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible.

Our vision is that 'our teams support every person to achieve their best quality of life through compassionate and evidence-based care informed by research'.

Our values are to be caring, safe and excellent.

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 33 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 35 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Find out more about us here: https://oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/about-us/overview/

Give yourself the best chance of success by reviewing our Applicant Guide before applying. Your supporting statement should clearly demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria for the role.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Kindy Mahal Job title: Consultant Psychiatrist CAMHS LD (Wilts/BaNES) Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07887 610918