Consultant Psychiatrist - Outpatient CAMHS General Psychiatry

Priory Group; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading behavioral care provider in the UK is seeking a CAMHS Psychiatric Consultant for its wellbeing center in Canterbury. The role involves providing psychiatric assessments for children and adolescents in a flexible and supportive environment, ideal for someone committed to enhancing young people's mental health. Applicants will receive comprehensive training and join a dedicated therapy team offering ongoing support.

Qualifications

• Experience in offering psychiatric assessments for children and adolescents.
• Flexibility to meet clients' needs around schooling.
• Ability to potentially offer ADHD and ASC assessments is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychiatric assessments for children and adolescents aged 6 to 17.
• Work on a self-employed basis, providing appointments based on client funding.
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team for ongoing client treatment.

Skills

Flexibility

Psychiatric assessments

ADHD assessments

ASC assessments

Job description

Priory Wellbeing Centre Canterbury is conveniently situated right in the heart of Canterbury's city centre, offering easy access to all. Our expert team are able to deliver established outpatient treatment for a wide range of mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety, stress, addictions and eating disorders. We provide high quality support to adults, young people, older people, couples offering practical, effective help to all our service users.

We are currently seeking a CAMHS Psychiatric Consultant to support our CAMHS structure at Priory Wellbeing Centre Canterbury.

The successful applicant will be required to offer psychiatric assessments for children and adolescents (6yrs to 17yrs) on a self-employed basis.

The applicant would be expected to offer appointments to meet our clients choice of funding which includes self-funding and private/corporate medical insurance funding. Flexibility would be required to meet clients flexibility around schooling.

We currently have our CAMHS therapy team in place offering our clients on-going treatment within Priory which offers a supportive multi-disciplinary approach. The applicant will be given full training on Priory CAMHS pathway and Priory systems.

An advantage would be to offer ADHD and ASC assessments but not a necessity.

Division DBS info

About us

As one of the UK's leading providers of behavioural care and specialist support services, Priory promise a challenging and fulfilling career with the support of a world class organisation willing to invest in your development. Across our network of hospitals, residential care homes and supported living services, we are making a real and lasting difference to the lives of the people we support.

As part of our wider infection control efforts, and to meet our commissioner and customer requirements, we continue to record vaccination status for all colleagues and we therefore request that you disclose this information as part of your Pre-Employment checks. Your vaccination status will not affect any offer of employment and will be held in line with GDPR requirements. We thank you for your understanding.

Disclosure

All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. We are an equal opportunities employer. Priory will cover the cost of a DBS check.

Job Description

Consultant_Psychiatrist.pdf

Closing Date

06/07/2025