GP with Extended Role in Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Kendal; On-site; GBP 76,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health organization based in Kendal is seeking a General Practitioner for an extended role in Child & Adolescent Mental Health. This part-time position (3 days a week) involves working with a multidisciplinary team to provide care for young people facing mental health challenges. Applicants must hold an MBBS or equivalent and possess full GMC registration. The salary ranges from £76,038 to £114,743 per annum, offering an opportunity to develop specialist skills in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of national and international treatment guidelines for children and young people.
• Ability to prescribe and monitor medication effectively.
• Experience with mental health services for children and adolescents.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment and treatment for young people with mental health difficulties.
• Support prescribing and monitoring responses to medication.
• Collaborate with the CAMHs multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Assessment and diagnosis skills

Communication skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

MBBS or equivalent

Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice

Listed on GMC register of GPs

Section 12 approved

Job description

GP with Extended Role in Child & Adolescent Mental Health

The closing date is 02 February 2026

General Practitioner with Extended Role Pain Child and Adolescent Mental Health (3 days)

We are excited to launch the recruitment for a GP with Extended Role in Child and Adolescent Mental Health to work with the team based at Kinta Annex, Kendal. This role would be 3 days per week and offered as a substantive contract.

This a great opportunity to develop your skills in supporting a community based CAMHs team to deliver safe and effective care for young people aged (5rs-18yrs) with mental health difficulties and their families.

Main duties of the job

This new role offers the opportunity to develop specialist skills in assessment, diagnosis, risk assessment and treatment, working closely with the consultant psychiatrist within our team. You will also work alongside a full CAMHs multidisciplinary team. The post holder will be expected to make between 8 - 10 contacts per week (WTE) which includes a mix of new and open cases and will also be available at short notice to provide consultation and advice to other team members.

We envisage your GP skills will equip you well to support with prescribing and monitoring response to medication, transition planning, safeguarding and liaison with secondary and primary care.

In addition, we will allocate specific PAs (sessions) for developing primary integration work with a view to supporting vertical integration with primary care. This is in line with our trusts vision for Neighbourhood care provision, which also aligns with our local ICB aims and consistent with the NHS ten-year plan.

You will be supported to achieve competencies relevant to the GP with extend role as defined by the Royal College of General Practitioners, including developing an understanding of relevant diagnostic classification systems, and an understanding of national and international treatment guidelines relating to Children and Young people.

About us

At our Trust, we are really keen to develop our medical workforce and nurture their areas of interest in a flexible way where possible. Come and have a chat with us about what your special interest or development areas and build a suitable job plan with us.

We also have an extremely active Medical Education department and support our senior medics in becoming Clinical and Educational Supervisors, and nurturing their interests in this area. There are also opportunities to have a role in Digital Leadership if this is a passion for any of our doctors.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details about this post. The precise working arrangement would be discussed and agreed during the Job Planning meeting that would take place on commencement of the post. However, if you do have any questions or would like to discuss this role in further detail, please do not hesitate to contact us.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If youd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent
• Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
• Listed on GMC register of GPs
• Section 12 approved

Experience

• Knowledge, skills and experience relevant to this post

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.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

£76,038 to £114,743 a yearper annum (pro-rata)