Specialty Doctor in CAMHS

Transformation Unit; Northampton; Remote; GBP 64,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) seeks a Specialty Doctor in CAMHS for the inpatient Tier 4 service at Berrywood Hospital, Northampton and St Mary's Hospital, Kettering. This substantive post is for 2 whole-time-equivalents, working within the inpatient CAMHS team and alongside inpatient consultants and colleagues across specialties.

You will provide medical input, take clinical responsibility for assessments and treatments, and contribute to service development while

Qualifications

• GMC recognised primary medical qualification.
• Completed an acceptable programme of practical training/internship in Psychiatry of no less than 12 months.
• At least three years’ experience in Psychiatry in the last five years, including 12 months preceding GMC registration.
• IELTS overall score of 7.5 (minimum 7.0 in all 4 categories).

Responsibilities

• Provide medical support for the Sett inpatient unit.
• Take clinical responsibility for assessment and treatment of Tier 4 inpatients with other medical staff.
• Carry out administrative duties related to patient care and statutory/non-statutory reports.
• Occasional input to daytime CAMHS Response Team (up to 0.5 sessions).
• Work with service development and liaison with other professionals.

Skills

Excellent communication

Present complex information

Assessment formulation

Education

IELTS 7.5 overall

GMC-recognised medical qualification

Psychiatry training 12 months

Job description

Employer Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Berrywood Hospital, Northampton / St Mary's Hospital, Kettering Town Northamptonshire Salary £63,696 - £102,689 pa Salary period Yearly Closing 02/11/2026 23:59

Specialty Doctor in CAMHS

Specialty Doctors

Job overview

This is a substantive post for 2 WTE

Together with the 2 inpatient consultants and the other Speciality Doctor, the post-holder will mostly provide medical input and advice to the inpatient team. The consultant Child and Adolescent psychiatrist inpatient provision encompasses ‘The Sett,

NHFT’s current Tier 4 provision, and it is expected that Speciality Doctor input will follow a similar arrangement.

Further medical support to The Sett is:

A rotational ST post from the Leicester Deanery.

CT trainee input for out-of-hours urgent interventions/ admissions, under the supervision of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist on call (see relevant section about On Call commitment).

Main duties of the job

• Provide Medical support for the Sett inpatient unit.
• Take clinical responsibility for the assessment and treatment of patients which are referred to inpatient Tier 4, jointly with other medical staff. The young people whose admission takes places after-hours are clerked by Junior doctors from the nearby Adult inpatient hospital (Berrywood).
• Take responsibility for carrying our administrative duties in relation to the care of his/her patients and other statutory and non-statutory reports within the required timescales.
• To provide very occasional input to daytime CAMHS Response Team. This will be a flexible demand, as referrals to the Response team are by definition variable, but is not expected to extend beyond 0.5 sessions.
• The post holder will appreciate that service development and redesign may necessitate changes to clinical duties. Such arrangements will be appropriate to the post of Specialty Doctor and agreed with the post holder.
• Work in close Liaison with other professionals
• Forge good links with univseral services including Primary care.
• Promote and maintain the good working practice and relationship with other allied agencies such as Social Services, educational and voluntary services.
• Liaison with the other tiers of local CAMHS.
• Work closely with the managers within the service and be involved in the planning, development and management of services as appropriate.
• Participate in, and support, the implementation of Directorate policies and procedures.

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our ‘outstanding’ rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.

At NHFT we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense which is why we are proud to an accredited living wage employer.

We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where are people feel valued and able to thrive.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of this role please see the attached job description or contact the service for further information

Person specification

Knowledge

• Primary medical qualification recognised by the GMC
• Completed an acceptable programme of practical training/internship (or equivalent) in Psychiatry of no less than 12 months
• At least three years’ experience working in Psychiatry in the last five years, including the 12 months immediately preceding the date the application for GMC registration is made
• Achieved a minimum score of 7.0 in all 4 categories of the Academic UKVI International English Language Testing System (IELTS) with an overall score of 7.5
• Progress towards, or success in obtaining a relevant postgraduate qualifications from their respective institution
• An understanding of the use of security in the treatment of psychiatric patients.
• An understanding of the dynamics of working with damaged and disturbed patients

Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and evidence of the ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels
• Ability to present complex information e.g. courts and tribunals
• Assessment and formulation of complex psychiatric disorder and the assessment and treatment of common physical ailments with appropriate support

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.