Job Title: CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist
Agency: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Location: United Kingdom, Worthing
Salary/Rate: 113,565 to 150,569 £ / Year

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Job summary

Coastal Sussex CAMHS Service has an exciting opportunity for a permanent Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) Consultant Psychiatrist to join their locality team.

This is an exciting opportunity to play an integral part in prioritising the delivery of a safe, effective and caring service to those children and young people (0yrs-18yrs). Psychiatrists are integral to driving change and influencing service development. The Trust has ambitious aims to continuously improve for the good of our patients, and we welcome clinical and non-clinical views to achieve this together.

You will work as part of a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team which includes nurses, psychologists, systemic family therapists and child psychotherapists. This post will work alongside other Consultants and Specialty Doctors who work in Sussex CAMHS. You will also be part of a Trust-wide Consultant network where there are opportunities to liaise with colleagues in other posts throughout the Trust and develop peer networks.

This job attracts aRecruitment and Retention payment of £45,000structured over a three-year period as follows:o£15,000 payable upon successful recruitmento£10,000 payable at 12 months’ serviceo£10,000 payable at 24 months’ serviceo£10,000 payable at 36 months’ service

Main duties of the job

The service we provide is in line with NICE Evidence-Based Treatment for those children and young people. You will provide high-quality specialist clinical assessments, including relevant psychiatric and physical investigations, to children, young people and their families in a range of settings, and work collaboratively with other members of the team to plan and deliver appropriate individually tailored treatment plans.

• To provide medical psychiatric assessment and intervention, including pharmacology and Mental Health Act assessments to CAMHS in Coastal West Sussex ( Chichester and Worthing Bases ), ensuring best quality and most effective psychiatric care, working within a multi-disciplinary team.
• To work as part of the multi-professional team providing high quality specialist CAMHS clinical advice, assessment and intervention to children and young people in the area in a range of settings.
• To engage families/carers in planning and provision of care.
• To provide timely advice and consultation to GP’s, social services and other referrers, facilitating appropriate access to services.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Eligibility

Essential

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warnings and conditions on practice
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment

Transport

Essential

• Holds and will use a valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.

Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Excellent knowledge in specialty
• Excellent clinical skills using a bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English

Desirable

• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning

Essential

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Ability to work in and lead team
• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & 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
• Ability to work in a participatory way so that shared decision making and conversations around formulation/diagnosis and ongoing care are a collaborative endeavour with the people who access our service.

Closing Date: 15 July 2026

How to Apply;

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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