Job Title: Child & Adolescent Consultant Psychiatrist
Agency: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Haywards Heath, United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: 113,565 to 150,569 £ / Year

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Job summary

This is a rare and exciting opportunity for a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to play a key role in the future development of Tier 4 inpatient CAMHS in Sussex at our 12-bed Children & Young People’s Inpatient Mental Health Unit in Haywards Heath (15 minutes from Brighton / 45 minutes from London), which is entering an important phase of strengthening, innovation and service redesign.

You will join an established, well-supported multidisciplinary team and have the opportunity to help shape how the inpatient pathway evolves, drawing on best practice, national standards and collaboration across CAMHS. We are open to bespoke job planning and flexible working arrangements, including exploring a shared post model across our Children & Young People’s Inpatient Mental Health Unit and the COAST CAMHS Acute service, where this supports continuity, service quality and candidate preference.

This post offers a £45,000 Recruitment & Retention Package, bespoke job planning, relocation support (where applicable) and opportunities to shape a service with momentum and leadership visibility.

If you are seeking a Consultant role where you can make a meaningful impact and help define the next chapter of inpatient CAMHS in Sussex, we would be delighted to hear from you. Informal conversations and visits are warmly welcomed.

Main duties of the job

As Consultant Psychiatrist, you will:o Provide clinical leadership for a skilled and compassionate MDT caring for young people aged 13-18 with complex needso Lead on formulation, risk management and treatment planning, working closely with families and partner agencieso Supervise junior doctors and trainees, and contribute to teaching, audit and quality improvemento Work within a supportive leadership group with strong operational and clinical management backingo Participate in the CAMHS Consultant on-call rota (1:9, with allowance for compensatory rest)

Permanent, full-time (10 PAs), based at our Children & Young People’s Inpatient Mental Health Unit, Haywards Heath.

Person Specification

Qualifications

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

Eligibility

Essential

• 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 a 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.

Desirable

• Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
• Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
• Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
• Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients

Closing Date: 22 July 2026

How to Apply;

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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