Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

This is a newly created post which is community-based with 10 programmed activities. The post comprises 6 programmed activities for the Neurodevelopmental Team role and 4 for the Core CAMHS Team. This post is a newly developed post to provide increased consultant psychiatric capacity within the Neurodevelopmental Service whilst also providing additional consultant capacity to the Core CAMHS service. We welcome part-time applicants and such applicants would be expected to do a minimum of 6 programmed activities in the Neurodevelopmental Team role. For part-time applicants, the balance between Neurodevelopmental and Core CAMHS activity will be agreed through the appointment and job-planning processes, taking account of service requirements and the need to maintain continuity within both teams. The post has been created to increase consultant psychiatric capacity within the developing Neurodevelopmental service and to provide additional consultant-level support to Core CAMHS. The development reflects the separation of the Neurodevelopmental and Core CAMHS medical roles within the current service configuration. The Neurodevelopmental component is the principal specialist focus of the post. The Core CAMHS component provides additional consultant capacity to the Core CAMHS service and will include assessment, formulation, treatment advice, medication review, MDT working and clinical leadership for children and young people requiring consultant psychiatric input.