# CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist, Coastal Community & Liaison (£45k RRP) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/camhs-consultant-psychiatrist-coastal-community-and-liaison-pound45k-rrp/caf9a076-b375-4184-9060-bfff3687791d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/camhs-consultant-psychiatrist-coastal-community-and-liaison-pound45k-rrp/caf9a076-b375-4184-9060-bfff3687791d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Chalkhill - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113565.00 to £150569.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week (1 in 9 on call pro rata commitment) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-15T09:28:46.147Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8282893 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8282893?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Coastal Community CAMHS Team in Worthing providing leadership to deliver high-quality, person-centred care to Children and Young People. 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 is an established post. The post became available due to vacancy. This job attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of £45,000 (pro-rata for part time staff) structured over a three-year period as follows: o £15,000 payable upon successful recruitment o £10,000 payable at 12 months’ service o £10,000 payable at 24 months’ service o £10,000 payable at 36 months’ service ### Main duties of the job The service we provide is in line with NICE Evidenced Based Treatment for those children and young people. You will provide high quality specialist clinical assessments, including relevant psychiatric and physical investigation 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. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex. Our values are to be compassionate, accountable and optimistic. The Trust has built our future focus 2025-2030 which outlines our vision, purpose, ambitions and objectives which incorporates these values and behaviours. Our strategy can be viewed here. For a comprehensive understanding and full details of the responsibilities, please refer to the Job Description document. It contains all the necessary information and should provide you with a clear overview of what it expected. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. 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. ## Person Specification ### Transport **Essential** - Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative. ### 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. - Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment **Desirable** - Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management. - MRCPsych - Additional clinical qualifications. - In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice ### 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. **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 ### Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - Excellent knowledge in specialty - Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge - Excellent oral and written communication skills in English - Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty - Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others - Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA **Desirable** - Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service ## Documents - [privacy notice (pdf, 127.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2254) - [camhs consultant psychiatrist - coastal - community and liaison (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10621659) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.