# CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist - East Sussex Community (£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-east-sussex-community-pound45k-rrp/b361a49d-4c82-42f5-827f-cdd7324d7af6 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/camhs-consultant-psychiatrist-east-sussex-community-pound45k-rrp/b361a49d-4c82-42f5-827f-cdd7324d7af6.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Worthing - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum (pro rata for part time working - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 8 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-15T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-24T11:01:03.382Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Sussex/Lewes/Sussex_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/ChYPS_Psychiatry/ChYPS_Psychiatry-v8107578 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8107578?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Ouse Valley CAMHS Service (Lewes, Uckfield, Crowborough) have 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). This job attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of £45,000 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 The RRP is pro rata for LTFT position. For full terms and conditions of the RRP, please contact \[email protected\] To find out more about we can offer you at SPFT, please follow the link to our careers website here To find a list of our current Medical vacancies, please follow this link: https://ow.ly/EFnH50RZXyE ### 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. 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 CHYPS. 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. You will also see consultant peers at regular division meetings in the locality and at clinical governance meetings. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Sussex Partnership is committed to people participation, meaning that we involve patients and their carers and supporters, in service decision-making and planning. You will be expected to contribute to this shared value and to support the functioning of this service in the delivery of its participation strategy. There is only so much we can say to you in an advert, so would love to speak to you about this role in more detail. For more information please see our contact details below! Please note the Job Description is still with the Royal College for approval. If there are any small changes we will ensure all applicants receive the final version before interview. ## Job Details Ouse Valley CAMHS Service (Lewes, Uckfield, Crowborough) have 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). This job attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of £45,000 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 The RRP is pro rata for LTFT position. For full terms and conditions of the RRP, please contact \[email protected\] To find out more about we can offer you at SPFT, please follow the link to our careers website here To find a list of our current Medical vacancies, please follow this link: https://ow.ly/EFnH50RZXyE ## Job Description 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. 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 CHYPS. 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. You will also see consultant peers at regular division meetings in the locality and at clinical governance meetings. ## Responsibilities Sussex Partnership is committed to people participation, meaning that we involve patients and their carers and supporters, in service decision-making and planning. You will be expected to contribute to this shared value and to support the functioning of this service in the delivery of its participation strategy. There is only so much we can say to you in an advert, so would love to speak to you about this role in more detail. For more information please see our contact details below! Please note the Job Description is still with the Royal College for approval. If there are any small changes we will ensure all applicants receive the final version before interview. ## Person Specification ### Transport **Essential** - Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative. ### 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 warning and conditions on practice - Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment ### 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. ### 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 **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) - [east sussex community camhs jd for ouse valley (pdf, 864.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10402326) ## 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.