Job requirements
Essential
10 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Clinical supervision experience/skills
- Skills
Basic IT skills
- Experience
Experience of working with young people and their families/carers
- Experience
Good knowledge of child and adolescent psychiatry and wide medical knowledge
- Experience
Quality/audit project experience.
- Qualifications
MBChB or equivalent medical qualification.
- Qualifications
MRCPych or equivalent qualification
- Qualifications
CCT in child and adolescent psychiatry
- Qualifications
S12 Approval
- Qualifications
Full registration with the GMC with a licence to practise or within 6 months of date of interview
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Ability to undertake training/mentoring of clinical staff and enthusiasm for education
- Experience
Psychotherapy – CBT/IPT/brief intervention training.
- Experience
Other special interest/expertise relevant to the post
- Qualifications
Specialist interest or additional qualifications in other areas of specialty.
Job overview
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Consultant Psychiatrist on a substantive basis as part of our comprehensive CAMHS Service in North Derbyshire, based across our two sites at Chesterfield and Buxton or solely in Buxton (depending on successful candidate’s preference).
The successful Candidate will possess excellent interpersonal skills and have a flexible approach. You will be a team player who enjoys working in a multi-disciplinary setting with highly experienced and skilled staff while being capable of providing clinical leadership for the team.
We offer £10,000 in addition to basic salary on commencement, with a further £10,000 after 2 years in post. An additional SPA beyond the usual allocation of 1.5 PAs will also be allocated to enable our appointee to undertake defined Care Unit support. Benefits will be pro rata for part time.
The CAMHS service is part of the Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust which also benefits from co-location of comprehensive paediatric services, (paediatricians, paediatric ward, community therapists and nurses) and the disabled children’s social care team. The CAMHS team enjoy highly positive relationships with paediatrics.
Main duties of the job
Please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification which gives details regarding the job role, and also contact details should you wish to discuss any aspect of the job.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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.
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This advert is for CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist with Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Chesterfield, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Psychiatry role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum. The contract type is Permanent: £10,000 in addition to basic salary on commencement, with a further £10,000 after 2 years in post.. The application deadline is 30 Oct 2026.
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