# CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Chesterfield Royal Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Psychiatry
- **Grade:** Consultant
- **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent: £10,000 in addition to basic salary on commencement, with a further £10,000 after 2 years in post.
- **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-30T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-01T13:21:31.200Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Derbyshire/Chesterfield_Buxton/Chesterfield_Royal_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Child_Adolescent_Mental_Health_Services/Child_Adolescent_Mental_Health_Services-v8336809
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8336809?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.chesterfieldroyal.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Clinical supervision experience/skills
- Basic IT skills

**Desirable**

- Ability to undertake training/mentoring of clinical staff and enthusiasm for education

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of working with young people and their families/carers
- Good knowledge of child and adolescent psychiatry and wide medical knowledge
- Quality/audit project experience.

**Desirable**

- Psychotherapy – CBT/IPT/brief intervention training.
- Other special interest/expertise relevant to the post

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- MBChB or equivalent medical qualification.
- MRCPych or equivalent qualification
- CCT in child and adolescent psychiatry
- S12 Approval
- Full registration with the GMC with a licence to practise or within 6 months of date of interview

**Desirable**

- Specialist interest or additional qualifications in other areas of specialty.

## Documents

- [we work here (pdf, 178.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2691)
- [job description (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10660523)
- [applicant guidance (pdf, 231.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2457)
- [10 reasons to choose us (pdf, 262.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2458)
- [our people pan - infographic (pdf, 878.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2757)
- [welcome to our proud to care team (pdf, 618.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2453)
- [wellbeing at chesterfield royal hospital (pdf, 656.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2456)

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