CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our North West Community CAMHS Team in Horsham providing leadership to deliver high-quality, person-centred care to Children and Young People.

This job attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of £45,000 structured over a three-year period as follows:

• £15,000 payable upon successful recruitment
• £10,000 payable at 12 months’ service
• £10,000 payable at 24 months’ service
• £10,000 payable at 36 months’ service

The Recruitment and Retention payment is pro rata for part time employees. If you would like further information, or to know the full terms of the Recruitment and Retention Payment and/or the Relocation Allowance, then please do not hesitate to contact our Medical HR Team via [email protected]

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will: -

Provide clinical and professional leadership for the North West CAMHS Team alongside other colleagues, including clinical supervision to the medical team and to provide clinical leadership to the wider MDT.

Maintain a workload of approximately 50-60 open cases at any one time and approximately 1 new case seen per week

Attend at local governance meetings to contribute towards business planning.

Lead on the improvement of the quality of care within the team and contribute to improving quality across the system.

Be responsible for carrying out administration in line with the Trust’s policies in relation to patient care, supervision of resident doctors and continuing professional development (CPD).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of the main responsibilities of the role.