# Consultant CAMHS Psychiatrist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-camhs-psychiatrist/5ff47e5d-2217-4be5-98c6-49b66cceef7b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-camhs-psychiatrist/5ff47e5d-2217-4be5-98c6-49b66cceef7b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust - **Location:** Caludon Centre - **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 - **Closing date:** 2026-11-11T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-12T10:51:38.226Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8352158 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8352158?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT) is seeking to recruit a Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist who will be responsible for treating children and young adults up to the age of 18 years at Parkview Clinic, Birmingham. The post holder will provide senior specialist psychiatric input and medical leadership within an established multidisciplinary inpatient team. They will have a central role in delivering psychiatric assessment and treatment for inpatients and their families, as well as contributing to providing psychiatric and medical risk management. The post holder will behave consistently with the values and beliefs of the organization, act as a role model to colleagues, and use their initiative to take responsibility for the quality of their work and the service provided to patients. They will offer specialist consultation and peer supervision to medical and non-medical colleagues within the clinical team including the supervision of non-Consultant grade medical colleagues. They will also be expected to take a strategic role in the development of tier 4 services and the Children and Young People Directorate. ### Main duties of the job - Provide specialist psychiatric assessment and management for young people with eating disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. - Lead on formulation, care planning, and review within a multidisciplinary team including psychologists, nurses, dietitians, family therapists, occupational therapists, and social workers. - Oversee pharmacological treatments, physical health monitoring, and mental state management including re-feeding and naso-gastric feeding. Review patients at a frequency according to their clinical need and risks and ensure that families and carers are involved wherever possible in treatment planning. Support the provider collaborative and the multidisciplinary team to assess referrals for admission and plan their care. - Participate in family-based interventions, working collaboratively with carers to promote recovery and resilience. - Support early identification of risk and contribute to crisis management plans. - Liaise effectively with community CAMHS, paediatric, education, and social care services to ensure continuity of care. - Contribute to early and comprehensive discharge planning to minimise length of stay and promote sustained recovery in the community. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Criteria to apply include GMC registration and inclusion on the specialist register in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The post holder must also be eligible for Approved Clinician Status and be Section 12 approved. For more information on this role please see the attached job description and person specification. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements. ### 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 ### Qualifications **Essential** - MRCPsych or equivalent - Fully registered with the GMC with a license to practice at the time of appointment. - Approved under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act of a psychiatrist - CCT in Child Psychiatry - Included on the GMC Specialist Register as a CAMHS psychiatrist OR within 6months of obtaining CCT - Excellent knowledge in specialty - Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge. - Strong ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty. - Able to act as clinical supervisor to resident doctors attached to the team. - Experience of shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver improvement. - Has actively been involved leading a quality improvement programme - Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients. - Trained in Quality Improvement methodology (ideally QSIR, Virginia Mason Institute or equivalent). - Experience of medical leadership with a background of service improvement and managing change - Have a flexible approach to working in the interests of the smooth running of the service. - Willing to undertake DBS Check - Able to support, motivate and lead other members of the team. **Desirable** - Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management. - Willing to participate in on-call rota. - Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA Have a working knowledge of the Mental Health Act consistent with that required to undertake the duties of an AC / RC for the purposes of the Act. - Experience of working in an eating disorder service ## Documents - [444-med-0036-cyp (pdf, 619.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10677683) - [cwpt strategy document (pdf, 5.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2605) - [flexible working policy (pdf, 347.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1155) - [application guidance notes (pdf, 157.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1157) - [equality and diversity leaflets (pdf, 838.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1159) ## 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.