# Consultant Psychiatrist - CAMHS Recovery and Support Pathway > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-psychiatrist-camhs-recovery-and-support-pathway/99d0aaeb-b5c3-4555-bd47-0383c3e3ede8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-psychiatrist-camhs-recovery-and-support-pathway/99d0aaeb-b5c3-4555-bd47-0383c3e3ede8.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Trust Headquarters, Littlemore Mental Health Centre - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum | pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-16T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-19T14:10:51.254Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/Aylesbury/Oxford_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Child_Adolescent_Mental_Health/Child_Adolescent_Mental_Health-v8378002 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8378002?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are recruiting for a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Buckinghamshire CAMHS Recovery and Support Pathway and work with a well-established multi-disciplinary team in the Sue Nichols Centre, Aylesbury and Saffron House, High Wycombe. You'll provide psychiatric clinical input and leadership within a recently redesigned service delivering targeted mental health care to children and young people with predominantly emotional disorders, including neurodivergent young people. The Recovery Teams are structured to support two cohorts: young people who benefit from Focussed Intervention and Recovery Support (FIRS) and Specialist Intervention and Recovery Support (SIRS). These teams are a core part of Buckinghamshire CAMHS providing support for young people who are experiencing a moderate to severe mental health condition such as depression, anxiety disorders, PTSD, and bipolar disorder. You'll work 10 programmed activities with a job plan typically comprising 75% direct clinical care and 25% supporting professional activities, in line with Royal College of Psychiatrists’ guidance. Opportunities are available to develop interests in service development, quality improvement, and teaching and training within a well-established, supportive multidisciplinary team and consultant peer group. Join us in shaping brighter futures for children and young people at one of the UK’s leading mental health Trusts; we would be delighted to hear from you. ### Main duties of the job This is a great opportunity to join a welcoming and supportive group of substantive consultants within the wider service, and work with a team who truly value working together to provide the holistic care young people and families need from one of the core teams within CAMHS. The Service as a whole has a strong focus on areas such as quality improvement and wellbeing, supporting staff with a flexible approach to help their work-life balance, and has established itself as a great place to train for resident doctors in recent years. Buckinghamshire is also a fantastic place to live for those looking to move, with great opportunities for family life (including nationally renowned schools), access to beautiful country side in the Chilterns, as well as easy access to London and Oxford for those who value the cultural opportunities the different cities provide. It is also an easy commute for those living in neighbouring areas such as north London, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Oxfordshire. We offer rewarding career development with protected SPA time as part of your job plan, encouraging you to take leadership courses to enhance your skills. We also offer a relocation allowance of up to £8,000 for external applicants (subject to eligibility criteria). ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Main duties include: - Provide senior psychiatric clinical input to the Buckinghamshire CAMHS Recovery Teams, holding and managing a defined consultant-level caseload and contributing to new psychiatric assessments and internal case allocations. - Offer specialist advice and clinical leadership for complex and high-risk cases, including guidance on risk assessment and risk management, and will actively participate in multidisciplinary team meetings, post-assessment discussions, and service planning forums. - Work collaboratively with consultant colleagues and the wider MDT, providing flexibility and cross-cover as required to support a fair and equitable allocation of work and to maintain the team’s established culture of peer support. - Contributing to service development, quality improvement and evaluation initiatives, as well as participating in teaching and training activities for medical students and medical trainees. Supporting Professional Activities will be undertaken in line with Royal College of Psychiatrists’ recommendations and agreed service priorities. Find out more about what it's like to work in Bucks CAMHS from our Associate Medical Director Joe Clacey our Medical Lead Kakali Pal. ### 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 ### Other **Essential** - Excellent oral and written communication skills in English - UK driving licence or evidence of proposed alternative **Desirable** - Car owner ### Teaching **Essential** - Experience in teaching resident doctors - Good teaching and communication skills - Experience of teaching medical undergraduates and postgraduates - Experience of teaching non-medical mental health professionals **Desirable** - Medical education qualification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Medical degree - Fully registered with the General Medical Council - Eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register (or Specialist Registrar within 6 months of gaining CCT at time of interview) - Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines) - Eligible for Section 12 Approval (Mental Health Act)/ Approved Clinician or willing to apply for such approval once in post. **Desirable** - A higher degree such as MD or PhD - Additional clinical qualifications - In good standing with GMC with respect to warnings and conditions on practice - In good standing with RCPsych with respect to CPD ### Research and Audit **Essential** - Experience of research work and/or ability to interpret research findings and apply them to clinical practice - Audit or other quality improvement experience **Desirable** - Experience of grant-funded project work - Publications in peer-reviewed journals in relevant academic fields ### Knowledge and experience **Essential** - Experience of clinical work in Child and adolescent Psychiatry at SpR, SAS/Specialist grade or consultant level within the last 3 years - Excellent working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act - Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices - Understanding of social factors relevant to psychiatry **Desirable** - Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health - Experience of working at consultant level in a community CAMHS team ### Clinical Skills and Supervision **Essential** - Excellent clinical skills in relevant psychiatric specialty - Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team and provide clinical leadership to the team - Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty - Expertise in risk assessment - Confident in therapeutic risk taking - Commitment to clinical governance **Desirable** - Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post - Experience in supervising resident doctors and SAS doctors - Experience in supervising non-medical colleagues e.g. NMP ## Documents - [bucks sirs firs jd (pdf, 482.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10706507) - [functional requirements (pdf, 296.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10706508) ## 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.