Consultant Psychiatrist - CAMHS

Job overview

This service provides nationally commissioned, specialist mental health care that is fully accessible to deaf children, young people and families. Deaf children and young people have historically had poor access to mainstream CAMHS who do not have experience and understanding of specific cultural, linguistic and developmental issues.

Core features of the service include bilingual (British Sign Language (BSL)/English), bicultural practice with hearing and deaf staff working together. All staff who work within the service will be supported to access British Sign Language training and will be trained in deaf cultural competency.

The national service operates as four regional community outreach teams Northern, Central, South West and London/South East.

The northern service has teams in York, Manchester and Newcastle. There are consultant colleagues in each team.

The Newcastle team has a base in Benton House and covers a region down to Middlesborough, up to the Scottish border and across the Cumbria.

The service offers a flexible hybrid model of care, with in person clinics and remote appointments via secure telehealth platforms (e.g. Zoom, MS Teams). These are routinely used to minimise travel, reduce the service’s carbon footprint, and support environmentally sustainable care, while maintaining equitable access for families across wide geographic areas. The neuro-developmental assessment clinics are held at Benton House.

Main duties of the job

The post holder, supported by the MDT, will provide:

• Complex neurodevelopmental assessments as part of the multi-disciplinary full team assessment clinics.
• Mental health and risk assessments
• Prescribing and review of medication where appropriate
• Effective liaison with local mental health providers, local authority/education professionals and statutory organisations in support safe care and risk management
• To provide clinical supervision to colleagues within the MDT as agreed.
• To work collaboratively with other services within the Trust and other Trusts within the ICS.
• To provide professional leadership.
• To work jointly with the Clinical Leadership Structure, Operations Manager and Head of Operations. and those in other agencies to ensure the service is delivered successfully.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.

The NDCAMHS model emphasises accessible, evidence-based and person-centred care, in collaboration with local CAMHS, education, and social care services.

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [email protected]

Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.