Job requirements
Essential
10 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Clinical supervision experience/skills
- Skills
Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Experience
Experience of working with young people and their families/carers
- Experience
Quality/audit project experience.
- Experience
Good knowledge of child and adolescent psychiatry and wide medical knowledge
- Professional Qualifications
MBchB or equivalent
- Professional Qualifications
CCT in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Professional Qualifications
MRCPsych or equivalent qualification
- Professional Qualifications
Full registration with the GMC with a licence to practise and entry on GMC specialist Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview.
- Professional Qualifications
S12 Approval
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Ability to undertake training/mentoring of clinical staff and enthusiasm for education
- Experience
Psychotherapy - CBT/IPT/brief intervention training
- Professional Qualifications
Specialist interest or additional qualifications in other areas of specialty.
Job overview
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Consultant Psychiatrist in Intellectual Disability (ID) CAMHS, or Child & Adolescent Consultant Psychiatrist with experience in ID or Neurodiversity, as part of our comprehensive CAMHS Service in North Derbyshire.
This is an exciting opportunity to work in a friendly, dynamic and supportive service and we are happy to consider less than full time working/job share.
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.
We have an excellent, well established and experienced LD CAMHS team made up of Intellectual Disability and Mental Health nurses, Specialist Support Workers, Speech and Language Therapy, Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology. The team has an excellent track record of delivering outstanding patient care having previously been nominated for their work. We enjoy excellent links with our key partner agencies across North Derbyshire and have link workers with our Special Schools delivering a comprehensive training programme. We work closely with our wider CAMHS team and have well-integrated leadership across the service. Please see our well used website for more information about LD CAMHS and what we offer: www.camhsnorthderbyshire.nhs.uk
Main duties of the job
Please see the attached Job Description for a full description of the post and information about working for us.
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.
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This advert is for Consultant Psychiatrist - ID with Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Chesterfield, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Psychiatry role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum. The contract type is Permanent: £10,000 in addition to basic salary on commencement, with a further £10,000 after 2 years in post.. The application deadline is 16 Oct 2026.
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