Consultant Psychiatrist in CYPS - Northallerton

Job summary

The CAMHS directorate in North Yorkshire and York locality of TEWV is comprised of the two York Community CAMHS teams based at Lime Trees, the Selby team based at Selby Cabin, the Harrogate Team based at Dragon Parade, the Scarborough Team based at Lake House and the Northallerton Team based at North Moor House with a peripheral clinic in Colburn.

This post will provide input into Northallerton part of the North Yorkshire and York service. Specifically, this service is commissioned by the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership .

It has a Single Point of Access service staffed by an experienced staff team who triage and provide a telephone consultation service to families and referrers. The SPA responds to all referrals and help young people and their families with the process of navigating through the options to find a service that meets their needs. The service works with a model of brief intervention to empower young people and their families in achieving good mental health and well-being. Staff job plans are designed to deliver services described in the TEWV Clinical Pathways, in order to provide high quality evidence-based care.

This post arises from a consultant retiring and a SAS doctor moving posts.

Main duties of the job

The Consultant will have responsibility- together with the other Consultant in the team- for the provision of psychiatric services to children and young people living in the Northallerton area. A provisional job plan is set out in section 18

This provision will include:

Clinics at North Moor House and Colburn. The post holder will be allocated a proportion of secondary schools and their feeder primary schools. The aim of this is to enable the development of close working relationships with education staff and Primary care staff in a particular area. .

Liaison with Paediatricians based at the Friarage and James Cook University Hospitals and other nearby hospitals as and when appropriate.

Advice, consultation and supervision to the team.

Involvement in more complex cases using a co-working model, often in partnership with other agencies.

About us

We are one of the largest specialist mental health and learning disabilities trusts in the country, with an annual income of £320m and a workforce of some 6,700 staff operating from around 100 sites in Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire and York and Selby. We provide a range inpatient and community services to 2m people living in County Durham, the Tees Valley, Scarborough, Whitby, Ryedale, Harrogate, Hambleton and Richmondshire. We also provide additional specialist services to other parts of Northern England.

We deliver our services by working in partnership with eight local authorities and clinical commissioning groups, a wide range of voluntary organisations, as well as service users, their carers and the public.

Psychiatrists are essential contributors to the majority of our mental health teams. Service users expect and are justified to expect collaborative relationships with dedicated psychiatrists who work consistently as part of effective services. The Medical Directorate and Medical Development Team are striving to improve medical workforce recruitment and retention in a variety of ways and the cornerstone of these efforts is The TEWV Charter for the Medical Workforce. (Please see attached Supporting Document).

The Trust welcomes conversations about flexible working practices.

Details

• Date posted: 29 September 2026
• Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
• Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year This post may be subject to a recruitment premia
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
• Reference number: C9346-CYPS-163M
• Job locations: North Moor House, North Moor Road, NORTHALLERTON, North Yorkshire, DL6 2FG, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for further information on this post. Please note the job description is currently waiting approval from the Royal College.

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