# Speciality Doctor Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Interventions Team > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/speciality-doctor-child-and-adolescent-psychiatry-interventions-team/a9dc5fc9-ae5f-4185-bad5-bddc54c9fbba - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/speciality-doctor-child-and-adolescent-psychiatry-interventions-team/a9dc5fc9-ae5f-4185-bad5-bddc54c9fbba.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cardiff and Vale University Health Board - **Location:** University Hospital of Wales - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £64,292 - £102,689 pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent: 5 sessions - **Employment type:** Part time - 5 sessions per week (Monday, Tuesday am, Wednesday) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-15T14:05:19.066Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cardiff/Cardiff/Cardiff_Vale_University_Health_Board/CHILD_ADOLESCENT_PSYCHIATRY/CHILD_ADOLESCENT_PSYCHIATRY-v8151679 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8151679?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://cavuhb.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview Applications are invited for a Specialty Doctor post to support the delivery of care within the Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Care Group for under 18s in Cardiff and Vale. The Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Care Group is driving forward the transformational agenda for CAMH services in Wales with the development of existing services in line with the new Mental Health strategy and stepped care model. Our new colleague will be an enthusiastic and committed psychiatrist with an interest in service development and with a strong desire to help service users and families. Working alongside the teams, you will provide specialist psychiatric assessment and management to contribute to formulation and diagnosis, and the delivery of care. As a psychiatrist, you will have experience and knowledge in carrying a service user caseload, including assessing service users with complex needs, and supporting families with care planning. Care co-ordination, consultation, supervision and supporting other members of the multi-disciplinary team will be key aspects of the role, as well as partnership working with health, education and social care. The post holder will be supported in this role by a Consultant Child Psychiatrist and with appropriate areas of skill that require development and further training. This is a 0.5 WTE – 5 session permanent post within the EWMH interventions team ### Main duties of the job Our Single Point of Access (SPOA) manages queries, advice, consultation and the referral process into our services. This model has reduced the number of referrals through providing accessible signposting and advice to both families and professionals. Contacts with SPOA result in a monthly average of circa 200 young people and families being offered a Choice appointment with our core assessment team. Referrals identified as specifically relating to an eating disorder (ED) at SPOA are assessed within the multidisciplinary ED clinic. The Post Holder will work in the Core Interventions team (previously generic CAMHS) providing Part 1 & Part 2 work under the Mental Health Measure (Wales 2010) The Main responsibilities of the post: - psychiatric assessment and intervention including pharmacological treatment and Mental Health Act Assessments within the Core Intervention Team - Involvement in prescription rota (depending on working days) - Involvement in Peer Group - Support teaching to medical students and other staff - Maintain CPD - No out of hours duties. The Consultant Psychiatrists in the Core Intervention Team provide consultation sessions for the wider service to provide advice, manage any necessary medical investigations and identify when and how young people require direct psychiatric input which may result in allocation to partnership work or the offer of one-off joint appointment. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents. ### 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. Welsh language skills are not necessary ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - - Evidence of effective team and multidisciplinary working - Effective and demonstrable communication skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues - Up to date with current medical practices - Ability to take appropriate clinical decisions when necessary - Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance - Values aligned to those of the Health Board - At least part of the specialty training programme or relevant experience should be in the UK **Desirable** - - Audit - Teaching - Computing skills - Research interests relevant to the specialty ### Experience **Essential** - - Four years’ full-time postgraduate training (or part-time equivalent), at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as fixed-term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty, OR equivalent experience / competencies **Desirable** - - Assessment of emergencies ### Qualifications **Essential** - - MBBS or recognised equivalent - Eligible for full GMC registration with a licence to practise - Section 12 MHA or support to gain this **Desirable** - - Academic excellence (prizes, merits, distinctions etc.) ### Other requirements **Essential** - · Satisfactory immigration / right to work status · Satisfactory Occupational Health clearance · Satisfactory Disclosure (DBS) check or equivalent ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - · Motivated and efficient · Able to relate to patients, staff and medical colleagues · Flexible, caring and hard working · Evidence of ability to work both in a team and alone ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 299.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10698975) - [english (pdf, 160.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10451439) - [english (pdf, 656.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10451438) - [cardiff visitor guide (pdf, 26.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1104) - [data protection privacy notice (m&d) (pdf, 423.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1408) - [croeso i fwrdd iechyd prifysgol caerdydd a’r fro (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2422) - [guidance notes for applicants - medical & dental (pdf, 288.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1106) - [welcome to cardiff and vale university health board (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2421) - [shaping our future wellbeing strategy 2023-35 (welsh) (pdf, 4.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2177) - [shaping our future wellbeing strategy 2023-35 (english) (pdf, 992.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1107) ## 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.