# Specialty Doctor in CAMHS > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialty-doctor-in-camhs/8a9074ee-cf7c-4066-a1a1-5f2b25c37d38 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialty-doctor-in-camhs/8a9074ee-cf7c-4066-a1a1-5f2b25c37d38.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Berrywood Hospital; St Mary's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £63696.00 to £102689.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-19T09:27:52.143Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8172774 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8172774?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nhft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is a substantive post for 2 WTE Together with the 2 inpatient consultants and the other Speciality Doctor, the post-holder will mostly provide medical input and advice to the inpatient team. The consultant Child and Adolescent psychiatrist inpatient provision encompasses ‘The Sett, NHFT’s current Tier 4 provision, and it is expected that Speciality Doctor input will follow a similar arrangement. Further medical support to The Sett is: - A rotational ST post from the Leicester Deanery. - CT trainee input for out-of-hours urgent interventions/ admissions, under the supervision of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist on call (see relevant section about On Call commitment). ### Main duties of the job - Provide Medical support for the Sett inpatient unit. - Take clinical responsibility for the assessment and treatment of patients which are referred to inpatient Tier 4, jointly with other medical staff. The young people whose admission takes places after-hours are clerked by Junior doctors from the nearby Adult inpatient hospital (Berrywood). - Take responsibility for carrying our administrative duties in relation to the care of his/her patients and other statutory and non-statutory reports within the required timescales. - To provide very occasional input to daytime CAMHS Response Team. This will be a flexible demand, as referrals to the Response team are by definition variable, but is not expected to extend beyond 0.5 sessions. - The post holder will appreciate that service development and redesign may necessitate changes to clinical duties. Such arrangements will be appropriate to the post of Specialty Doctor and agreed with the post holder. - Work in close Liaison with other professionals - Forge good links with univseral services including Primary care. - Promote and maintain the good working practice and relationship with other allied agencies such as Social Services, educational and voluntary services. - Liaison with the other tiers of local CAMHS. - Work closely with the managers within the service and be involved in the planning, development and management of services as appropriate. - Participate in, and support, the implementation of Directorate policies and procedures. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For full details of this role please see the attached job description or contact the service for further information ### Applicant requirements 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 ### Skills **Essential** - Excellent written and verbal communication skills and evidence of the ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels - Ability to present complex information e.g. courts and tribunals **Desirable** - Assessment and formulation of complex psychiatric disorder and the assessment and treatment of common physical ailments with appropriate support ### Knowledge **Essential** - Primary medical qualification recognised by the GMC - Completed an acceptable programme of practical training/internship (or equivalent) in Psychiatry of no less than 12 months - At least three years’ experience working in Psychiatry in the last five years, including the 12 months immediately preceding the date the application for GMC registration is made - Achieved a minimum score of 7.0 in all 4 categories of the Academic UKVI International English Language Testing System (IELTS) with an overall score of 7.5 - Progress towards, or success in obtaining a relevant postgraduate qualifications from their respective institution **Desirable** - An understanding of the use of security in the treatment of psychiatric patients. - - An understanding of the dynamics of working with damaged and disturbed patients ## Documents - [job description (docx, 204.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10475165) - [your guide to nhft (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3047) ## 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.