Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Job summary

We would like you to join our well-established alternative to admission CAMHS unit. We hope you will find it an exciting time to join us, while we develop and transform our offer to provide the best care to the young people in Berkshire.

Join our Phoenix Unit CAMHS team at Wokingham Community Hospital, a Tier 4 alternative to admission service. We provide a combination of day programme and home treatment support to up to 16 young people with a range of severe mental health challenges – from eating disorders to psychosis, self-harm, and mood disorders – helping them stay in their community as day patients.

You’ll work as part of a rich and established multidisciplinary team including nurses, clinical psychologists, dietitians, family and other therapists.

You’ll be part of Berkshire Healthcare Advanced NHS Foundation Trust, rated “Outstanding” by the CQC for our positive, supportive culture where staff feel valued, and we’ve recently been awarded Advanced Foundation Trust status. We consistently achieve top NHS staff survey scores, including engagement and staff recommending us as a place to work.

This full-time 10 PA role is based in Wokingham with core hours of Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm, with a low-intensity and low-frequency on-call rota.

We are pleased to offer aRecruitment premium of £15,000 and relocation allowance of £8,000 (if applicable) for external candidates.

Main duties of the job

  • Provide psychiatric leadership and direct clinical care for children and young people within Phoenix Unit CAMHS.
  • Deliver assessments, diagnosis, and evidence-based interventions across a range of mental health conditions.
  • Collaborate closely with community CAMHS, Rapid Response, and other partner agencies to prevent unnecessary inpatient admissions.
  • Participate in weekly MDT meetings, quality improvement initiatives, and clinical audits.
  • Contribute to teaching, training, and supervision of junior medical and multidisciplinary staff.
  • Attend clinical and management meetings as required and support the development of the service.

Person Specification

Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Excellent knowledge in specialty
  • Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills in English

Desirable

  • Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 31 July 2026

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