Consultant Psychiatrist – CAMHS Getting More Help – Keynsham: Sponsorship Available

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Job summary

Would you like to work for a Trust which has been awarded Global Digital Exemplar Status and be part of our work on the development of mental health related Apps for young people?

We are recruiting for a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist to join us at ourBath & NE Somerset (BANES) Community CAMHS Team where you will have an active leadership role and medical responsibility for the diagnosis, management and treatment of children, adolescents and families.

With your expertise in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, you’ll join our Getting More Help multi-disciplinary team (MDT) working in close liaison with our Getting Help team which operates as a single point of access for CAMHS, screening referrals from GPs, Paediatricians and Education and Social Services.

We offer rewarding career development with protected SPA time as part of your job plan, encouraging you to take leadership courses to enhance your skills. We also offer a relocation allowance of up to £8,000 for external applicants (subject to eligibility criteria).

Could this be the next step in your career? Come and join one of the UK’s leading mental health Trusts and be part of a successful service implementing an exciting and innovative service model for children and young people’s mental health.

Main duties of the job

  • Attend regular MDTs and provide clinical leadership and medical input to the team.
  • Responsibility for those patients seen by himself/herself, together with those patients seen by medical staff directly supervised by them.
  • With other consultants in the team, have responsibility for the clinical governance of the team as clinical leads for the team.
  • Work in partnership within the multidisciplinary team for the clinical management of patients. This will include risk assessment, the assessment of the needs of carers, and the development of services to meet the needs of patients and families for whom the team is responsible.
  • Clinical leadership responsibility to ensure excellent systems of clinical governance so that their team provides high quality, safe care to patients. Consultants are expected to encourage a Restorative Just and Learning Culture of Learning, participate in safety huddles and investigations and participate in identifying improvements in practice where appropriate.
  • Participate in the BSW Consultant on call rota (currently 1 in 11 with prospective cover, paid at category A banded at 3% on call availability supplement. There is anadditional 0.5PA per month (pro rata) paid in recognition of emergency work arising from out of hours).

Interviews for this role are due to be held on Friday 25 September via Teams.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Registration

Essential

  • Medical degree
  • Fully registered with the General Medical Council
  • Eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register (or Specialist Registrar within 6 months of gaining CCT at time of interview).
  • Eligible for Section 12 Approval (Mental Health Act)/ Approved Clinician or willing to apply for such approval once in post.

Desirable

  • MSc or higher degree
  • Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Experience of clinical work in specialty at SpR, SAS/Specialist grade or consultant level within the last 3 years
  • Excellent working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act
  • Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices

Desirable

  • Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health
  • Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health

Clinical, Teaching and Research

Essential

  • Excellent clinical skills in relevant psychiatric specialty
  • Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team and provide clinical leadership to the team
  • Experience in teaching resident doctors
  • Experience of research work and/or ability to interpret research findings and apply them to clinical practice.

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: 16 September 2026

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