Consultant in CAMHS – (Multi Agency Rapid Response Team): Sponsorship Available

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist within our innovative Multi-Agency Rapid Response Service (MARRS). Based at the Sowenna Unit, Bodmin, this post offers the chance to lead and shape a highly regarded crisis service supporting children and young people experiencing significant mental health difficulties across Cornwall.

MARRS is a countywide, multi-disciplinary and multi-agency service operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, providing rapid assessment, intervention and intensive support to young people in mental health crisis. Working across community, acute hospital and social care settings, the service collaborates closely with paediatrics, police, children’s social care, education and inpatient services to ensure timely, compassionate and effective care for young people and their families.

This is a role that combines clinical excellence with genuine work-life balance. You will join a supportive consultant peer network, benefit from dedicated SPA time, research and teaching opportunities.

The Trust is committed to innovation, professional development and consultant wellbeing, making this an outstanding opportunity for both newly qualified and experienced consultant.

We offer an attractive recruitment incentive package for the successful candidate, subject to eligibility and agreement.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide senior medical leadership to the specialist countywide crisis service supporting children and young people experiencing acute mental health difficulties.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Providing psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, formulation and treatment for children and young people presenting with complex and acute mental health difficulties.

  • Delivering clinical leadership within the MARRS multidisciplinary team.

  • Supporting the delivery of a 24/7 crisis response service.

  • Providing medical input to risk assessment, care planning and treatment formulation.

  • Leading on Mental Health Act assessments for young people known to the service where required.

  • Working collaboratively with community CAMHS teams, inpatient services and partner agencies to provide alternatives to hospital admission and facilitate safe, timely discharge from inpatient care.

  • Contributing to multidisciplinary team meetings, safeguarding processes, Child Protection reviews and multi-agency planning meetings.

  • Participating in the education and training of undergraduate medical students, resident doctors and other healthcare professionals, supporting the Trust’s commitment to developing the future workforce

This is an outstanding opportunity to combine clinical leadership, service development, teaching and partnership working while helping shape the future of crisis mental health care for children and young people in Cornwall.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • CCT/ or equivalent in CAMHS
  • substantial experience of managing a busy caseload of clients with a range of mental health problems
  • Evidence of working within a community mental health setting

Desirable

  • participation in user involvement in services

Skills and Aptitude

Essential

  • Experience of assessing and treating young patients and families in acute & community psychiatric settings, and ability to offer expert opinion on a range of problems in child and adolescent psychiatry
  • Excellent clinical assessment skills
  • ability to manage risk

Desirable

  • Awareness of community structures and social care options and processes
  • Understanding of recovery principles in mental health

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: 30 October 2026

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