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Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Consultant Psychiatrist – CAMHS Intellectual Disability Service

Location: Ashfield Health VillageEmployer: Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustContract: Part-time, Permanent

An Exciting Opportunity to Make a Difference

Are you passionate about improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people? We are seeking a dedicated Consultant Psychiatrist to join ourCAMHS IDTeam within Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

This is a part-time post in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, offering the chance to work alongside a highly skilled multidisciplinary team across CAMHS. You will play a key role in delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to children and young people across Nottinghamshire County.

What We Offer

  • A supportive and collaborative environment within one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands.
  • Opportunities for professional development, including participation in our academic programme and CPD activities.
  • Access to staff wellbeing initiatives and inclusive staff networks.

What We’re Looking For

  • MRCPsych and CCT or CESR in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (or within 6 months of eligibility).
  • Inclusion on the Specialist Register (or anticipated within six months).
  • Approved under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act 1983.
  • Ability to travel between clinical bases and home addresses.

Apply now and make a real difference in the lives of children and young people.

Main duties of the job

About the Role

Provide psychiatric assessments, formulation, diagnosis, developing a holistic plan of management including medical management, as well as assessment of risk to self and others.

Liaison with other community teams, family and agencies supporting children and young people with Intellectual Disability.

Provision of clinical leadership to the CAMHS Intellectual Disability team.

Ensure the Mental Health Act is used appropriately, providing medical recommendations for assessments taking place in the community and 136 Suites. Involvement in MHA assessments of emergency cases as part of on call duties.

To maintain good record keeping, ensure the high quality of clinical information including discharge summaries and specialist reports, and contribute to audit and outcome monitoring.

To supervise medical undergraduate students and post-graduate trainees when placed with them.

To maintain own continued professional development for revalidation and to support clinical needs of the team.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
  • CCT in CAMHS/ ID OR Eligible for CCT within 6 months of interview date OR an equivalent approved indicator of training, and eligible for entry onto the Specialist Register

Desirable

  • Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
  • MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
  • Additional clinical qualifications

Eligibility

Essential

  • Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
  • Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months
  • Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
  • Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment

Desirable

  • In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Transport

Essential

  • Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative

Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Excellent knowledge and experience in Intellectual Disability
  • Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
  • Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
  • Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
  • Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA

Desirable

  • Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
  • Experience of working in a Specialist CAMHS service
  • Experience of working within CAMHS with young people experiencing acute distress and mental health crises

Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning

Essential

  • Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
  • Ability to work in and lead team
  • Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
  • Participated in continuous professional development
  • Participated in research or service evaluation
  • Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
  • Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes

Desirable

  • Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
  • Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
  • Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
  • Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications
  • Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients

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: 15 November 2026

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