Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Pennine Care NHS FT

Job summary

Job description is pending Royal College approval

This is a substantive post for which 10 PA’s are available.

This post would provide consultant psychiatric input to the team for the 10 PAs (6 PA’s GMAIC, 4 PA’s Crisis service) across the week. Out of hours, the consultant input comes from the medical on call rota. The post holder will join a dynamic and supportive Directorate and CAMHS Consultant peer group.

This is a new post, and the successful candidate will develop the role with the acute care team and liaise with the community CAMHS and inpatient services collaboratively.

Main duties of the job

Role Summary:

The consultant psychiatrist will provide medical oversight within which they will provide clinical consultation to the Crisis team and GMAIC for assessment, management and treatment of the young people who present with mental health disorder.

They will join the team and contribute to face to face assessments for complex, uncertain and significant risk presentations including YP requiring assessment under the framework of the mental health act and inform clinical judgments on appropriateness and suitability for admission to inpatient services. Where this not deemed to be clinically required or appropriate, they will provide guidance and make alternate recommendations including on the use of crisis services and offer follow up.

They will provide supervision to NMP within Crisis and GMAIC service.

The role will encompass collective working and strengthened relationships with community CAMHS and inpatients in Pennine and CAMHS services across Greater Manchester.

They will collectively work with adult mental services for transition of YP reaching 18 and require ongoing care.

They will liaise with Inpatient services, attend escalation meetings and provide second opinion to neighboring GMAIC teams when required.

A pivotal role is the need for excellent communication and liaison with key professionals providing an interface between community and inpatient services.

Person Specification

Educational Qualifications

Essential

  • Full GMC Registration

Desirable

  • Published research MRCPsych

Professional/Occupational Qualifications

Essential

  • Possession of CCT in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, or be within 6 months of achieving this or entered on the GMC Specialist Register
  • Section 12 Approval under Mental Health Act 183, or be eligible for approval.
  • Demonstrable competency across the PMETB approved curriculum for higher training in Child and Adolescent psychiatry
  • Registered for CPD with the RCPsych

Desirable

  • Other postgraduate degrees e.g. MSc, MD etc
  • Experience in the use of the Mental Health Act (1983)
  • Area of special interest and expertise.

Special Aptitudes & Skills – Job Specific

Essential

  • Qualities essential to make a good educational supervisor of trainees in psychiatry
  • Commitment to training and teaching
  • Strong Leadership skills Clarity, Commitment to share ideas with colleagues, to develop and improve the service
  • Ability to work clearly and effectively across organisational boundaries
  • Ability to work creatively with teams around complex and challenging client groups
  • Evidence of audit activity
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Cultural competency
  • Awareness of key legislation NSF, NICE, MHA, MCA, Children Act

Desirable

  • Current or past education supervisor of basic trainee and a specialist registrar
  • Evidence of previous experience in teaching
  • Evidence of leading the development of services elsewhere
  • Experience of effective work with Adult Psychiatry or partner agencies
  • Experience of leading creative team work with complex clients, or those in emergency/ mental health crisis
  • Published audit

Special Aptitudes & Skills – Communications/Knowledge

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Cultural competency
  • Awareness of key legislation NSF, NICE, MHA, MCA, Children Act

Desirable

  • Sociable personality and supportive colleague.
  • Evidence of using these to inform 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: 19 July 2026

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