Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAMHS): Sponsorship Available

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are looking to recruit a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) based at Hillbrook in Keighley. You will work alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team to provide assessment, treatment and care for children and young people with a range of mental health needs. You will provide medical leadership to the team and work closely with consultant colleagues across CAMHS, contributing to service development, clinical governance and continuous quality improvement. The role also offers opportunities to develop special interests through job planning and contribute to research, teaching and training.

Closing: 29th November 2026

Shortlisting: WC 30th November 2026

Interview: 14th December 2026

Main duties of the job

As Consultant Psychiatrist, you will undertake medical reviews, outpatient clinics, emergency assessments, home and hospital visits, and provide consultation, supervision and clinical advice to the multidisciplinary team. You will attend daily huddles, case reviews and team meetings, as well as participating in daytime unplanned work and the on-call rota. You will contribute to Mental Health Act assessments, including Section 136 assessments, and provide supervision to junior doctors, nurse prescribers and other professionals. The role also includes teaching, clinical governance, audit, research, quality improvement and service development, with dedicated Supporting Professional Activity (SPA) time for CPD and wider professional responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Certificate of Completion of Training in General Adult Psychiatry (ST6 trainees should be within six months of attainment at the time of the interview) or CESR equivalent.
  • Inclusion on the Specialist Register or eligibility for inclusion
  • Section 12 (2) MHA 1983 approval and Approved Clinician

Desirable

  • MD, Other professional qualification (e.g. MSc)
  • MRCPsych

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Effective leadership skills
  • Ability to deliver care in collaboration with service users and their families/carers
  • Ability to supervise junior staff
  • Awareness of the funding arrangements in the NHS and recent NHS developments
  • Ability to interpret published research and to apply research findings to clinical practice.

Desirable

  • Experience of involvement in service development and/or reconfiguration

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective
  • Experience to a level allowing recognition of trainer status by the Royal College of Psychiatrist
  • Experience in teaching undergraduates & postgraduates

Desirable

  • Teaching/presentation experience (e.g. conference presentation, EBM, research experience).

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: 29 November 2026

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