Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry – South Bristol: Sponsorship Available

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Job summary

The Trust is recruiting a substantive Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to join the South Bristol community CAMHS team for 3 days per week (6 PAs). You will work alongside experienced medical colleagues and a well-established, multidisciplinary team that includes Psychology, Nursing, Family Therapy, Psychotherapy and Primary Mental Health Specialists.

The service is currently implementing the i-THRIVE model, offering an exciting opportunity to contribute to service transformation across multiple agencies.

You will also be part of a wider network of 17 supportive Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists working across:

  • Five community CAMHS teams

  • Two Learning Disability CAMHS teams

  • An Intensive Support and Hospital Assessment Team

  • A Tier 4 inpatient unit

  • A range of specialist CAMHS services

This is a well-resourced, collaborative environment with strong clinical leadership and opportunities to shape the future of CAMHS provision across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be responsible for the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of children, adolescents and families presenting with severe and complex mental health difficulties. Clinical responsibility will apply only to those patients seen directly by psychiatrists within the CAMHS team.

The consultant will not routinely act as care coordinator. All patients on the consultant’s caseload will have an allocated care coordinator from within the multidisciplinary team.

Key clinical duties include:

  • Providing new assessments, follow-up appointments and psychiatric reviews

  • Offering consultation to colleagues and partner agencies

  • Participating in multi-agency liaison, including education, social care, early help teams, voluntary sector organisations and primary care

  • Being available for unpredictable emergency work when required

The consultant will provide clinical leadership within the multidisciplinary team, working closely with the clinical service manager, team manager and other senior staff. When required, the post-holder will contribute to Mental Health Act assessments.

The role also involves close liaison with community paediatrics, adult mental health services, and other agencies supporting children and young people.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full GMC Registration or eligibility to be included on the register and holding a current licence to practise at the time of appointment.
  • Eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of gaining CCT in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
  • Section 12 approval/ Approved Clinician Status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
  • MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.

Desirable

  • Relevant Higher Degree e.g. MD, PHD, Msc or other additional clinical qualifications
  • MRCPsych or MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
  • Additional clinical qualifications

Experience

Essential

  • Wide breadth of clinical experience working with children and young people with mental health problems and their families
  • Knowledge and evidence of participation in CPD.
  • Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team involvement.
  • Evidence of effective multi-agency working

Desirable

  • Specific additional therapy training (e.g. Positive Behavioural Support, CBT, systemic therapy, DBT etc.)

Personal Skills

Essential

  • To possess leadership skills and be able to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
  • Ability to manage own time, workload and prioritise clinical work
  • Able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, in order to effectively work with patients, carers and staff.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills

Clinical Skills

Essential

  • Skills in psychiatric assessment, formulation and risk management (including safeguarding) as well as psychopharmacology in children, neurodevelopmental disorders and attachment difficulties.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of the management skills required to function successfully as a Consultant.

Teaching

Essential

  • Commitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching.
  • Understand principles of teaching.

Research & Audit

Essential

  • Experience or involvement in a research project and publication.
  • Ability to supervise junior medical staff undertaking research projects.
  • Experience of carrying out an audit project

Management

Essential

  • Evidence of management/leadership skills training.

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: 24 August 2026

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