Consultant Psychiatrist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

This post will provide
input into the Selby part of the North Yorkshire and York service.
Specifically, this service is commissioned by the Humber and North Yorkshire
Health and Care Partnership.

It has a Single Point of Access service
staffed by an experienced staff team who triage and provide a telephone
consultation service to families and referrers. The SPA responds to all
referrals and help young people and their families with the process of
navigating through the options to find a service that meets their needs. The
service works with a model of brief intervention to empower young people and
their families in achieving good mental health and well-being. Staff job plans
are designed to deliver services described in the TEWV Clinical Pathways, to
provide high quality evidence-based care.

This post arises from a
consultant vacancy which is currently covered by a locum consultant, the
previous substantive post holder left the trust.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will, with
their consultant colleague, see all presentations, requiring the input of a
psychiatrist arising from the secondary schools and their feeder primary
schools within the Selby sector. The consultant would expect to hold a caseload
of around 100 based on current consultant caseload and would be asked to see
approximately 2 new assessments per week. The service supports a model whereby
all cases are co-worked with other members of the MDT, care coordinator and
lead professional role usually held by a non-psychiatrist, except where there
is a formal mutual agreement that sole consultant input is required with other
members of the multidisciplinary team.

The Consultant will have
responsibility- together with the other Consultant in the team for the
provision of psychiatric services to children and young people living in the Selby
area. A provisional job plan is set out in section 18 of the job description for the post

Person Specification

Leadership

Essential

  • Reflects on own performance and behaviour, seeking and acting on feedback. Able to influence and persuade to improve services Able to take on leadership role in multidisciplinary team. Knowledge of structure and management of the NHS and the Trust. Shows commitment to quality through knowledge of quality improvement and lean thinking methodology OR able to achieve within one year of appointment Able to adapt to and lead service change.

Desirable

  • Able to take on a leadership role outside the multidisciplinary team. Understanding of NHS & wider health economy and its implications for the work of the Trust. Trained to QI intermediate level in TEWV Trust Quality improvement system

Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning

Essential

  • Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training Participated in continuous professional development Participated in research or service evaluation. Able to use and appraise clinical evidence. Has actively participated in clinical audit.

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

Qualifications

Essential

  • MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
  • Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
  • Eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of gaining CCT
  • 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

  • Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
  • MRCPsych
  • Additional clinical qualifications
  • Included on the GMC Specialist Register in the relevant specialty.
  • In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

Clinical Knowledge & Skills

Essential

  • Excellent knowledge in specialty 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

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

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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: 31 July 2026

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.