Clinical Professor/Associate Professor Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Overview

In this joint appointment, you lead a dedicated research programme in child and adolescent mental health while serving as a substantive CAMHS consultant psychiatrist. You will split time between clinical practice with the Community Core CAMHS Team in Redditch and research at the University of Worcester, contributing to the NIHR-funded Mental Health Inequities Research Unit. You will shape a distinctive youth-focused research strand aligned with the MHIRU portfolio and advance the university’s mental health agenda. The role offers a chance to influence both clinical care and innovative research at scale, within a supportive, cross-institution environment.

Pay / Benefits

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays
• Generous NHS pension
• flexible and agile working opportunities
• maternity, paternity and adoption support
• staff networks
• health and wellbeing opportunities

Responsibilities

• Lead and advance a program of research in child and adolescent mental health within MHIRU
• Spending three days a week in clinical practice with CAMHS in Redditch
• Engage in research activities at the University of Worcester, contributing to the university’s mental health portfolio
• Mentor and collaborate with doctoral students and early-career researchers
• Participate in joint job planning, CPD, appraisal, and revalidation
• Support postgraduate teaching and clinical governance within the Trust
• Represent the program in multidisciplinary, cross-institution discussions and dissemination activities

Key requirements

• current UK professional registration
• expertise in child and adolescent mental health and research leadership
• ability to operate across NHS and academic settings
• external funding track record (implied)
• doctoral supervision experience (implied)

• collaborative
• leadership in research
• effective communication
• research leadership in health sciences
• clinical psychiatry (CAMHS)
• NIHR-funded research experience

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