Consultant CAMHS Psychiatrist Chelmsford & Halsted

Overview

In this part-time CAMHS Consultant role, you will lead clinical work within the Mid Essex CAMHS teams, aligning with Trust values and ongoing transformation of community services. You will balance direct clinical duties with supervision of junior staff, ensuring high-quality care and governance. You will operate across Stapleford Chelmsford and Halstead locations, contributing to service development and patient outcomes in a dynamic, collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Organise and prioritise own and team workload on a day-to-day basis
• Deputise in the team manager’s absence and delegate to medical staff
• Adhere to Trust protocols and procedures
• Maintain accurate audit-ready records
• Manage risk at team level with incident reporting and risk register updates
• Act as autonomous practitioner accountable for unsupervised actions
• Provide care plans for complex needs across chronic, acute, and palliative contexts
• Initiate referrals to other health professionals and agencies
• Educate patients and relatives to support dignity and quality of life
• Support evidence-based practice and peer review
• Act as clinical supervisor to junior colleagues and support their development
• Plan and participate in mandatory training and personal development planning
• Support new staff integration and training policy updates

Key requirements

• Inclusion in the Specialist Register for Psychiatry or within 6 months of obtaining CCT
• Approved Clinician status or eligibility
• Mastery in managing a broad range of mental disorders in adults
• Experience with patients from diverse cultural backgrounds and working with interpreters/translators
• Awareness of NHS strategic and clinical governance priorities; change management understanding (desirable)
• GMC registration and licence to practice

• collaborative team player
• effective communicator
• ability to balance competing priorities
• GMC registration and Licence to Practice
• clinical supervision
• risk assessment and incident reporting

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