Consultant Community CAMHS Psychiatrist – ED

Overview

In this role you will lead and deliver high-quality CAMHS psychiatric care within an eating disorders pathway, working as part of a multidisciplinary team. You will balance clinical duties with supervision, governance, and service development to meet young people’s mental health needs. The post supports flexible working arrangements and includes an on-call component to support crisis services. This is a well-established senior position within NELFT’s community services, contributing to trusted care standards and innovation.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working
• remote sessions considered
• on-call allowance (2% of basic salary)

Responsibilities

• Organise and prioritise own and others’ workload in day-to-day operations
• Deputise in the team manager’s absence and delegate to medical staff
• Follow Trust protocols and maintain accurate audit-ready records
• Manage risk at team level, incident reporting, and update the risk register
• Act as autonomous, GMC-licensed clinician accountable for own practice
• Assess and develop care plans for complex patient needs across chronic, acute, and palliative contexts
• Initiate referrals to other services and provide information to patients and families
• Ensure care is underpinned by research and evidence-based practice
• Clinical supervision of junior colleagues and support their development
• Pursue and support ongoing professional development, mandatory training, and appraisals
• Document assessments and maintain up-to-date clinical records; effective IT use
• Support team management and governance, addressing Education, Audit, Clinical Effectiveness, R&D, and Risk Management
• Engage in line management of medical staff and promote a culture of safety and high standards

Key requirements

• Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register for Psychiatry, or Approved Clinician status
• Full GMC registration and licence to practice
• Experience in managing a broad range of mental disorders in adults
• Experience with patients from diverse cultural backgrounds and working with interpreters
• Awareness of NHS governance priorities and change management (desirable)

• leadership and team supervision
• effective communication
• teaching and training of junior staff
• collaboration within a multidisciplinary team
• strong IT literacy and use of the Trust’s electronic case record system
• ability to work with on-call crisis support and telephone triage

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