Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Psychiatrist - Intellectual Disability

The closing date is 06 July 2025

Job summary

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Consultant Psychiatrist in Intellectual Disability (ID) CAMHS, or Child & Adolescent Consultant Psychiatrist with experience in ID or Neurodiversity, as part of our comprehensive CAMHS Service in North Derbyshire. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a friendly, dynamic and supportive service and we are happy to consider less than full time working/job share as an alternative to the full-time position described.

We have an excellent, well established and experienced LD CAMHS team made up of Intellectual Disability and Mental Health nurses, Specialist Support Workers, Speech and Language Therapy, Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology.The team is led by Dr Martha Laxton-Kane, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and has an excellent track record of delivering outstanding patient care having previously been nominated for their work. We enjoy excellent links with our key partner agencies across North Derbyshire and deliver excellent patient care, have link workers with our Special Schools and deliver a comprehensive training programme. We work closely with our wider North Derbyshire CAMHS team and have a well-integrated leadership team across the service. Please see our well used website for more information about LD CAMHS and what we offer: www.camhsnorthderbyshire.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

Please see the attached Job Description for a full description of the post and information about working for us.

About us

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and North East Derbyshire districts. With a workforce of around 3,800 staff and good financial control, currently operating with a positive financial surplus and was recently rated Good by the CQC.

We have a huge variety of patients, with their own unique needs. We are PROUD of the great CARE we give our patients and their families; if you are looking for an NHS Trust that is small enough to CARE and large enough to be exciting Chesterfield Royal Hospital is the place for you.

We are committed to working with our partners in health and social care to deliver long term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high quality services and excellent patient care.

Details

Date posted

23 June 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

166-FC-7278913

Job locations

Chesterfiled Royal Hospital

Calow

Chesterfield

S44 5BL


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full description of the post and information about working for us.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full description of the post and information about working for us.

Person Specification

Professional Qualifications

Essential

  • MBchB or equivalent
  • CCT in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • MRCPsych or equivalent qualification
  • Full registration with the GMC with a licence to practise and entry on GMC specialist Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview.

Desirable

  • Specialist interest or additional qualifications in other areas of specialty.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with young people and their families/carers
  • Quality/audit project experience.

Desirable

  • Psychotherapy - CBT/IPT/brief intervention training

Skills

Essential

  • Clinical supervision experience/skills
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients

Desirable

  • Ability to undertake training/mentoring of clinical staff and enthusiasm for education
Person Specification

Professional Qualifications

Essential

  • MBchB or equivalent
  • CCT in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • MRCPsych or equivalent qualification
  • Full registration with the GMC with a licence to practise and entry on GMC specialist Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview.

Desirable

  • Specialist interest or additional qualifications in other areas of specialty.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with young people and their families/carers
  • Quality/audit project experience.

Desirable

  • Psychotherapy - CBT/IPT/brief intervention training

Skills

Essential

  • Clinical supervision experience/skills
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients

Desirable

  • Ability to undertake training/mentoring of clinical staff and enthusiasm for education

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).

Additional information

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chesterfiled Royal Hospital

Calow

Chesterfield

S44 5BL


Employer's website

https://www.chesterfieldroyal.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chesterfiled Royal Hospital

Calow

Chesterfield

S44 5BL


Employer's website

https://www.chesterfieldroyal.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Director for CAMHS

Dr Bronwen Morris

01246514412

Details

Date posted

23 June 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

166-FC-7278913

Job locations

Chesterfiled Royal Hospital

Calow

Chesterfield

S44 5BL


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