Consultant Psychiatrist in CAMHS and CAMHS ASD

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

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Job summary

Suitable for an experienced consultant or someone due to complete their CCT in the next 6 months

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust is rated as Outstanding by CQC and winner of the HSJ NHS Trust of the Year 2022.

The Trust has strong links with Keele University, both in research and providing teaching for medical students.

We are seeking to appoint a Consultant Psychiatrist to work in our CAMHS and ASD Teams.

This post is based in Stoke on Trent/North Staffordshire and comprises of multi disciplinary teams, including Consultant colleagues and trainee doctors.

The Community Directorate includes specialist services for Personality Disorders, Early Intervention in Psychosis, Adult ADHD and ASD, Eating Disorders and Perinatal Mental Health.

The Trusts Inpatient services are covered by dedicated Consultants and there is a separate Rehabilitation Service.

The Trust has well established Neuropsychiatry, Liaison Psychiatry and Inpatient Addictions Services in addition to Older Adults, CAMHS and Learning Disability teams.

Duties of the job will include providing clinical care and leadership for community services.

The successful candidates will assist with triage of new referrals, initial assessments and follow up appointments, focussing on complex cases and those service users involved with the Mental Health Act (this generally being limited to Community Treatment Orders).

Main duties of the job

The Trust is seeking a consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to join its community CAMHS services and CAMHS ASD service. This is a new post. Community CAMHS in North Staffordshire is spread over 3 bases, Tunstall, Blurton and North Staffs. The post holder would be based at North Staffs CAMHS team at Dragon square. There is also a Tier 4 service Darwin Centre and an Intensive Support team who support young people in their homes when needed.

The CAMHS CMHT post comprises working alongside the existing full time consultant and taking on a proportionate component catchment area which includes the market towns of Newcastle under Lyme and Leek and surrounding area, the total population being around 200,000.

The post is based at Dragon Square, Chesterton. The CAMHS ASD team is also based at Dragon square. The Consultant will provide clinical leadership and supervision / consultation to members of the multi-disciplinary team and educational supervision to the junior doctors as well as direct clinical care of patients. There would be opportunities to get involved with teaching and research in this role.

About us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme".

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

Date posted

18 March 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

232-CMT-6994542

Job locations

Dragon Square

Stoke on Trent

ST5 7HL

Job description

Job responsibilities

The ASD Team is an all age team, with distinct adult and CYP clinical pathways. The post-holder will be expected to support and enhance the existing MDT within the CYP clinical pathway including post-diagnostic support. Due to commissioning arrangements, CYP is defined as age 0-25 in this situation, to align with the SEND Agenda.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full registration with General Medical Council

Experience

Essential

Approved or eligible for Mental Health Act Section 12(2) Approval

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Experience and/or ability to work within; as well as lead a multidisciplinary team

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full registration with General Medical Council

Experience

Essential

Approved or eligible for Mental Health Act Section 12(2) Approval

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Experience and/or ability to work within; as well as lead a multidisciplinary team

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.