Consultant Psychiatrist in CAMHS

Go back Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 20 March 2026

This is an exciting opportunity for a child andadolescent consultant psychiatrist to become involved in transformation and leadership within a forward looking CAMHS service. We are keen to shape thepost to fit the needs of the right applicant and to support them in developing their interests within our broad portfolio of services.

Durham Tees Valley Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services work with children and young people up to the age of 18 across Getting Help, Getting More help and neurodevelopmental assessment teams. Generic teamsare closely linked with LD CAMHS, Eating Disorders and Forensic CAMHS. The outof hours activity is supported by dedicated CAMHS crisis team, which operate son 24/7 basis and provides extended crisis input as well as home treatmentoptions as an alternative to hospital admissions.

The North Durham CAMH service is a community, out-patientspecialist Getting More Help CAMHS team, supported by a Getting Help Service which works into schools and with young people with mild/moderate mental health difficulties. It serves the Durham City,Consett and Chester-le-Street populations (180,000 all ages population withapproximately 25% being under 18 years).

Children and Young people in the area are supported by a range of internal and external getting advice, getting help and getting risk supportmental health services. In addition, there are a range of local authorityeducation and social care support services.

The post holder is expected tooffer mental health assessment, psychiatric opinions, diagnosis and holistic care plans for patients up to the age of 18, referred to them in hours and whenon call. The Trust expects about 2 new patient assessments per week with 650face to face contacts per year; this is for a full-time consultant, but exactfigures can vary, depending upon the type of work undertaken, in agreement injob planning.

Direct patient contact would include new patients to service, new psychiatric assessments and review appointments. Main conditions would be expected to include ADHD, ASD, Anxiety Disorders, Mood Disorders, Eating Disorders, Tic Disorders, Psychosis,Self-harm, Conduct Disorder and Sleep disorders. The Trust has severalperson-centred pathways of care developed specifically for young people and thepost holder would generally be expected to follow these.

Clinical work would be expected to be carried out predominantly within the clinical base at the Rosewood Centrein Middlesbrough but may occur within other settings for example a young personmay have strong feelings about being seen in an alternative community settingor it may be more appropriate to see a young person at their school. There Willalso be infrequent occasions when young people need to be seen in othersettings such as the acute hospital, police station or a residential placement.

We are one of the largest specialist mental health and learning disabilities trusts in the country, with an annual income of £320m and a workforce of some 6,700 staff operating from around 100 sites in Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire and York and Selby. We provide a range inpatient and community services to 2m people living in County Durham, the Tees Valley, Scarborough, Whitby, Ryedale, Harrogate, Hambleton and Richmondshire.

We also provide additional specialist services to other parts of Northern England.

We deliver our services by working in partnership with eight local authorities and clinical commissioning groups, a wide range of voluntary organisations, as well as service users, their carers and the public.

Psychiatrists are essential contributors to the majority of our mental health teams. Service users expectand are justified to expect collaborative relationships with dedicated psychiatrists who work consistently as part of effective services. Our medicalstaffing shortage puts strain on services and puts strain on workforcewellbeing and costs extend beyond the financial. The Medical Directorate and Medical Development Team are striving to improve medical workforce recruitment and retention in a variety of ways and the cornerstone of these efforts is TheTEWV Charter for the Medical Workforce.

(Please see attached Supporting Document).

The Trust welcomes a conversation about flexible working.

Please see the attached job description for further information on this post. Please note the job description is currently waiting approval from the Royal College.

• Reflects on own performance and behaviour, seeking and acting on feedback. Able to influence and persuade to improve services Able to take on leadership role in multidisciplinary team. Knowledge of structure and management of the NHS and the Trust. Shows commitment to quality through knowledge of quality improvement and lean thinking methodology OR able to achieve within one year of…