CYPMHS Consultant Psychiatrist

Join Emerald Place Clinic as a Consultant Child and Young People Psychiatrist and deliver, treat and empower young people to live a safe and independent life. You will join our multidisciplinary team in a 12-bed General Adolescent Inpatient Unit. The unit provides care for young people aged 13 –18 experiencing acute mental health difficulties requiring inpatient treatment. You will play a key role in clinical leadership, risk management, and therapeutic planning, ensuring high-quality, trauma-informed care.

As a CYPMHS Consultant Psychiatrist, you will deliver an evidence-based and focused treatment plan to support the children and young people, and their families, as they progress through their care plans to understand eating behaviours and restore physical health. You will work alongside the talented and experienced multidisciplinary team to create tailored treatment programmes to support the individual needs of each young person within a warm and nurturing environment.

This will allow you to understand symptoms, patterns and origins of psychological distress. Team Structure Multidisciplinary team includes: psychologists, nurses, occupational therapists, social workers, family therapists, and education staff. Supported by junior doctors (Specialist doctor/RMO after hours). As the Consultant Child and Young People Psychiatrist , your responsibilities will include:
Clinical Leadership and Management:
Provide senior psychiatric oversight and direct clinical care for children and adolescents under CAMHS services. Undertake comprehensive psychiatric assessments, diagnosis, formulation and treatment planning. Act as Responsible Clinician including Mental Health Act duties, CPA reviews, safeguarding processes and Mental Health Tribunals. Lead MDT meetings and ensure integrated multi-agency care across community and inpatient pathways. Service Development and Clinical Governance:
Contribute to CAMHS strategy, service redesign and pathway development in line with commissioning priorities and NICE guidance. Participate actively in clinical governance, audit, incident review and risk management. Promote a culture of safety, learning and continuous improvement. Teaching, Training and Research:
Provide supervision, teaching and appraisal for trainees and MDT colleagues. Contribute to CPD programmes, clinical audit, research and quality improvement activity, sharing learning to inform best practice in child and adolescent mental health. Professional and Legal Responsibilities:
Fulfil Approved Clinician and Section 12 duties. Maintain accurate, timely clinical documentation and compliance with information governance, data protection and safeguarding requirements. Maintain professional standards through appraisal, revalidation and continuing professional development in accordance with Royal College and organisational requirements. To be successful in this role, you'll need Knowledge and Skills MBBS or equivalent medical qualification recognised by the General Medical Council (GMC) Full GMC registration with a licence to practise Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (or within six months of CCT at time of interview) Approved Clinician status under the Mental Health Act 1983 (or eligibility to obtain within an agreed timeframe) Strong working knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Children Act and safeguarding legislation In depth knowledge of child and adolescent psychopathology and developmentally informed care Ability to formulate and deliver evidence based treatment plans, including psychopharmacological interventions Excellent communication skills with children and young people, families, carers and partner agencies Ability to work…