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 effectively with education, social care, commissioners and other external stakeholders
- Additional postgraduate qualifications (e.g. MSc, MD, PhD) (D)
- Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (FRCPsych) (D)
- Knowledge of national inpatient CAMHS service specifications and provider collaborative commissioning arrangements (D)
- Experience in quality improvement, audit or service evaluation (D)
- Teaching, supervision or training experience within medical or multidisciplinary teams (D)
Experience
- Demonstrable experience working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, including inpatient CAMHS
- Experience acting as Responsible Clinician for detained children and young people
- Experience in the assessment and management of complex mental health presentations, including severe affective disorders, psychosis, eating disorders, neurodevelopmental conditions and trauma-related difficulties
- Experience of multidisciplinary team (MDT) working within inpatient or intensive treatment settings
- Proven experience in clinical risk assessment and management, including self-harm, suicide risk, aggression and safeguarding
- Ability to provide clear clinical leadership within an inpatient MDT
- Experience contributing to clinical governance, audit and service improvement activity
- Commitment to professional appraisal, revalidation and continuing professional development
- Ability to prioritise and manage clinical workload safely within a high-acuity inpatient environment
- Experience working in specialist inpatient services (e.g. psychiatric intensive care, secure CAMHS, eating disorder units) (D)
- Experience supporting transition between CAMHS and adult mental health services (D)
- Experience in providing second opinions, medico-legal or tribunal reports (D)
- Previous leadership or senior clinician role within inpatient CAMHS (D)
- Experience contributing to policy development, pathway design or operational change (D)
- Experience supervising junior doctors, SAS doctors or trainees (D)
Other Requirements
- Ability to participate in senior on-call or out-of-hours medical cover as required
- Commitment to equality, diversity and the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people
What You’ll Get
At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:
- Competitive annual salary
- £5000 car allowance
- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and your birthday off!
- A Group Personal Pension Plan (GPPP) and pension contribution
- Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals
- Voluntary benefits
- Medical indemnity cover
- Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!
- Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
- Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts
- Life Assurance, for added peace of mind
- Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support.
- 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be
- Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time
- Free meals and onsite free parking
About your next employer:
Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.
