Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a child and adolescent consultant psychiatrist to become involved in transformation and leadership within a forward looking CAMHS service. We are keen to shape the post 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 teams are closely linked with LD CAMHS, Eating Disorders and Forensic CAMHS. The out of hours activity is supported by dedicated CAMHS crisis team, which operates on 24 / 7 basis and provides extended crisis input as well as home treatment options as an alternative to hospital admissions. This is a replacement post following the moving of post by the previous substantive consultant within the same care group. The post has been covered by locum consultant psychiatrists in the interim. Durham Tees Valley Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services meet the mental and behaviour needs of children and young people up to the age of 18 years.
The service is split into: Getting Help CAMHS, Getting More Help CAMHS, LD CAMHS and Neurodevelopmental assessment teams, intensive Home treatment, Crisis and Intensive Positive Behaviour Support, Specialist services (Eating Disorders and Forensic CAMHS).
Main duties of the job
All referrals now come into the Single Point of Access at the Mulberry Centre, Darlington and are offered a face to face or telephone access to service assessment. Those coming into Specialist LD CAMHS are then offered an appointment for initial assessment. All young people open to the team have a Lead Professional / Care Coordinator. Consultant medical staff do not generally undertake initial assessments; they provide Lead Professional / Care Coordinator input for only a small number of cases. A multi‑agency Autism Spectrum Disorder Specialist Team operates Trustwide. The multi‑disciplinary Specialist Eating Disorder Team (which covers County Durham and Darlington) accepts referrals from North Durham LDCAMHS. Children and young people with attentional difficulties are assessed by the multidisciplinary team. We currently have trained nurse prescribers who work within this sub‑team and have plans to further develop this provision within the team. Young people presenting with immediate risk are assessed by the childrens Crisis Team which operates 24 hr cover soon, seven days a week. Medical staff provide daytime medical cover and out of hours through the on‑call rota. The CAMHS intensive home treatment team and Intensive Positive Behaviour Support team offer intensive home treatment to a small number of children and young people in crisis to prevent admission or to support after discharge from Inpatient units. There is access to Holly unit for out of the home behaviour support.
About us
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 expect and are justified to expect collaborative relationships with dedicated psychiatrists who work consistently as part of effective services. Our medical staffing shortage puts strain on services and puts strain on workforce wellbeing 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 The TEWV Charter for the Medical Workforce. (Please see attached Supporting Document). The Trust welcomes a conversation about flexible working.
Details
Date posted: 07 November 2025
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Consultant
Salary
£109,725 to £145,478 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full‑time, Flexible working
Reference number
C9346-CYPS-150M
Job locations
North End House, Durham, DH1 4LW
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
Person Specification
Leadership
* 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 appointment.
* Able to adapt to and lead service change.
Desirable
* Able to take on a leadership role outside the multidisciplinary team.
* Understanding of NHS & wider health economy and its implications for the work of the Trust.
* Trained to standard equivalent to level 2 in TEWV Trust Quality improvement system.
Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
* Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
* Participated in continuous professional development.
* Participated in research or service evaluation.
* Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
* Has actively participated in clinical audit.
Desirable
* Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post.
* Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken.
* Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.
* Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
* Has led clinical audits leading to service change.
Qualifications
* MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
* Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
Desirable
* Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
* MRCPsych or equivalent postgraduate qualification.
* Approved Clinician Status and Section 12 Status or be able to achieve within 3 months.
Clinical Knowledge & Skills
* Excellent knowledge in specialty.
* Excellent clinical skills using bio‑psycho‑social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
* Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
* Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others.
* Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
Desirable
* Wide range of specialist and sub‑specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.
Experience
* Describe your clinical experience relevant to this job role.
* Any other experience that may be applicable.
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