Child Adolescent Consultant Psychiatrist
| Posting date: | 01 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £125,000 to £160,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 July 2025 |
| Location: | Hatfield, Hertfordshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | HOLLBORN RECRUITMENT LTD |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | DOC 1 |
Summary
As a Consultant Psychiatrist working 37.5 hours per week over 4 or 5 days, you will deliver an evidence-based and focused treatment plan to support the children and young people aged 8-18, 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.
There is an on-call element to this role.
Other responsibilities include:
Review referrals and determine appropriateness for admission
Conduct admission assessment and ensure effective management plans of all young people on the unit
Conduct risk assessment and review regularly
Allocate specialist psychological treatments in line with individual needs
Assess physical health
Ensuring effective liaison with referring teams
Facilitating regular CPA review meeting
Act as Responsible Clinician for young people detained under the Mental Health Act
Must-Haves :
Registered on the Specialist Register for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with a licence to practice Experience of CAMHS eating disorders Experience of Review referrals and determine appropriateness for admission
Conduct admission assessment and ensure effective management plans of all young people on the unit
Experience of conducting risk assessment and review regularly
Allocate specialist psychological treatments in line with individual needs
Assess physical health Experience of Ensuring effective liaison with referring teams
Experience of Facilitating regular CPA review meeting
Experience of Acting as Responsible Clinician for young people detained under the Mental Health Act
The minimum 8 years' experience covers all their training and practice License: GMC registration with a license to practice.
Certificates: Core Psychiatry Training (CT1–CT3): 3 years full-time training covering general adult psychiatry and other subspecialties, enabling eligibility for Higher Specialist Training.
o Higher Specialist Training (ST4–ST6): 3 years in a chosen psychiatry subspecialty (e.g., adult, forensic, child and adolescent, or old age psychiatry), leading to a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT).
o Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT): Confirms eligibility for consultant psychiatrist roles and placement on the GMC Specialist Register.
• Educational Qualifications: Recognized medical degree (e.g., MBBS, MBChB) from a GMC-approved institution.
• Mandatory Skills: Specific skill sets vary by role (detailed in job specifications). Examples include expertise in psychiatric diagnosis, Mental Health Act 1983 application, and multidisciplinary team leadership.Location Preference: Ideally local to the hospital site, but a relocation package is available for candidates elsewhere in the UK or Ireland.
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.
There is an on-call element to this role.
Other responsibilities include:
Review referrals and determine appropriateness for admission
Conduct admission assessment and ensure effective management plans of all young people on the unit
Conduct risk assessment and review regularly
Allocate specialist psychological treatments in line with individual needs
Assess physical health
Ensuring effective liaison with referring teams
Facilitating regular CPA review meeting
Act as Responsible Clinician for young people detained under the Mental Health Act
Must-Haves :
Registered on the Specialist Register for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with a licence to practice Experience of CAMHS eating disorders Experience of Review referrals and determine appropriateness for admission
Conduct admission assessment and ensure effective management plans of all young people on the unit
Experience of conducting risk assessment and review regularly
Allocate specialist psychological treatments in line with individual needs
Assess physical health Experience of Ensuring effective liaison with referring teams
Experience of Facilitating regular CPA review meeting
Experience of Acting as Responsible Clinician for young people detained under the Mental Health Act
The minimum 8 years' experience covers all their training and practice License: GMC registration with a license to practice.
Certificates: Core Psychiatry Training (CT1–CT3): 3 years full-time training covering general adult psychiatry and other subspecialties, enabling eligibility for Higher Specialist Training.
o Higher Specialist Training (ST4–ST6): 3 years in a chosen psychiatry subspecialty (e.g., adult, forensic, child and adolescent, or old age psychiatry), leading to a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT).
o Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT): Confirms eligibility for consultant psychiatrist roles and placement on the GMC Specialist Register.
• Educational Qualifications: Recognized medical degree (e.g., MBBS, MBChB) from a GMC-approved institution.
• Mandatory Skills: Specific skill sets vary by role (detailed in job specifications). Examples include expertise in psychiatric diagnosis, Mental Health Act 1983 application, and multidisciplinary team leadership.Location Preference: Ideally local to the hospital site, but a relocation package is available for candidates elsewhere in the UK or Ireland.