GP with Extended Role in Child & Adolescent Mental Health
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 16 Ionawr 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £76,038 - £114,743 per annum (pro-rata) |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 15 Chwefror 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Kendal, LA9 7HY |
| Cwmni: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7742963/351-MED003TB-26 |
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A Vacancy at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.
General Practitioner with Extended Role Pain Child and Adolescent Mental Health (3 days)
We are excited to launch the recruitment for a GP with Extended Role in Child and Adolescent Mental Health to work with the team based at Kinta Annex, Kendal. This role would be 3 days per week and offered as a substantive contract.
This a great opportunity to develop your skills in supporting a community based CAMHs team to deliver safe and effective care for young people aged (5rs-18yrs) with mental health difficulties and their families.
This new role offers the opportunity to develop specialist skills in assessment, diagnosis, risk assessment and treatment, working closely with the consultant psychiatrist within our team. You will also work alongside a full CAMHs multidisciplinary team. The post holder will be expected to make between 8 - 10 contacts per week (WTE) which includes a mix of new and open cases and will also be available at short notice to provide consultation and advice to other team members.
We envisage your GP skills will equip you well to support with prescribing and monitoring response to medication, transition planning, safeguarding and liaison with secondary and primary care.
In addition, we will allocate specific PAs (sessions) for developing primary integration work with a view to supporting vertical integration with primary care. This is in line with our trusts vision for Neighbourhood care provision, which also aligns with our local ICB aims and consistent with the NHS ten-year plan.
You will be supported to achieve competencies relevant to the GP with extend role as defined by the Royal College of General Practitioners, including developing an understanding of relevant diagnostic classification systems, and an understanding of national and international treatment guidelines relating to Children and Young people.
At our Trust, we are really keen to develop our medical workforce and nurture their areas of interest in a flexible way where possible. Come and have a chat with us about what your special interest or development areas and build a suitable job plan with us.
We also have an extremely active Medical Education department and support our senior medics in becoming Clinical and Educational Supervisors, and nurturing their interests in this area. There are also opportunities to have a role in Digital Leadership if this is a passion for any of our doctors.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details about this post. The precise working arrangement would be discussed and agreed during the Job Planning meeting that would take place on commencement of the post. However, if you do have any questions or would like to discuss this role in further detail, please do not hesitate to contact us.
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
This advert closes on Monday 2 Feb 2026
General Practitioner with Extended Role Pain Child and Adolescent Mental Health (3 days)
We are excited to launch the recruitment for a GP with Extended Role in Child and Adolescent Mental Health to work with the team based at Kinta Annex, Kendal. This role would be 3 days per week and offered as a substantive contract.
This a great opportunity to develop your skills in supporting a community based CAMHs team to deliver safe and effective care for young people aged (5rs-18yrs) with mental health difficulties and their families.
This new role offers the opportunity to develop specialist skills in assessment, diagnosis, risk assessment and treatment, working closely with the consultant psychiatrist within our team. You will also work alongside a full CAMHs multidisciplinary team. The post holder will be expected to make between 8 - 10 contacts per week (WTE) which includes a mix of new and open cases and will also be available at short notice to provide consultation and advice to other team members.
We envisage your GP skills will equip you well to support with prescribing and monitoring response to medication, transition planning, safeguarding and liaison with secondary and primary care.
In addition, we will allocate specific PAs (sessions) for developing primary integration work with a view to supporting vertical integration with primary care. This is in line with our trusts vision for Neighbourhood care provision, which also aligns with our local ICB aims and consistent with the NHS ten-year plan.
You will be supported to achieve competencies relevant to the GP with extend role as defined by the Royal College of General Practitioners, including developing an understanding of relevant diagnostic classification systems, and an understanding of national and international treatment guidelines relating to Children and Young people.
At our Trust, we are really keen to develop our medical workforce and nurture their areas of interest in a flexible way where possible. Come and have a chat with us about what your special interest or development areas and build a suitable job plan with us.
We also have an extremely active Medical Education department and support our senior medics in becoming Clinical and Educational Supervisors, and nurturing their interests in this area. There are also opportunities to have a role in Digital Leadership if this is a passion for any of our doctors.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details about this post. The precise working arrangement would be discussed and agreed during the Job Planning meeting that would take place on commencement of the post. However, if you do have any questions or would like to discuss this role in further detail, please do not hesitate to contact us.
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
This advert closes on Monday 2 Feb 2026