This is a rare and exciting opportunity for a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to play a key role in the future development of Tier 4 inpatient CAMHS in Sussex at our 12‑bed Children & Young Persons’ Inpatient Mental Health Unit in Haywards Heath (15 minutes from Brighton / 45 minutes from London). This unit is entering an important phase of strengthening, innovation and service redesign. You will join an established, well‑supported multidisciplinary team and have the opportunity to help shape how the inpatient pathway evolves, drawing on best practice, national standards and collaboration across CAMHS. We are open to bespoke job planning and flexible working arrangements, including exploring a shared post model across our Children & Young Persons’ Inpatient Mental Health Unit and the COAST CAMHS Acute service, where this supports continuity, service quality and candidate preference. If you are seeking a Consultant role where you can make a meaningful impact and help define the next chapter of inpatient CAMHS in Sussex, we would be delighted to hear from you. Informal conversations and visits are warmly welcomed.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide clinical leadership for a skilled and compassionate multidisciplinary team caring for young people aged 13‑18 with complex needs.
- Lead on formulation, risk management and treatment planning, working closely with families and partner agencies.
- Supervise junior doctors and trainees, and contribute to teaching, audit and quality improvement.
- Work within a supportive leadership group with strong operational and clinical management backing.
- Participate in the CAMHS Consultant on‑call rota (1:9, with allowance for compensatory rest).
Minimum Qualifications and Experience
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment; included on the GMC Specialist Register or within six months, in good standing with respect to warning and conditions on practice, approved clinician status or capable of achieving within three months.
- Valid UK driving licence or acceptance of evidence of an alternative means of transport.
Skills and Competencies
- Excellent knowledge in specialty and clinical skills using a bio‑psycho‑social perspective with wide medical knowledge.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English; wide range of specialist and sub‑specialist experience relevant to the NHS or comparable service.
- Academic skills and lifelong learning; able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
- Ability to work in and lead a team, demonstrating commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver improvement.
- Participated in continuous professional development, research or service evaluation.
- Use and appraisal of clinical evidence; participation in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes.
- Engage in shared decision making and collaborative formulation/diagnosis and ongoing care with service users.
- Ability to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post, reflecting on the purpose of CPD undertaken.
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications; led clinical audits resulting in service change or improved patient outcomes.
Benefits and Remuneration
- Flexible job planning and opportunities for hybrid working.
- 30 days’ study leave over three years, with funding.
- Well‑being initiatives, occupational health and staff networks.
- Living and working in Sussex: a mix of coastline, countryside and vibrant cities (including Brighton & Hove).
- Excellent links to London and Gatwick Airport.
- South Downs walking and cycling routes.
- Recruitment & Retention Package (£45000 over three years):
- £15000 on appointment.
- £10000 after 12 months.
- £10000 after 24 months.
- £10000 after 36 months (pro‑rata for part‑time employees).
Permanent, full‑time (10 PAs), based at our Children & Young Persons’ Inpatient Mental Health Unit, Haywards Heath.
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