COMMUNITY CHILD AND ADOLESCENT CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST (SOUTHEND)
Posted 5 days 9 hours ago by NHS
CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist position in the Southend-on-Sea CAMHS Team, based at Skyline Plaza, 45 Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 6BB. This is a replacement, substantive, full-time post - 10 PAs with 7.5 DCC and 2.5 SPA. There is also the option for an additional PA. This post is currently vacant, and recruitment is ongoing.
You will join a 0.8wte Specialty Doctor within the service and will have the opportunity to influence future direction, treatment, and models of design in the area in which you work.
Key Details- Closing date: 11 November 2025
- Contract: Substantive
- Hours: 10 PAs (7.5 Designated Clinical Care; 2.5 SPA). On-call frequency 1:7; Category B - 2% on-call supplement
- Location: Southend-on-Sea CAMHS Team, Skyline Plaza, Southend-on-Sea, Essex
- Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to children and young people with mental health needs, across Southend-on-Sea
- Provide senior medical support and guidance to the team
- Work directly with young people and their families and liaise with other CAMHS providers and acute hospitals
- Participate in the on-call rota (currently 1:7, 2% basic salary, Category B on-call supplement)
- Support peers and the team leader and be an effective team member while allowing others to work with their own initiative
- Collaborate with 0.8wte Specialty Doctor
- Commit to collaborative working, actively supporting and liaising with other health and social care professionals and agencies
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
- CCT or equivalent
- Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it
- Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) is required to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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