COMMUNITY CHILD AND ADOLESCENT CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST (SOUTHEND)

Overview

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

Job responsibilities

• 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

Person Specification GMC

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

Qualifications

• CCT or equivalent

Knowledge

• Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it
• Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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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