CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist - COAST

£113,565 to £150,569 per annum

Enhanced Recruitment & Retention Package of up to £45,000

Permanent | Full time (10 PAs) | Flexible working considered

Based at Chalkhill Hospital, Haywards Heath

Help transform crisis care for children and young people across Sussex.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to join our well-established COAST (Crisis Outreach Acute Support Team) service.

This is an exciting opportunity to provide senior clinical leadership within a specialist CAMHS crisis service that sits at the interface between inpatient and community care. Working with young people experiencing acute mental health difficulties, you'll play a key role in delivering intensive home treatment, reducing avoidable admissions and improving outcomes for children, young people and their families.

Recruitment & Retention Package

We are offering an enhanced Recruitment & Retention Premium of up to £45,000 over three years (pro rata for part-time appointments):

The opportunity

Based at Chalkhill Hospital in Haywards Heath, you'll join a highly skilled multidisciplinary team including nursing, psychology, occupational therapy, systemic therapy, social work and creative therapies.

The service supports an active caseload of around 12 to 20 young people at any one time and works closely with inpatient units, community CAMHS teams and the Southern Counties Provider Collaborative to provide responsive, high-quality crisis care.

This is a role where your clinical expertise, leadership and ideas can directly influence service development, strengthen care pathways and shape the future delivery of CAMHS crisis services across Sussex.

What you'll be doing

• Providing senior psychiatric leadership within the COAST service
• Delivering specialist assessments, formulation and treatment planning for young people in crisis
• Supporting intensive home treatment as an alternative to inpatient admission
• Acting as Responsible Clinician where required
• Providing consultation and expert advice to multidisciplinary colleagues
• Supervising and supporting junior medical staff
• Participating in the CAMHS Consultant on-call rota (currently 1:9)
• Leading and contributing to service improvement, quality improvement and clinical governance initiatives

About you

We're looking for a Consultant Psychiatrist with expertise in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry who is passionate about delivering high-quality, compassionate care.

You will hold MRCPsych (or equivalent), be included on, or within six months of joining, the GMC Specialist Register and be eligible for Approved Clinician and Section 12 approval requirements.

Most importantly, you'll be committed to collaborative working, clinical leadership and improving outcomes for children and young people experiencing mental health crises.

Why join Sussex Partnership?

Rated 'Good' overall and 'Outstanding' for Caring by the CQC, Sussex Partnership provides mental health, learning disability and neurodevelopmental services across Sussex.

• Flexible job planning and opportunities for hybrid working
• Dedicated SPA time for teaching, audit, service development and CPD
• 30 days of study leave over three years with associated funding
• Strong consultant peer support and medical leadership networks
• Opportunities for teaching, research and service innovation
• Close links with Brighton and Sussex Medical School

Live and work in Sussex

Haywards Heath offers excellent rail links to London and the South Coast, easy access to Gatwick Airport and proximity to the South Downs National Park. Free on-site parking is available.

Ready to make a difference?

If you're looking for a consultant role where you can provide clinical leadership, shape services and improve outcomes for children and young people in crisis, we'd love to hear from you.

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