Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Coastal Community CAMHS Team in Worthing providing leadership to deliver high-quality, person-centred care to Children and Young People.

You will work as part of a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team which includes nurses, psychologists, systemic family therapists and child psychotherapists. This post will work alongside other Consultants and Specialty Doctors who work in Sussex CAMHS. You will also be part of a Trust wide Consultant network where there are opportunities to liaise with colleagues in other posts throughout the Trust and develop peer networks.

This is an established post. The post became available due to vacancy.

This job attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of £45,000 (pro-rata for part time staff) structured over a three-year period as follows:
o   £15,000 payable upon successful recruitment
o   £10,000 payable at 12 months’ service
o   £10,000 payable at 24 months’ service
o   £10,000 payable at 36 months’ service

Main duties of the job

The service we provide is in line with NICE Evidenced Based Treatment for those children and young people. You will provide high quality specialist clinical assessments, including relevant psychiatric and physical investigation to children, young people and their families in a range of settings, and work collaboratively with other members of the team to plan and deliver appropriate individually tailored treatment plans.

• To provide medical psychiatric assessment and intervention, including pharmacology and mental health act assessments to CAMHS in Coastal West Sussex ( Chichester and Worthing Bases ) ensuring best quality and most effective psychiatric care, working within a multi-disciplinary team.
• To work as part of the multi-professional team providing high quality specialist CAMHS clinical advice, assessment and intervention to children and young people in the area in a range of settings.
• To engage families/carers in planning and provision of care.
• To provide timely advice and consultation to GP’s, social services and other referrers, facilitating appropriate access to services.

Working for our organisation

You will have the opportunity to make a real difference to improve the lives of children and adolescents, working with colleagues in the team to provide a full range of outpatient and inpatient services and helping to manage transition between these and other services through outreach services.

You will be joining a Trust rated ‘Good’ by the CQC and ‘Outstanding’ for caring, with a strong commitment to innovation, research, and continuous improvement. 

At Sussex Partnership we are committed to providing opportunities for flexible working. If you would like to work differently or different hours to as advertised, please get in touch to discuss this in more detail.

• If you haven’t considered living or working in West Sussex before, here are some quick highlights:
• Travel easily from coast to countryside within minutes.
• Access renowned cycle routes and scenic walks like the South Downs Way in the national park.
• Explore miles of coastline, including West Wittering beach and Selsey.
• Gatwick and Heathrow airports are both under 90 minutes away for convenient travel.

Brighton, Hove, and London are easily reached by local buses and mainline trains.