Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Are you ready for a varied Consultant Psychiatrist role in an established CAMHS service? Do you want to provide an alternative to admission for children and adolescents with complex mental health needs? Join our Phoenix House CAMHS team at Wokingham Community Hospital, a Tier 4 alternative to admission service. We support up to 16 young people with a range of severe mental health challenges - from eating disorders to psychosis, self-harm, and mood disorders - helping them stay in their community as day patients. You'll work as part of our rich and established multidisciplinary team including family therapists, clinical psychologists, dietitians, nurses, and therapists. Alongside a diverse caseload you'll enjoy varied ways of working including day care, home treatment, and community visits. You'll be part of Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - we're rated "Outstanding" by the CQC, who highlight our positive, supportive culture where staff feel valued. We consistently top NHS staff survey scores, including engagement and staff recommending us as a place to work. This full-time 10 PA role is based in Wokingham with core hours of Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm, with low-intensity on-call support. We are pleased to offer a Recruitment premium of £15,000 and relocation allowance of £8,000 (if applicable) for external candidates. Applications for this role will be processed as received. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as vacancies may close early. Main duties of the job

• Provide psychiatric leadership and direct clinical care for children and young people within Phoenix House CAMHS.
• Deliver assessments, diagnosis, and evidence-based interventions across a range of mental health conditions.
• Collaborate closely with community CAMHS, Rapid Response, and other partner agencies to prevent inpatient admissions.
• Participate in weekly MDT meetings, quality improvement initiatives, and clinical audits.
• Contribute to teaching, training, and supervision of junior medical and multidisciplinary staff.
• Attend clinical and management meetings as required and support the development of the service.
  
  Full GMC registration with license to practice and specialist registration (or will have within six months).
• Approved clinician status under the Mental Health Act (or able to achieve this within 3 months).
• Experience in child and adolescent psychiatry, including management of complex cases.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills to work within a multidisciplinary team, Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential
• Excellent knowledge in specialty
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
Desirable
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.
Person Specification Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience Essential
• Excellent knowledge in specialty
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
Desirable
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.
  
  Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
  
  Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites