Job Description

Are you a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist interested in delivering and developing ground-breaking and growing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in historic and picturesque Wiltshire?
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people. We support flexible working practices.
We have a consultant opportunity in our Salisbury CAMHS team. As a Consultant you will be responsible for supporting your manager in ensuring that our service users' needs are met through the delivery of high-quality care. As a centre of excellence, you will offer a person-centred approach to their independence and well-being. You will have clinical leadership opportunities to develop services across the patch and medical education/ supervision.
What We Offer:

• 15,000 recruitment bonus
• Relocation allowance of up to 8,000*
• A supportive and integrated multidisciplinary environment

*Eligibility criteria applies
Main duties of the job
You will provide clinical leadership and medical input to the team.
You will take responsibility for those patients seen by yourself together with those patients seen by medical staff directly supervised by them.
With other consultants in the team, have responsibility for the clinical governance of the team as clinical leads for the team.
The team will assess all emergencies referred to it within a day of referral. When necessary, this will include responsibility for Mental Health Act assessment of patients. The Consultant is not expected to make initial assessments, except in certain circumstances.
The Consultant psychiatrists will work in partnership within the multidisciplinary team for the clinical management of patients. This will include risk assessment, the assessment of the needs of carers, and the development of services to meet the needs of patients and families for whom the team is responsible. Consultant Psychiatrists within the Swindon team, have a robust system to arrange cross-cover to ensure there is always a psychiatrist available to the service.
There is a weekly clinical team meeting which the Consultant is expected to join and be part of the clinical MDT
About us
This is an exciting time to join Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and become part of the BSW service. We deliver the i-Thrive model across BSW, including Mental Health Support Teams in schools and In-Reach services to Social Care. Oxford Health hosts the Thames Valley Provider Collaborative and Forensic CAMHS. Our CAMHS Eating Disorders Service is accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and was the regional pilot site for the national ARFID project. We work closely with our BSW ICB, Local Authorities, NHS providers and Third Sector Partners to transform services for young people up to 25.
If you relish a challenge, are enthusiastic about improving children and young people's mental health and want to join a friendly and ambitious service which is modernising and expanding at pace, then OHFT have all the right ingredients.
Details
Date posted
19 September 2025
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Consultant
Salary
109,725 to 145,478 a year Per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
267-SALSCPCAMHS-1
Job locations
Salisbury CAMHS
Block 40 Salisbury District Hospital Salisbury Wiltshire SP2 8BJ
Salisbury Wiltshire
SP2 8BJ
Job description
Job responsibilities
We have described the job in detail in the attached and Person Specification, but we would be delighted to answer any questions you might have and to find out more about you.
You can start getting to know by having a look at our recruitment video made by members of the team and children, young people and young adults who have accessed our services:
BSW RECRUITMENT - YouTube
Find out more about living and working in BSW here:
Living and Working | Oxford Health Job description
Job responsibilities
We have described the job in detail in the attached and Person Specification, but we would be delighted to answer any questions you might have and to find out more about you.
You can start getting to know by having a look at our recruitment video made by members of the team and children, young people and young adults who have accessed our services:
BSW RECRUITMENT - YouTube
Find out more about living and working in BSW here:
Living and Working | Oxford Health
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential

• Eligibility for Section 12 (Mental Health Act 1983) Approval and Approved Clinician status.
• Eligible for Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Registrar in a psychiatric speciality; OR within six months of achieving registration at the time of interview.

Desirable

• Higher degree/diploma or equivalent in relevant field of medical or psychological studies
• Higher specialist training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in approved training post for a minimum of three years and/or previous consultant experience.
• Sub-specialty or other specialist clinical training relevant to post.
• . Membership or Fellowship of The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Experience
Essential

• Excellent knowledge in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Experience of effective multidisciplinary team working.
• Experience of effective multiagency partnership at work.
• Experience in management of children and young people with complex needs spanning multiple agencies, with emerging personality disorders, conduct and behavioural problems.
• Experience and familiarity with UK health systems and CAMHS services
• Ability to undertake full range of Consultant responsibilities.

Desirable

• Application of evidence-based practice and interest in clinical and policy developments for this care group.
• Development of multidisciplinary teamwork, close collaboration with Primary Care services, and working with a multiagency approach, including education, health and social care.
• High training placement in Adolescent Psychiatry

Skills and Knowledge
Essential

• Ability to work within a collaborative multidisciplinary framework, and to share leadership responsibilities with senior colleagues of other professions. The ability to assume a medical leadership role within the team and to work closely with senior managers to implement trust objectives
• Ability to understand how organisations work most effectively.
• Commitment to multiagency partnership
• Ability to promote effective team working
• The ability to prioritise workload and respond in a timely, flexible manner to requests for consultation from colleagues
• The ability to use electronic records and diaries
• Clinical audit
• Must have excellent skills in communication with patients, relatives/carers, colleagues and staff of other organisations.
• Experience of Undergraduate and postgraduate medical teaching.
• Must be skilled in professional collaboration.
• Experience in supervising basic level psychiatric trainees
• Must have an interest in and commitment to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Honesty and integrity
• Flexibility to cope with service change and demanding clinical challenges

Desirable

• Relevant experience of administrative and management role or senior medical staff.
• Teaching qualification

Other requirements
Essential

• Full registration
• Meet specifications set out in the GMC
• Able to travel between base and clinic sites (adjustments can be made in line with the Equality Act)

Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential

• Eligibility for Section 12 (Mental Health Act 1983) Approval and Approved Clinician status.
• Eligible for Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Registrar in a psychiatric speciality; OR within six months of achieving registration at the time of interview.

Desirable

• Higher degree/diploma or equivalent in relevant field of medical or psychological studies
• Higher specialist training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in approved training post for a minimum of three years and/or previous consultant experience.
• Sub-specialty or other specialist clinical training relevant to post.
• . Membership or Fellowship of The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Experience
Essential

• Excellent knowledge in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Experience of effective multidisciplinary team working.
• Experience of effective multiagency partnership at work.
• Experience in management of children and young people with complex needs spanning multiple agencies, with emerging personality disorders, conduct and behavioural problems.
• Experience and familiarity with UK health systems and CAMHS services
• Ability to undertake full range of Consultant responsibilities.

Desirable

• Application of evidence-based practice and interest in clinical and policy developments for this care group.
• Development of multidisciplinary teamwork, close collaboration with Primary Care services, and working with a multiagency approach, including education, health and social care.
• High training placement in Adolescent Psychiatry

Skills and Knowledge
Essential

• Ability to work within a collaborative multidisciplinary framework, and to share leadership responsibilities with senior colleagues of other professions. The ability to assume a medical leadership role within the team and to work closely with senior managers to implement trust objectives
• Ability to understand how organisations work most effectively.
• Commitment to multiagency partnership
• Ability to promote effective team working
• The ability to prioritise workload and respond in a timely, flexible manner to requests for consultation from colleagues
• The ability to use electronic records and diaries
• Clinical audit
• Must have excellent skills in communication with patients, relatives/carers, colleagues and staff of other organisations.
• Experience of Undergraduate and postgraduate medical teaching.
• Must be skilled in professional collaboration.
• Experience in supervising basic level psychiatric trainees
• Must have an interest in and commitment to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Honesty and integrity
• Flexibility to cope with service change and demanding clinical challenges

Desirable

• Relevant experience of administrative and management role or senior medical staff.
• Teaching qualification

Other requirements
Essential

• Full registration
• Meet specifications set out in the GMC
• Able to travel between base and clinic sites (adjustments can be made in line with the Equality Act)

Skills Required