Job Description

This is a community-based post, located within the Emotional and Behavioural Mental Health Team (EB1) offering assessments and treatments to a wide variety of clinical presentations. The post holder will directly contribute to the positive working environment within the multi-disciplinary team.EB1 is a cohesive community based multi-disciplinary team within South Bedfordshire CAMHS, which provides assessment and treatment of young people presenting moderate to severe mental health difficulties. This includes young people who present with risk self-harm. The EB1 is composed of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (one full time consultant), Systemic Family Therapy, Clinical Psychology, Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy and Mental Health Nursing. The team model includes joint working between Psychiatry and allocated care-coordinator to provide young people and their families with developmentally informed evidence-based treatments. There is a high level of support within the team and regular supervision with the Consultant Psychiatrist.
Main duties of the job
As part of the EB1 team, the post-holder will offer generic CAMHS assessments and interventions. The post-holder will contribute to a day time emergency rota covering presentations of young people in crisis or who have deliberately self-harmed at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital and providing urgent psychiatric reviews (with support of consultant).
The post holder will require a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management, and will be required to account for their professional practice through appraisal and audit.
Key Relationships:o Young people and their familieso EBT Consultants and Clinical Team Leadso EBT Clinical Colleagueso EBT Administratorso Multidisciplinary colleagues in CAMHSo Other professionals working with children and young people in social services, Tier 4 inpatient services, education, youth justice system and the voluntary sector.Other SAS Doctors within the trusto Trust corporate departments including Human Resources, Training and Development, IM&T.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Details
Date posted
10 October 2025
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Specialty Doctor
Salary
61,542 to 99,216 a year per annum
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
363-MRSSLUT7524906
Job locations
Beech Close, South Beds CAMHS
Beech Close, Dunstable
Dunstable
LU6 3SD
Job description
Job responsibilities
This job description is intended as a guide to the main duties of the post and is not intended to be a prescriptive document. Duties and base of work may change to meet the needs of the service or because of the introduction of new technology. This job description may be reviewed from time to time and changed, after consultation with the postholder.
Please see attached full job descriptio Job description
Job responsibilities
This job description is intended as a guide to the main duties of the post and is not intended to be a prescriptive document. Duties and base of work may change to meet the needs of the service or because of the introduction of new technology. This job description may be reviewed from time to time and changed, after consultation with the postholder.
Please see attached full job descriptio
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential

• o MB.BS, MBChB or equivalent o Full Registration with the GMC

Experience
Essential

• o Experience of working with children and adolescents o Working with people with serious and enduring mental illness o Auditing practices and services o Experience of working in a multicultural setting

Desirable

• o Evidence based service development

Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• o Excellent communication skills, verbal, non verbal and written o Develop effective working relationships o Function autonomously as well as being a team player o Assessing, formulating and prioritising patients' needs o Apply research and theory to practice o Child and adolescent mental health disorders and their management o Mental Health Legislation o Experience of pharmacological treatments o Healthcare Governance

Desirable

• o Skills and a range of therapeutic interventions and psycho-social treatment options

Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential

• o MB.BS, MBChB or equivalent o Full Registration with the GMC

Experience
Essential

• o Experience of working with children and adolescents o Working with people with serious and enduring mental illness o Auditing practices and services o Experience of working in a multicultural setting

Desirable

• o Evidence based service development

Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• o Excellent communication skills, verbal, non verbal and written o Develop effective working relationships o Function autonomously as well as being a team player o Assessing, formulating and prioritising patients' needs o Apply research and theory to practice o Child and adolescent mental health disorders and their management o Mental Health Legislation o Experience of pharmacological treatments o Healthcare Governance

Desirable

• o Skills and a range of therapeutic interventions and psycho-social treatment options

Skills Required