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CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist - Coastal Community (Enhanced £45k RRP)

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Worthing, BN11 2DH

Salary

£113,565 to £150,569

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

15 September 2026

12 days left

Job description

Coastal Sussex CAMHS Service have an exciting opportunity for a permanent, Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) Consultant Psychiatrist to join ...

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.

Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire. Our values are to be compassionate, accountable and optimistic. The Trust has built our future focus 2025-2030 which outlines our vision, purpose, ambitions and objectives which incorporates these values and behaviours. Our strategy can be viewedhere.

We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, homeworking, part time hours, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we will do our best to make it happen.

Living and working in Sussex brings with it many benefits, such as:

  • Stunning countryside and coastlines which are easily accessible throughout the county.
  • Enjoy a lifestyle where there are renowned cycle routes and picturesque walks, including the famous South Downs Way in the South Downs National Park
  • Transport links which provide easy access to London, and all of its main airports
  • Vibrant cities that offer an array of restaurants and bars for social events

For a comprehensive understanding and full details of the responsibilities, please refer to the Job Description document. It contains all the necessary information and should provide you with a clear overview of what it expected.

Not only will you be working in a county with areas of outstanding beauty such as the south downs, and the 137 miles of coastline, along with exciting cities such as Brighton & Hove - the Trust also offers:

Relocation expenses of up to £8,00.00 subject to role and policy requirements

Excellent pension contributions of 23.7%

Flexible working opportunities

Bespoke, flexible job plans

30 days of study leave over a 3-year period supported by a study leave allowance each year.

Opportunities to become a medical appraiser.

Opportunities to become a clinical/educational supervisor.

Monthly Medical Advisory Committees (MACs) which offer further peer support.

Responsibility allowances for specific roles and responsibilities

A variety of wellbeing support and tools, such as an Employee Assistance Programme, financial wellbeing, Occupational Health etc

8 Staff Networks such, ethnic minority, LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, women's network, to name a few

We are a teaching Trust with strong links with Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS). Every cluster has a trainee, including F2, GP trainees, core or higher trainees. We also provide training for medical students and Physician Associate students from BSMS.

Sussex Partnership is a place where your clinical voice, expertise and leadership genuinely influence how services evolve. Explore ourCAMHS recruitment brochureto learn more.

Qualifications/Eligibility

Essential

  • MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
  • Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
  • Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
  • In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
  • Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment

Transport

Essential

  • Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.

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

Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning

Essential

  • Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
  • Ability to work in and lead team
  • Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement.
  • Participated in continuous professional development
  • Participated in research or service evaluation
  • Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
  • Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
  • Ability to work in a participatory way so that shared decision making and conversations around formulation/diagnosis and ongoing care are a collaborative endeavour with the people who access our service.

How to apply

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Provenance

Source

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First seen

1 September 2026

Last checked

3 September 2026

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About the employer

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Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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