Consultant Psychiatrist – Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

The closing date is 29 May 2026

This post will provide input into the Selby part of the North Yorkshire and York service. Specifically, this service is commissioned by the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership.

The service has a single point of access staffed by an experienced team who triage and provide telephone consultations to families and referrers. The SPA responds to all referrals and helps young people and their families navigate options to find a service that meets their needs. The model of brief intervention empowers families in achieving good mental health and well‑being. Staff job plans are designed to deliver services described in the TEWV Clinical Pathways, providing high quality evidence‑based care.

The post arose from an existing consultant vacancy currently covered by a locum consultant. The previous substantive post holder left the trust.

Main duties of the job

• See all presentations requiring psychiatric input from secondary schools and feeder primary schools within the Selby sector.
• Hold a caseload of approximately 100; see approximately two new assessments per week.
• Co‑work all cases with the multidisciplinary team, care coordinator and lead professional role, usually held by a non‑psychiatrist.
• Together with the other consultant in the team, provide psychiatric services to children and young people in the Selby area. A provisional job plan is set out in section 18 of the job description.

Person Specification

Leadership

• Reflects on own performance, seeks and acts on feedback.
• Influences and persuades to improve services.
• Leads within the multidisciplinary team, understands NHS structures and the Trust’s management.
• Shows commitment to quality through knowledge of quality improvement and lean thinking methodology, or achieves competency within one year.
• Adapts to and leads service change.
• Has knowledge of NHS & wider health economy and its implications for the Trust.
• Trained to QI intermediate level in the TEWV Trust Quality Improvement system.

Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning

• Delivers undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
• Engages in continuous professional development, research or service evaluation.
• Appraises clinical evidence and participates in clinical audit.
• Planned teaching and training relevant to this post; reflects on purpose of CPD.
• Lived experience in clinical research and/or service evaluation; evidence of award, presentation or publication.
• Leads clinical audits leading to service change.

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Fully registered with the GMC, licence to practise at appointment.
• Eligible for inclusion in Specialist Register or within 6 months of gaining CCT.
• Approved clinician status, or ability to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
• Approved under S12, or ability to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
• Higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• Additional clinical qualifications.
• Included on GMC Specialist Register in the relevant specialty.
• In good standing with GMC regarding warnings and conditions.

Clinical Knowledge & Skills

• Excellent knowledge in the specialty; excellent clinical skills using a bio‑psycho‑social perspective.
• Wide medical knowledge; excellent oral and written communication in English.
• Manages clinical complexity and uncertainty; makes decisions based on evidence and input.
• Meets duties under MHA and MCA.
• Wide range of specialist / sub‑specialist experience relevant to the post.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A submission will be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous convictions.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust