Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Interventions

Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry – Interventions

Join the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board as a Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry – Interventions. The role involves working 8 sessions per week within the interventions and urgent response to SPoA / Assessment teams.

Applicants should be on the Specialist Register or be a Specialist Registrar within six months of their expected CCT.

Salary: £88,192 – £128,760 per annum for an 8‑session commitment.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide medical psychiatric assessment and intervention to patients in the EWMH Care Group.
• Develop urgent response for the SPOA/Assessment team and deliver core interventions under Part 2 of the Mental Health Measure.
• Participate in the regional out‑of‑hours psychiatry rota supporting Crisis teams.
• Contribute to transformation & growth of services, including crisis team extension and Intensive Home Treatment Service.
• Engage in research and teaching in collaboration with Cardiff University’s School of Medicine.

Qualifications & requirements:

• Specialist Register or Specialist Registrar within six months of expected CCT.
• At least 3 years of employment/training history with referees. If currently or recently a substantive or locum Consultant for >12 months, provide Medical Director as an additional referee.
• Ability to deliver urgent responses, part‑time and full‑time clinical sessions.
• Commitment to academic interests, research and teaching.

Appointments include an excellent Consultant contract for Wales and support across six hospital sites, serving over 500,000 people in Cardiff and the Vale.

For further details or informal visits: Dr Nia John, Clinical Director CYPFH
nia.john@wales.nhs.uk
029 2071 5580