Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

This is an 8 PA consultant post in the Buckinghamshire CAMHS ADHD Clinic and Neurodevelopmental Assessment Team. It is a fixed term contract until December 2026 to cover the current consultant\’s maternity leave.

The post is based in Saffron House in High Wycombe with some work at other Trust sites including the Sue Nicholls Centre in Aylesbury.

The post-holder will be responsible for a caseload of young people requiring management of their ADHD. These will typically be cases where there is a higher level of complexity involved in the management of the young person. They will also provide 2 PAs of clinical input into the neurodevelopmental assessment pathway, completing 1 to 2 assessments a week and contributing to a weekly post-assessment MDT meeting.

In addition, they will provide clinical leadership in continuing to develop the ADHD Clinic model in partnership with relevant operational managers. They will contribute to group supervision of the non-medical prescribers. They will supervise an experienced staff grade doctor. There are opportunities for teaching medical students and resident doctors.

Buckinghamshire CAMHS is a welcoming and inclusive service. There is an established group of substantive consultants and senior managers who would be available to provide support to the post-holder. We would encourage interested applicants to contact us to discuss the post and the service in more detail.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Dr Mark Addison, Medical Lead, Buckinghamshire CAMHS: ; or

Dr Joe Clacey, Associate Medical Director, Buckinghamshire CAMHS:

We have described the job in detail in the attached job description and person specification, but we would be delighted to answer any questions you might have and to find out more about you.