Consultant Psychiatrist in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - North Core Job Peterborough area,Ontario Canada,Doctor/Physician

Consultant Psychiatrist in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - North Core

The closing date is 03 February 2026

The post-holder will provide medical leadership to the North CAMHS team within the Integrated Children’s Service, working closely with consultant colleagues in CAMHS and Paediatrics, CAMHS MDTs and alongside Managers.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide Consultant Psychiatrist level clinical assessment and treatment to children and young people with general psychiatric disorders in City Care Centre, Peterborough at approximately 1 new case per week and they will work mainly with Core North Team. Further considerations can be made if the post holder wishes to allocate some PAs to work with the neurodevelopmental team (ADHD pathway).

About us

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

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Job responsibilities

Main Duties of the Post

Provide medical leadership to the North CAMHS team within the Integrated Children’s Service, working closely with consultant colleagues in CAMHS and Paediatrics, CAMHS MDTs and alongside Managers.

Provide Consultant Psychiatrist level clinical assessment and treatment to children and young people presenting with general psychiatric disorders in City Care Centre, Peterborough at approximately 1 new case per week.

Work flexibly and manage clinical complexity, including working with young people with comorbid neurodevelopmental disorders.

Attend and help shape team meetings to ensure robust clinical governance activities are maintained including appropriate CPD slots, arranged by the Team Manager in collaboration with senior clinicians.

Link with Home treatment team and the crisis team; this will include supporting STR workers to formulate cases and plan patients care as the Tier 3 consultant.

2.5 Programmed Activities (or pro‑rata) are allocated for CPD, audit, clinical governance, supervision, research and other supporting professional activities. Of this, 1.5 PA (or pro‑rata) is mandatory and an additional one PA (or pro‑rata) is also allocated to supporting professional activities that benefit both the post-holder’s professional development and the Trust’s ability to deliver high-quality and properly governed services.

Training of Core, Specialty and GP trainees including as their Consultant Supervisor. The North CAMH and NDS team is a placement for CPFTs Core Training scheme and Specialty Trainees in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry who are on the East of England Higher Training Scheme. We now also train GPs in Secondary Care, so there will be the expectation for the post-holder to train a GP trainee in Secondary Care if the opportunity arises.

Contribute to the daytime Duty Consultant rota together with Consultant colleagues. Ensure Consultant cover is available as needed for the duty CAMHS practitioners and paediatric wards for urgent assessments and advice.

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