Consultant Psychiatrist – Children and Young Persons Clinical Service Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Provide clinical leadership for Psychiatry UK's Children and Young People (CYP) services, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, evidence-based care and excellent patient outcomes.

• Lead and support the multidisciplinary clinical team by offering expert clinical guidance, promoting best practices, and fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing culture.

• Partner with the Clinical Director and operational leaders to shape and enhance CYP services, driving innovation, service transformation, and continuous quality improvement throughout the organization.

• Oversee clinical governance, ensuring services comply with CQC, safeguarding, and regulatory standards while upholding the highest levels of clinical quality and patient safety.

• Monitor clinical performance, patient outcomes, and service quality, utilizing data, audit findings, and patient feedback to pinpoint opportunities for improvement and enhance clinical effectiveness.

• Support the recruitment, induction, supervision, mentoring, and professional development of clinicians to cultivate a skilled, engaged, and resilient workforce.

• Chair and contribute to multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings, providing clinical oversight and facilitating effective decision-making across the service.

• Collaborate with operational colleagues to optimize clinical capacity, workforce planning, and patient pathways, ensuring timely access to high-quality care for children and young people.

• Establish strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, fostering integrated working, service development, and the ongoing growth of Psychiatry UK's CYP services.

⛳️ Requirements

• Medical degree with a postgraduate qualification (MRCPsych or equivalent).

• Full GMC registration with a license to practice and inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

• Extensive Consultant-level clinical experience in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

• Proven experience in providing clinical leadership within a complex healthcare environment.

• Experience in leading, supervising, mentoring, and developing multidisciplinary clinical teams.

• Evidence of participation in clinical audit, quality improvement, and service development initiatives.

• Strong understanding of clinical governance, safeguarding, patient safety, and compliance with relevant regulatory standards.

• Extensive knowledge of evidence-based assessment and treatment approaches for ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and broader child and young people's mental health conditions.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health Cash Plan

• Well Hub Subscription

• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme

• Annual Volunteering Day

• Enhanced Sickness and Family Leave pay

• Length of Service Bonus

• Work from Home allowance

• Pension options