Consultant Community Crisis & Therapeutic HTT


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£113,565 - £150,569
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Chelmsford, CM2 0QX
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	31 Jul 2026
Closing date:	26 Aug 2026

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Summary

This post is for an CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist position in the Southend, Essex, and Thurrock (SET) CAMHS Crisis and Therapeutic Home Treatment (THT) Team, based at Stapleford House, 103 Stapleford Close, Chelmsford, CM2 0QX. Rationale for post: This is a new post, that has been created following receiving additional resource from commissioners in order to have substantive medical capacity in the SET CAMHS Crisis and Therapeutic Home Treatment (THT). Team, to provide high quality preventative care, and to reduce the time CAMHS spend in A&Es. A lot of transformation has taken place already and continues to take place within Essex's Community CAMHS Services. Main responsibilities: To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others workload in the day-to-day allocation of work. To deputise when required in the team manager’s absence and delegate appropriately to other medical staff. To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them. To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes. To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing, and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust’s risk register. Clinical Skills: To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols. The post holder will have full registration with a licence to practice on the General Medical Council (GMC). Further professional knowledge will have been gained through accredited courses, workshops, study, and in-house training programmes. To be responsible, and accountable, for service delivery to clients/patients. To be able to assess and develop care plans to meet the complex needs of patients with a variety of conditions. This includes chronic, acute, and palliative care within own competencies, recognising own limitations and seeking advice when necessary. This will include continuously evaluating and acting on outcomes. To be able to initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies. To provide patients and relatives with information and education thus ensuring they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence, and quality of life. To ensure practice is supported by research, evidence-based practice, literature, and peer review. Who to contact for informal inquiries: Medical Director: Dr Sarah Dracass Sarah.Dracass@nelft.nhs.uk Associate Medical Director: Dr Viviana Porcari Vivana.Porcari@nelft.nhs.uk Medical Staffing: medicalstaffinghr@nelft.nhs.uk

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