Consultant Psychiatrist - CAMHS Getting More Help - Keynsham


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£113,565 - £150,569
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Keynsham, BS31 1HA
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	21 Aug 2026
Closing date:	16 Sept 2026

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Summary

Demographic context Bath and North East Somerset Council, is a unitary authority and covers an area of 136 square miles (352 km2), of which two thirds is green belt. It stretches from the outskirts of Bristol, south into the Mendip Hills and east to the southern Cotswold Hills and Wiltshire border. The city contains one further education college, Bath College, and several sixth forms as part of both state, private, and public schools. Special needs education is provided by Three Ways School. Bath has two universities: the University of Bath and Bath Spa University. It is projected that the student age population will remain significant in B&NES. Overall, comparing local indicators with England averages, the health and wellbeing of children in Bath and North East Somerset is better than England. CAMH Services in BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) From 1st April 2010 the Trust has been providing CAMHS services in BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire. This covers a large rural area, with Swindon being the largest town. This area of service delivery is organised around community team bases: Swindon, Marlborough (for East Wiltshire), Melksham (for West Wiltshire), Salisbury (for South Wiltshire) and Keynsham for Bath and North-East Somerset (BaNES). CAMHS has good links with partner agencies. The BSW CAMH service provides a hospital liaison service to the three district general hospitals in the patch: Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury, Great Western Hospital, Swindon and Royal United Hospitals (RUH), Bath and provides training to staff on the paediatric ward. BSW also operates a dedicated eating disorder service (TEDS), with specialist teams in each of the CAMHS bases. Referrals of children and young people with suspected eating disorders are sent directly to this service. There is a CAMHS Crisis and Home Treatment service embedded in the CAMHS teams with an over arching clinical leadership and operational management senior leadership team. Oxford Health hosts the Thames Valley New Care Model adolescent inpatient network with a single point of access via Marlborough House, Swindon, which covers B&NES, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Swindon and Wiltshire. The local inpatient service for young people aged 11-18 is provided from Marlborough House, Swindon, which is a general adolescent unit that also includes an eating disorders programme. Oxford Health also runs the Highfield General Adolescent Unit at the Warneford Hospital in Oxford and the Meadow Unit (PICU). There is also an adolescent Hospital at Home service for Eating Disorders and adolescent Hospital at Home service for young people with Learning Disability and Autism. The BSW-wide service model has been in place since October 2010 and has improved CAMHS outcomes for children and young people in Wiltshire, Swindon and B&NES. The service was re-commissioned in 2017 on a 7 + 3 year contract. In addition, Oxford Health has been commissioned to provide Forensic CAMHS services (FCAMHS) for the South West (North) region, covering BSW, Bristol, Gloucestershire and Somerset. The service launched in April 2018. There are Medical Lead roles for All Age Eating Disorders, Neuro-developmental Conditions, Learning Disability, Non-Medical Prescribing and Crisis, who work alongside the Clinical Leads in these areas. This post provides an excellent opportunity for a consultant to be working with a successful CAMH Service, implementing an exciting and innovative service model for children and young peoples mental health.

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