Consultant Psychiatrist Southwark CAMHS Early Help/Neurodevelopmental

Southwark CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Service/ Early Help Team

We are seeking a permanent Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to join the Southwark Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service.

The post holder will join an established Multidisciplinary Team and support in the leadership and delivery of effective community CAMH services, in accordance with national guidance and guidelines, and in collaboration with other members of the multi-disciplinary team, and other relevant services in the statutory, private, and voluntary sectors.

This Consultant post offers an opportunity to join Southwark CAMHS and the CAMHS Clinical Academic Group of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, the most comprehensive mental health service for children and young people in the country.

Main duties of the job

This post includes direct clinical activity and supporting professional activities, during which the post holder will contribute to service development, clinical governance, and quality improvement, in addition to completing continuous professional development and pursuing other professional activities.

The main responsibilities of the post include:

1. Assessment and management of children and young people, and to provide psychiatric input for both routine and emergency clinical care in the neurodevelopmental service and in the Early Help team to carry out mental health & risk assessments on children & young people, including with regards to the use of the MHA, as appropriate, and to support the multi-disciplinary team in managing these situations effectively.
2. To assume responsibility for own case list and case management of children and families, in partnership with the MDT.
3. To use pharmacological interventions, as appropriate, in partnership with children and their families and networks of care.
4. Supervision of junior medical staff as required.

About us

Benefits

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. It’s important to us that you are valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

• Generous pay, pensions and leave. We offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance. We support a range of flexible working options, such as part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development. There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
• Car lease. Our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars.
• Our staff benefit from keyworker housing, which is available on selected sites.
• NHS discounts. With discounts of up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through the Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

• Counselling services
• Wellbeing events
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Childcare vouchers
• Staff restaurants

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties of this post holder also include:

1. Participation in training of medical students, psychiatric trainees, and multidisciplinary staff.
2. Attending and chairing clinical meetings as timetabled.
3. To consider safeguarding issues for each case, as relevant, consulting with other professionals and referring concerns to the appropriate safeguarding teams as required.
4. To communicate skilfully, tactfully, and sensitively with children, families and other professionals, taking account of any potential barrier to communication.
5. To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry and recording.
6. To work as an autonomous professional, within professional guidelines and the policies and procedures of the Trust and service and provide advice and guidance as appropriate to members of the MDT.
7. To link with statutory and voluntary agencies and professionals as well as other CAMHS Teams, as appropriate, in support of referral pathways and joint work.
8. To maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.
9. To maintain a high standard of verbal and written communication and to provide continuity of care.
10. Participation in peer and group supervision meetings.
11. Adherence to agreed job plan and appraisal procedures set by the Trust.
12. Maintain GMC registration, maintain a License to Practice and participate in CPD to remain in good standing with the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
13. Maintain Section 12 and Approved Clinician approval. If the appointee is not Section 12 or AC approved, they will be expected to become so as soon as possible.
14. Provision of prospective cross cover for colleagues during periods of leave and provision of advice to other CAMHS teams covered.

Please see attached job description and person specification for details.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Person Specification

Eligibility

Essential

1. Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
2. Evidence for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within six months of gaining CCT in C& A psychiatry or Equivalent training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CESR issued by the GMC).
3. Section 12 approved.
4. Approved Clinician status or able to achieve within three months of appointment.

Training and Experience

Essential

1. Experience in Outpatient/Community Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
2. Experience of assessing and managing complex co-morbidities.

Desirable

1. Trained in ADI and/or ADOS.
2. Training in investigation of complaints and SIs.
3. Experience of providing consultation to non-CAMHS practitioners and multi-agency work.
4. Special interest in neurodevelopmental conditions.
5. Experience and/or additional training in forensic mental health.
6. Experience of paediatric liaison and crisis care.

ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING

Essential

1. Management/Audit – Participation in audit or QI in clinical posts (A) (I).
2. Teaching – Experience of teaching a range of disciplines (A).
3. Research – Involvement in research projects.
4. Excellent demonstrable communication skills in English (both oral and written).
5. Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and resolve conflict.
6. Probity.
7. Eligibility to work in the UK.

Desirable

1. Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post.
2. Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken.
3. Experienced in clinical research and/or service evaluation.
4. Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit, and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations, and publications.
5. Has led quality improvement projects/audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients.
6. Evidence of involvement with business planning of clinical services.
7. Peer-reviewed publication.
8. Book publication.

Qualifications

Essential

1. MRCPsych or equivalent.

Desirable

1. Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
2. Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research, or management.
3. Experience in other relevant specialties such as in-patient psychiatry, psychotherapy, etc.

Clinical skills

Essential

1. Excellent leadership skills.
2. Excellent child and adolescent psychiatric assessment skills.
3. Good ability to relate to children, adolescents, and parents/carers.
4. Good ability to work in a team setting.
5. Understanding of safeguarding.
6. Ability to assess capacity and consent.
7. Understanding of how complaints and serious incidents are managed.
8. Up-to-date knowledge and fitness to practice.
9. Expertise in the use and application of The Mental Health Act in children and young people.

Desirable

1. Experience of CAMHS work with younger children.
2. Evidence of skills in consultation to non-mental health specialists e.g. GPs, social workers, paediatricians.
3. Evidence of range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.
4. Expertise in CBT or other therapeutic intervention to postgraduate level.
5. Significant experience of developing and leading outpatient/community CAMHS psychiatric care.
6. Significant experience of crisis care.
7. Expertise in the use and application of The Children Act in children and young people.

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Mapother House

De Crespigny Park

London

SE5 8AZ

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