At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead clinical teams in providing urgent care for young people facing mental health crises.
- Company: Join a dedicated mental health trust focused on child and adolescent wellbeing.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development opportunities, and supportive work environment.
- Other info: Collaborative team culture with opportunities for teaching and research.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in the lives of young people through impactful psychiatric care.
- Qualifications: Must be a qualified psychiatrist with experience in child and adolescent mental health.
The predicted salary is between 75600 - 92400 £ per year.
Key clinical Responsibilities of the Post:
- To take clinical responsibility for young people who are open to the crisis service and GMAIC and require medical input.
- To lead the clinical team in acute care service, providing emergency, urgent and elective multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment for young people who present with emotional and mental health crisis.
- Working with the multidisciplinary team, provide comprehensive psychosocial multiaxial diagnostic assessment; formulation and management; assessment of psychiatric and psychological comorbidity; care of comorbid physical health needs; psychoeducation; psychopharmacological interventions and management.
- To provide consultation to referrals from community CAMHS services and other mental health services, paediatric ward, liaison services pertaining to young people with complex mental health care needs for those who require acute care specialist medical input in assessment and management including risk formulation.
- Case load responsibility for those who require consultant input.
- To provide consultation to community CAMHS on gatekeeping assessments led by GMAIC which help determine suitability and appropriateness of inpatient services.
- To utilise the legal framework such as The Mental Health Act, The Children Act and The Mental Capacity Act when required.
- To adhere to the policies and procedures in support of the caseload, maintaining appropriate clinical records, confidentiality and administration.
- To work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team, participating in and helping to lead in management of referrals, assessment and treatment, follow up reviews and discharge.
- To provide effective handover to borough mental health teams and Local Authorities, and updates for commissioners.
- To work in partnership with other professionals/agencies involved in the care of young people, across departmental and organisational boundaries.
- To provide medical consultation and advice to clinical staff within acute care pathways.
- To contribute to the clinical supervision of other practitioners within this pathway.
- To lead in the areas of medical practice in particular, and mental health practice in general using a clinical governance framework.
- To provide mutual prospective consultant leave cover for medical colleagues in inpatient and day service.
- The Trust would support clinical practice development through teaching or research within the field of child and adolescent psychiatry.
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