Consultant Psychiatrist, CAMHS Brent ETT/EIS in London

There’s a place for you at CNWL. We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

We are currently looking for a Full Time Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to work within the Brent CAMHS Enhanced Treatment Team (ETT) within CNWL. There are 8 sessions within Brent CAMHS and 2 sessions within Brent Early Intervention Service (EIS) focusing on the 14-18 year olds. This is an exciting opportunity for an energetic, innovative and dedicated child and adolescent psychiatrist with special interest in complexity and trauma, and keen to work with a supportive, dynamic and passionate substantive consultant group and MDT clinicians. There are opportunities for teaching and training, and strong links with Imperial College London to develop research interests.

This post attracts a generous annual leave entitlement, study leave, the NHS pension scheme and a range of staff discounts including discount on purchase and lease of new cars. In addition we will cover your relocation expenses for up to £8K (subject to eligibility). Whilst the post is a full time one we would consider applications for either a job share.

Main duties of the job:

• Work along with other MDT colleagues to develop the Enhanced Treatment sub-team, offer consultation, work with colleagues from local authority and education, assess and manage children, young people and their families as appropriate.
• Provision of a generic service for non-urgent presentations of children and adolescents requiring psychiatric assessments and treatment, including direct clinical involvement and supervision and oversight of cases held by fellow clinicians.
• Provision of a service to acutely mentally ill children and adolescents when presenting in crisis, including a comprehensive assessment and evidence based interventions as required across a range of theoretical models and treatments.
• Consultation to other members of the multidisciplinary team regarding the management of urgent assessments and risk.
• The post holder will be expected to assess about 15-20 new assessments per year, and offer 10-12 face to face contacts per week.
• The caseload expected of the post holder is about 30-40 cases in the CAMHS Enhanced treatment team, most of whom will be prescribed medication and present with high clinical complexity.
• Brent EIS caseload includes around 10-15 young people aged 14-18 years old. Each young person has a care coordinator. The post holder will be expected to provide clinical leadership to the care coordinators and psychiatric reviews for this group, and contribute CAMHS perspective into the day-to-day running of the service.
• Accessing Tier 4 provision as clinically appropriate and reviewing the management and care of the young person during inpatient admission to ensure the most effective use of resources.

Clinical leadership and management duties:

• Participation in the development of new models of service to improve delivery and outcome, taking into account the views of commissioners and evidence of best practice.
• Provision of clinical leadership in the Brent Enhanced Treatment team.
• Participation in development of clinical protocols as required.
• Contribution to the Brent CAMHS senior management group.
• Contribution to leadership activities within the CAMHS- ED service line.

Teaching, training and supervision:

• Participation in training and supervision of junior doctors, medical students, and other members of the multidisciplinary Team as required.

Person specification:

• Primary Medical Degree
• Full GMC Registration and Section 12 MHA Approved
• Approved Clinician status or within 3 months of appointment
• Inclusion on the Specialist Register or CCT expected within 6 months of interview date
• An additional post graduate qualification of relevance to working with children and Adolescents
• Inclusion on the Specialist Register for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry or equivalent (or CCT expected within 6 months of interview date)

Experience, Skills and Abilities:

• Competence in psycho-pharmacology and also non-medication therapeutic approaches
• Experience in the assessment and management of children and young people with complex mental health needs and high risk
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance/Care Quality
• Able to participate in Medical Audit and Quality Assurance
• Experience of teaching and supervision of junior staff and other disciplines
• Management Training
• Experience of Research
• Experience in Paediatrics
• Experience and training in the assessment and management of neurodevelopmental disorders

Personal Skills & Qualities:

• Excellent communication and empathic skills
• Demonstrable leadership skills
• Experience of team working
• Sound organisational skills
• Ability to work on own initiative

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run. Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.