Consultant Psychiatrist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Selby

This post will provide input into the Selby part of the North Yorkshire and York service. Specifically, this service is commissioned by the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership. It has a Single Point of Access service staffed by an experienced staff team who triage and provide a telephone consultation service to families and referrers. The SPA responds to all referrals and helps young people and their families with the process of navigating through the options to find a service that meets their needs. The service works with a model of brief intervention to empower young people and their families in achieving good mental health and well-being. Staff job plans are designed to deliver services described in the TEWV Clinical Pathways, to provide high quality evidence-based care. This post arises from a consultant vacancy which is currently covered by a locum consultant, the previous substantive post holder left the trust.

The post holder will, with their consultant colleague, see all presentations requiring the input of a psychiatrist arising from the secondary schools and their feeder primary schools within the Selby sector. The consultant would expect to hold a caseload of around 100 based on current consultant caseload and would be asked to see approximately 2 new assessments per week. The service supports a model whereby all cases are co-worked with other members of the MDT, care coordinator and lead professional role usually held by a non-psychiatrist, except where there is a formal mutual agreement that sole consultant input is required with other members of the multidisciplinary team.

The Consultant will have responsibility together with the other Consultant in the team for the provision of psychiatric services to children and young people living in the Selby area. A provisional job plan is set out in section 18 of the job description for the post.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for. We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health. We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it. We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

There are two group localities - Durham & Tees Valley including forensic services and North Yorkshire & York. In terms of clinical specialties, these comprise:

• Adult mental health
• Mental health services for older people
• Children and young people's services
• Learning disability services
• Forensic Services including prisons

Please see the attached job description for further information on this post. Please note, the job description has not yet been approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Essential qualifications include MB BS or equivalent medical qualification, fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment, and eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of gaining CCT. Approved clinician status or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment is also required.

Essential skills include excellent knowledge in specialty, excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge, and excellent oral and written communication skills in English. The candidate should be able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty, make decisions based on evidence and experience, and meet duties under MHA and MCA.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.