Consultant Psychiatrist post in the Community Children and Young People's Mental Health Team in North East Hampshire, for Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. The work is diagnosis, assessment and treatment for children and young people aged 5 to 18, with clinical leadership in a multidisciplinary team. An out-of-hours emergency rota backs up A&E assessments, and the post supervises junior medical staff. Section 12 approval is needed or must follow within 6 to 12 months, and visa sponsorship is available.
What the job involves
- Provide a diagnostic, assessment and treatment service for children and adolescents with mental health problems
- Give clinical leadership and direct psychiatric input within a multidisciplinary team
- Work with schools, GPs, local authorities and other partners for coordinated, person-centred care
- Promote high-quality multidisciplinary working and relationships
- Carry out consultant reviews after six weeks of treatment, then every two to three months
- Complete on average two to three new assessments a month for a full-time consultant
- Take part in the emergency out-of-hours rota, backing up junior doctors and professionals assessing young people in A&E
- Support, supervise and train junior medical staff within the team
What’s required
Qualifications
- MBBS or equivalent recognised medical qualification
Registration & licences
- Full medical registration with a licence to practise
- Section 12 approval under the Mental Health Act, or within 6 to 12 months of interview or assessment
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register, or within six months
Experience
- Experience working with patients across the full range of clinical severity in community, inpatient and specialist settings
- Knowledge of psychiatric provision
Skills & knowledge
- Knowledge of legislation, Department of Health guidance and literature, and their implications for clinical practice
- Knowledge of the NHS strategic vision in the Next Stage Review (High-Quality Care for All)
- Excellent clinical skills using a bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Ability to meet duties under the MHA and MCA
- Ability to communicate complex, clinically sensitive information clearly to patients, families, carers and professionals, orally and in writing
Other
- Ability to take a clinical leadership role in a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high-quality care
- Skills and sensitivity in negotiating with patients, relatives and professionals where opinions differ
Nice to have
- Relevant higher degree (MD, PhD, MSc) or other additional clinical qualifications
- MRCPsych or equivalent
- Management qualification, or evidence of an interest in developing leadership skills, and experience in management
- Approved clinician status, or able to achieve within three months of appointment
- In good standing with the GMC regarding warnings and conditions on practice
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to the post
- Peer review, research publications, or published audit or research projects
- Teaching training or a recognised teaching course, and ability to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
What’s offered
- NHS pension with employer contribution of 23.7% from day one
- Recruitment and retention payment of £25,000, subject to policy and pro rata for part time
- Relocation allowance of up to £8,000, subject to policy
- Fringe allowance of £149
- CPD allowance of up to £2,000 a year, subject to policy
- Company car lease scheme
- Discounted Nuffield Gym membership
- GMC sponsorship and sponsorship for international candidates
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
