This consultant psychiatrist post sits in the South Kent Community CAMHS team, which serves children and young people under 18 in Dover and Folkestone. The work is assessment and treatment across a generic Tier 3 caseload, including ADHD, autism, psychosis, mood and anxiety disorders, and emerging personality disorders, with the post holder accountable for care planning and service delivery. Part-time and job-share applications are welcome. Applicants need full GMC registration with Approved Clinician and S12 status, or eligibility to gain them, and ideally MRCPsych.
What the job involves
- Act as an autonomous registered practitioner, accountable for own unsupervised practice within the professional code and Trust guidelines
- Be responsible and accountable for service delivery to patients
- Assess and treat children and young people with ADHD, ASD, mood disorders, psychosis, PTSD, anxiety, emerging personality disorders and challenging behaviour
- Assess patients with complex needs and develop care plans, evaluating outcomes and acting on them continuously
- Care for patients with chronic, acute or palliative needs within own competencies, seeking advice when needed
- Initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies
- Give patients and relatives information and education so they have meaningful choices
- Keep practice grounded in research, evidence, literature and peer review
- Keep professional knowledge current through accredited courses, study and in-house training
What’s required
Qualifications
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration with licence to practise
- On the GMC Specialist Register, or within six months of completing CCT in psychiatry
- Approved Clinician status, or able to achieve it within 3 months of appointment
- Approved under S12, or able to achieve it within 3 months of appointment
Experience
- Mastery in managing a broad range of mental disorders in children, including neurodevelopmental disorders
- Managing patients from different cultural backgrounds, working with interpreters and translators
- Participation in clinical audit, quality improvement, research or service evaluation
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent knowledge of the specialty with excellent bio-psycho-social clinical skills and wide medical knowledge
- Excellent oral and written communication in English
- Making decisions based on evidence and experience, including the contribution of others
- Meeting duties under the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act
- Managing clinical complexity and uncertainty
Other
- Leading a team and working collaboratively to deliver improvement
- Delivering undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Participating in continuing professional development
Nice to have
- MRCPsych
- Higher degree or qualification in medical education, clinical research or management
- Additional clinical qualifications
- In good standing with the GMC, with no warnings or conditions on practice
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience within the NHS or a comparable service
- Practical experience in a short-term psychological therapy
- Experience in clinical research or service evaluation
- Led clinical audits that brought about service change or better patient outcomes
What’s offered
- Newly enhanced recruitment bonus of £20,000, subject to terms
- Financial support for relocation of up to £8,000
- Generous annual leave and study leave entitlement
- Access to the NHS pension scheme
- Holiday of a Lifetime scheme to bank annual leave
- Flexible working on request
- Learning and development, including leadership, educational, research and quality improvement opportunities
- Free access to an independent counselling service
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
