A consultant psychiatrist post in the Core Community CAMHS Team, part of North Somerset CAMHS within AWP. The work centres on psychiatric assessment, treatment and consultation for children and young people with mental health needs, with therapies including CBT, DBT and EMDR. The post carries approved Core and Higher training placements, teaching duties, and a role in service transformation under the i-THRIVE model, open to full or part-time working. No GMC sponsorship is available, so applicants need to hold or be eligible for full GMC registration.
What the job involves
- Provide psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, management and treatment for children and young people with severe and complex mental health difficulties
- Manage a varied caseload, including medication management and mental state monitoring
- Support therapeutic pathways including CBT, DBT, trauma-focused therapy, EMDR and family therapy
- Give specialist consultation and advice to colleagues and partner agencies
- Work jointly with education, social care, primary care and other services
- Contribute to formulation, treatment planning and multidisciplinary decision-making
- Take part in urgent clinical work where required
- Provide clinical leadership within the multidisciplinary team
- Contribute to service development and quality improvement
- Take part in teaching and supervision of trainees
- Develop specialist clinical interests aligned with service priorities
What’s required
Qualifications
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration or eligibility for it, with a current licence to practise at appointment
- Eligible for the Specialist Register in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, or within 6 months of CCT
- Section 12 approval or Approved Clinician Status, or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
Experience
- Wide clinical experience with children, young people and their families who have mental health problems
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Evidence of effective multidisciplinary and multi-agency working
Skills & knowledge
- Leadership skills and ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to manage own time, workload and prioritise clinical work
- Excellent written and oral communication with patients, carers and staff
- Skills in psychiatric assessment, formulation, risk management and safeguarding, and psychopharmacology in children, neurodevelopmental disorders and attachment difficulties
- Understanding of the management skills needed to function as a consultant
Other
- Commitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, with understanding of teaching principles
- Experience or involvement in a research project and publication, including supervising junior medical staff on research
- Experience of carrying out an audit project
- Evidence of management or leadership skills training
Nice to have
- Higher degree such as MD, PhD or MSc, or other additional clinical qualifications
- MRCPsych or equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Specific additional therapy training such as Positive Behavioural Support, CBT, systemic therapy or DBT
What’s offered
- Opportunities for professional development through specialist clinical interests
- Involvement in service transformation under the i-THRIVE model
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
