Substantive consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist post in the South Bristol community CAMHS team at Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, working three days a week (6 PAs). The work centres on assessing, diagnosing and treating children, adolescents and families with severe and complex mental health needs, alongside consultation, multi-agency liaison and emergency cover. The post sits within a network of 17 consultants and supports the i-THRIVE model. Applicants who need GMC sponsorship cannot be considered.
What the job involves
- Assess, diagnose and treat children, adolescents and families with severe and complex mental health difficulties
- Provide new assessments, follow-up appointments and psychiatric reviews
- Offer consultation to colleagues and partner agencies
- Take part in multi-agency liaison with education, social care, early help, voluntary sector and primary care
- Provide clinical leadership within the multidisciplinary team, working with the clinical service manager and team manager
- Be available for unpredictable emergency work when required
- Contribute to Mental Health Act assessments when required
- Liaise closely with community paediatrics, adult mental health services and other agencies supporting children and young people
- Hold clinical responsibility only for patients seen directly by psychiatrists in the CAMHS team
- Not routinely act as care coordinator, as each patient has an allocated coordinator from the multidisciplinary team
Qualifications
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration or eligibility, with a current licence to practise at appointment
- Eligible for the Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT in child and adolescent psychiatry
- Section 12 approval or Approved Clinician Status, or achievable within 3 months of appointment
Experience
- Wide breadth of clinical experience with children, young people with mental health problems and their families
- Knowledge and evidence of participation in CPD
- Evidence of effective multidisciplinary and multi-agency working
Skills & knowledge
- Psychiatric assessment, formulation and risk management, including safeguarding
- Psychopharmacology in children, neurodevelopmental disorders and attachment difficulties
- 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
- Management and leadership skills training, and understanding of the management skills needed to function as a consultant
Other
- Commitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, and understanding of teaching principles
- Experience or involvement in a research project and publication, and ability to supervise junior medical staff on researchExperience of carrying out an audit project
Nice to have
- Relevant higher degree (e.g. MD, PhD, MSc) or additional clinical qualifications
- MRCPsych or equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Specific additional therapy training (e.g. positive behavioural support, CBT, systemic therapy, DBT)
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