This consultant psychiatrist post sits in the Dartford CAMHS Community team, a generic Tier 3 service for children and young people under 18 across Dartford, Swanley and Gravesham. The work is assessment and treatment of a broad range of conditions, including ADHD, autism, mood disorders, psychosis, PTSD, anxiety and emerging personality disorders. Part-time and job-share applications are welcome. Candidates need GMC registration with a licence to practise, Approved Clinician status and S12 approval, or must be able to achieve these within three months of appointment.
What the job involves
- Work as an autonomous registered practitioner, accountable for own unsupervised practice under the professional code and Trust guidelines
- Be responsible and accountable for service delivery to patients
- Assess patients with complex needs and develop care plans, including chronic, acute and palliative care within own competencies
- Evaluate outcomes continuously and act on them
- Initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies
- Give patients and relatives information and education so they can make meaningful choices
- Ensure practice is supported by research, evidence-based practice, literature and peer review
- Keep professional knowledge current through accredited courses, workshops, study and in-house training
- Maintain full GMC registration with a licence to practise
What’s required
Qualifications
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practise
- On the GMC Specialist Register, or within six months of completing CCT in child and adolescent psychiatry
- Approved Clinician status, or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
- S12 approval under the Mental Health Act, or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
Experience
- Experience managing patients from different cultural backgrounds, including working with interpreters and translators
- Participation in research or service evaluation, and in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
- Participation in continuous professional development
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent specialty knowledge and clinical skills using a bio-psycho-social perspective
- Excellent oral and written communication in English
- Managing clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Evidence-based decisions that include others' input, and the ability to use and appraise clinical evidence
- Meeting duties under the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act
- Mastery of managing a broad range of child mental disorders, including neurodevelopmental disorders
Other
- Delivering undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Working in and leading a team, with shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver improvement
Nice to have
- Higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management, or additional clinical qualifications
- MRCPsych
- Good standing with the GMC, with no warnings or conditions on practice
- Wide specialist and sub-specialist experience within the NHS or a comparable service
- Practical experience of short-term psychological therapy
- Planning and delivering undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, and reflection on the purpose of CPD
- Experience in clinical research or service evaluation
- Awards, prizes, presentations or publications, and audits that led to service change
What’s offered
- Recruitment bonus of £15,000, subject to terms
- Relocation support of up to £8,000, subject to terms
- Access to the in-house research team and academic opportunities through Kent's medical school
- Generous annual and study leave, with a Holiday of a Lifetime scheme for banking annual leave
- NHS pension scheme
- Flexible working on request
- Learning and development in leadership, education, research and quality improvement
- Free independent counselling, Blue Light Card discounts and a car lease scheme
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
