CAMHS Consultant | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to provide psychiatric care for children and young people. This role involves assessment, treatment planning, and collaboration with teamwork within the Blossom and DBT Teams. The ideal candidate will possess significant experience in psychiatric care, strong organizational skills, and the ability to supervise junior staff. The position is based in Greater London, offering a supportive work environment and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing psychiatric care to children and young people.
• Ability to conduct assessments and develop treatment plans.
• Strong administrative and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychiatric care to children and young people.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for effective care.
• Ensure adherence to clinical standards and managing junior staff.

Skills

Psychiatric assessment

Clinical supervision

Collaboration

High-quality note keeping

Education

Medical Degree with Psychiatry specialization

Tools

Rio electronic patient record system

Job description

The overall split of the programmed activities is 7.5 to be devoted to direct clinical care (DCC) split between the Blossom Team 4.5 DCC and the DBT team 3 DCCand 2.5 tosupportingprofessionalactivities (SPA) aspertheRoyalCollege ofPsychiatristsrecommendation.The timetable is indicativeonly.

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A formal job plan will be agreed between the post holder and clinical director three months after commencing the post and at least annually thereafter.

Blossom Team

The Consultant Psychiatrist will work with all the disciplines in the team to provide assessment, consultation, advice and support. The post holder will work within internal and external agencies within the child's network to ensure the best possible clinical outcomes for young people presenting in Crisis and young people requiring intensive support.

The consultant psychiatrist will provide psychiatric assessments and interventions. The post holder will be expected to provide consultation and some clinical supervision to clinicians in the team. The position being advertised (6 PAs) is expected to provide approximately 5 to 8 assessments/reviews per week—this will vary depending on the complexity of cases.

The maximum caseload is anticipated to be around 20-25 in total.

DBT Team

For DBT, referrals are received internally from tri‑borough Oxleas CAMHS teams. All have a care co‑ordinator and individual therapist within the DBT team. The post holder will be responsible for medical oversight for approximately 10-15 young people, and will be offered DBT therapy training to ensure that care given complements the DBT model of delivery.

N.B. Overall combined caseload will be between 30 to 40.

At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South‑East London and to people in prison across England. Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.

Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts.

"We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it's a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it's a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people's lives."

• Provision of psychiatric care to CYP in Blossom & DBT Teams through evaluation, diagnosis and use of appropriate treatment plans/strategies for children presenting with mental health difficulties
• High quality note keeping and adherence clinical standards on our electronic patient record, Rio
• Contributing to decisions regarding care plans, discharges and treatment of patients in accordance with medical standards
• Consultation to the teams around psychiatric issues
• Alongside the clinical leads and team manager ensuring patient throughput within the team
• Working collaboratively with colleagues to ensure delivery of the right treatment for each young person referred in keeping with evidence-based practice
• To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Trust's personnel policies and procedures. This may include assessing competences under the Modernising Medical Careers framework
• To ensure that junior medical staff working with the post holder operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant
• To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients
• To participate in annual appraisal for consultants
• To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager, which will include consultation with a relevant manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation
• To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services, and share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management