Community CAMHS Learning Disability Consultant Psychiatrist

North East London NHS Foundation Trust; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking community health trust as a Learning Disability Consultant Psychiatrist. This full-time role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on the mental health of children and adolescents. You'll work within a dedicated team, providing innovative care and support to young people and their families. With a strong commitment to professional development, you will benefit from ongoing training and a supportive work environment. This is an exciting chance to contribute to a compassionate culture while advancing your career in mental health care.

Benefits

Relocation Expenses

Career Development and Training

Flexible Working

Health & Wellness Initiatives

Employee Assistance Programme

Retail Discounts

Cycle to Work Scheme

Just & Compassionate Culture

Award Winning Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Initiatives

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice required.
• CCT or equivalent and Section 12 Approval or eligibility needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide care to children and young people with mental health needs.
• Work as part of multidisciplinary teams and support peers.
• Participate in on-call rota and provide medical guidance.

Skills

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Care

Team Collaboration

Innovative Thinking

Understanding of Mental Health Developments

Education

Full GMC Registration

CCT or Equivalent

Section 12 Approval

Eligibility for Specialist Register

Job description

COMMUNITY CAMHSLEARNING DISABILITY CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST

(CANTERBURY, CT2 8JY)

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert, at any time, in the event of receiving suitable applicants.

Job Details:

Salary

£105,504 - £139,882 per annum (Pro-rata)

Contract

Substantive

Hours

Full-time: 10 Programmed Activities (DCC:SPA = 7.5:2.5)

On call

Frequency 1:14 Category A - 3% on call supplement

Location

George Turle House, 54 London Road, Canterbury, CT2 8JY

Qualifications needed:

Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

CCT or equivalent

Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it

Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it

Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST

Main duties of the job

To be successful in your application, you will need:

To demonstrate that your values are in line with that of NELFT's values,

To be innovative, motivated, and passionate about Child and Adolescent mental health care,

Essential understanding of current developments in mental health care,

To be a team player

NELFT Benefits:

Relocation expenses

Career Development and training

Just & Compassionate Culture

Award winning Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives

Vivup employee benefits platform and salary sacrifice scheme

Salary Finance and Financial Wellbeing support

Employee Assistance Programme

Health & Wellness initiatives

11 Staff Networks including parents & carers network, ethnic minorities network, LGBT+ network and Disability network to name a few

Retail Discounts

Flexible working and agile working

Cycle to work scheme

About us

NELFT is an award-winning community and mental health Trust, providing healthcare for over 4.9 million people, ensuring our patients, family and friends feel confident that their health needs are met. We are committed to delivering the best care to the communities we serve across North East London, Essex and Kent.

With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled healthcare professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care. Joining us will provide you with unparalleled access to training opportunities, continuous CPD, peer support groups, and a robust supervision and appraisal system.

We are currently recruiting to a CAMHS LD Consultant Psychiatrist position in the CAMHS Learning Disability Community Team, based at George Turle House, 54 London Road, Canterbury, CT2 8JY.

This is a replacement, substantive, full-time post - 10 PAs with 7.5 PA DCC and 2.5 SPA. This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit to this post as soon as possible.

You will join a 0.6wte Specialty Doctor within the service, and will have the opportunity to influence future direction, treatment, and models of design in the area in which you work.

Job description
Job responsibilities

You will be expected to:

Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to children and young people with mental health needs, across Kent.

Provide senior medical support and guidance to the team

Work directly with young people and their families and liaise as appropriate with other external CAMHS mental health providers and acute hospitals

Participate in the on-call rota frequency is currently 1:14, with a 3% of basic salary, Category A on-call supplement.

Support your peers and team leader, and be an effective team member whilst allowing them to work with their own initiative

Work alongside a 0.6wte Specialty Doctor.

Commit to collaborative working, actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals, and agencies.

Person Specification
GMC
Essential

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

Qualifications
Essential

• CCT or equivalent

Knowledge
Essential

• Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it

Knowledge
Essential

• Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST

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