Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Hindley; On-site; GBP 200,000 +; Full time

Job summary

A community mental health service is seeking a Medical Leader to provide psychiatric assessments and oversight in inpatient settings. Responsibilities include conducting reviews and supporting staff during psychiatric emergencies. The ideal candidate should have relevant experience in mental health care and a commitment to safeguarding vulnerable groups. This role offers opportunities to work within diverse teams to enhance community health outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing medical leadership.
• Ability to conduct comprehensive psychiatric assessments.
• Experience in supporting staff in psychiatric emergencies.

Responsibilities

• Provide Medical leadership for MDT meetings.
• Carry out comprehensive psychiatric Assessment and provide treatment for inpatients.
• Support ward-based staff to manage psychiatric emergencies.
• Conduct patient reviews and lead multidisciplinary ward reviews.
• Be the responsible clinician under the Mental Health Act.
• Participate in Trust's risk management processes.
• Provide medical leadership to the inpatient ward team.
• Maintain effective communication with other service parts.
• Liaison with Families and Carers.

Job description

This is a newly created post in a busy community-based CAMHS service which serves a population size of around 330,000. The service is commissioned to provide specialist mental health support for children and young people aged 5 to 18 years presenting with moderate to severe mental health difficulties. Depression, anxiety related difficulties, self-harm, difficulties associated with neurodiversity are frequent presentations leading to referral.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide Medical leadership for MDT meetings.
• Carry out comprehensive psychiatric Assessment and provide treatment for inpatients on the ward.
• Support ward-based staff to manage psychiatric emergencies.
• Conduct patient reviews and lead Multidisciplinary ward reviews, CPA reviews and multi-professional meetings.
• Be the responsible clinician for the purposes of the Mental Health Act 1983(amended 2007) and carry out duties in accordance with the code of practice.
• Risk Assessments and participation in Trust's risk management processes.
• Provide medical leadership to the inpatient ward team.
• Maintain effective communication and work flexibly with other parts of the service.
• Liaison with Families and Carers.

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities. Relevant experience outside the NHS will be considered to calculate salary on appointment.

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, delivering services from more than 122 locations. We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services.

We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and aspire to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities we serve.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under-represented groups.