Consultant Community Camhs Psychiatrist - Ed

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

Chelmsford

On-site

GBP 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust in Chelmsford is seeking an experienced Consultant Community CAMHS Psychiatrist to lead an Eating Disorder SET CAMHS Team. The post offers substantive hours with 10 (11th optional) PAs, flexible working including job share, and part-time or remote sessions.

The post includes on-call duties and expectations to support teams, uphold Trust values, and deliver high-quality care in line with service priorities.

Qualifications

Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register for Psychiatry.
Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it.
Endorsement in Liaison Psychiatry (Desirable).
Postgraduate qualification (Desirable).

Responsibilities

Organise and prioritise own and team workload in day-to-day activities.
Deputise in the team manager's absence and delegate to medical staff.
Adhere to Trust protocols and maintain up-to-date records for audit purposes.
Ensure effective risk management and add residual risks to the Trust risk register.
Support governance, education, and training within the multidisciplinary team.

Education

Specialist Register Psychiatry

Approved Clinician status

Job description

Job summary

JOB TITLE: Consultant Community CAMHS Psychiatrist Eating Disorder SET CAMHS Team CONTRACT: 10 (+1) Programmed Activities (11 PAs) Substantive Flexible working available including job share, part-time, remote sessions considered BASE: Widford Hall, Tattersall Way, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 STD Post and Specialty: This is a well-established post but has been vacant due to the previous consultant retiring.

Main duties of the job

This is funded as eight Programmed Activities (10 PAs) post with 7.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs). An additional PA (11th PA) under a fixed-term contract is available as an optional and will be subjected to annual review through job planning and can be used flexibly to carry out extra work, audit, research, or quality improvement projects in line with service priorities. The expectation of the post holder is to support their teams, the Directorate and the organisation to follow the Trusts Values in their day-to-day work. We are kind We are respectful We work with our communities

On-call responsibilities: The postholder will be part of the Senior Psychiatrist out of hours on-call rota. The community CAMHS Consultants participate in an on-call rota with a current frequency of 1:7, with a 2% of basic salary, Category B on-call supplement. This rota mainly provides telephone advice to the crisis teams, which is the first port of call for children in crises out of hours, covering Southend, Essex and Thurrock. The on-call shifts are from 17:00 - 09:00 Monday to Friday, and all day on weekends and bank holidays. The on call does not include support to psychiatric inpatient units or Section 136 suites, as this is provided by a different organisation in Essex (EPUT).

About us

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.

Job responsibilities

To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others workload in the day-to-day allocation of work.
To deputise when required in the team manager's absence and delegate appropriately to other medical staff.
To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them.
To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.
To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing, and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust's risk register.

Clinical Skills

To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols.
The post holder will have full registration with a licence to practice on the General Medical Council (GMC).
Further professional knowledge will have been gained through accredited courses, workshops, study, and in-house training programmes.
To be responsible, and accountable, for service delivery to clients/patients.
To be able to assess and develop care plans to meet the complex needs of patients with a variety of conditions. This includes chronic, acute, and palliative care within own competencies, recognising own limitations and seeking advice when necessary. This will include continuously evaluating and acting on outcomes.
To be able to initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies.
To provide patients and relatives with information and education thus ensuring they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence, and quality of life.
To ensure practice is supported by research, evidence-based practice, literature, and peer review.

Training & Supervision

To act as clinical supervisor to junior colleagues (FY/CT/GPVTS/ST), providing effective education, facilitating their development, and promoting high standards of medical care.
Ensure junior colleagues are actively supported to enable them to achieve their learning needs.
To ensure own continued professional development and support a culture of lifelong learning in self and others.
To undertake, and assist, in the planning of own mandatory training and workshops.
To undertake a regular appraisal, developing a personal development plan that includes clinical competencies reflecting the health needs of the local population and relates to Trust strategy.
To support new staff and their integration within the team.
To support training as part of the role including changes to professional development and implementation of new policies and guidelines.

Administration

To follow good medical practice standards in documenting all assessments of patients and to share necessary information with other health professionals.
To provide reports on time.
To ensure that all letters and summaries are checked and sent promptly to referring GPs, other colleagues, and agencies.
The post holder will ensure that accurate and up to date records are kept of all clinical activity.
The post holder will be expected to have good IT skills and to use the Trust's electronic case record system.

Management

This is not a formal management position, however as a Senior Clinician you are expected to:
Support the team manager and other consultants in managing members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure a high level of patient care and ensure patient safety.
Act as line manager to all medical members within the team offering clinical supervision as appropriate.
Address all areas of clinical governance within the multidisciplinary team. The components of clinical governance include Education and Training, Clinical Audit, Clinical effectiveness, Research and Development, Openness and Risk Management.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register for Psychiatry or within 6 months of obtaining CCT
Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it.

Desirable