Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - East & Central Bristol

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry to join a multi-disciplinary team in East & Central Bristol. The role involves diagnosing and treating children with severe mental health issues, providing leadership within the team, and conducting psychiatric assessments. Applicants should have full GMC registration and a breadth of clinical experience with children. This position offers a competitive salary ranging from £109,725 to £145,478 per annum, pro rata.

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration or eligibility to be included on the register.
• Eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of gaining CCT.
• Experience working with children with mental health problems.
• Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team involvement.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and manage children with complex mental health issues.
• Provide clinical leadership within the multidisciplinary team.
• Conduct new assessment appointments and follow-ups.
• Available for unpredictable emergency work.

Skills

Leadership skills

Excellent communication skills

Psychiatric assessment skills

Ability to manage time effectively

Collaboration in multidisciplinary teams

Education

GMC Registration or eligibility

MB BS or equivalent

MRCPsych or equivalent

Relevant Higher Degree (MD, PhD, MSc)

Job description

Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - East & Central Bristol

The successful applicant will have responsibility for the diagnosis, management and treatment of children, adolescents with severe and complex mental health problems referred to East Central Bristol CAMHS, alongside an experienced consultant colleague.

The East Central CAMHS is a well-led, well-established enthusiastic multi-disciplinary team. East Central Bristol has a diverse multi-cultural population.

Please note that Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust is not currently a sponsor under the GMC Sponsorship Scheme. As a result, we regret to inform you that we are unable to consider applications from individuals who require GMC sponsorship

Main duties of the job

The diagnosis, management and treatment of children, adolescents and families with severe and complex mental health problems.

The consultant will carry psychiatric responsibility only for those patients seen by psychiatrists within their respective CAMHS team.

The consultant will not routinely care coordinate. All cases on the consultant's caseload should have another clinician from the team as care coordinator.

The post-holder would be expected to offer new assessment appointments, follow-up, consultation and multi-agency liaison, as well as be available for unpredictable emergency work.

Frequency of follow-up appointments will be determined on a case by case basis, and will include medication reviews, mental state monitoring and reviews with the care coordinator as appropriate.

There would be an opportunity for the post holder to develop a special interest depending on the needs of the locality team.

Within Bristol East Central CAMHS, referrals to Psychiatry are allocated between the psychiatrists on a case discussion basis according to specialist interests, complexity and in the context of other caseload demands.

The consultant is expected to provide clinical leadership within the multidisciplinary team, in conjunction with the clinical service and team manager and other senior staff.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details on the roles and responsibilities of this post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration or eligibility to be included on the register and holding a current licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of gaining CCT in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Section 12 approval/ Approved Clinician Status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Relevant Higher Degree e.g. MD, PHD, Msc or other additional clinical qualifications
• MRCPsych or MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Additional clinical qualifications

Experience

• Wide breadth of clinical experience working with children and young people with mental health problems and their families
• Knowledge and evidence of participation in CPD.
• Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team involvement.
• Evidence of effective multi-agency working
• Specific additional therapy training (e.g. Positive Behavioural Support, CBT, systemic therapy, DBT etc.)

Personal Skills

• To possess leadership skills and be able to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to manage own time, workload and prioritise clinical work
• Able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, in order to effectively work with patients, carers and staff.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Clinical Skills

• Skills in psychiatric assessment, formulation and risk management (including safeguarding) as well as psychopharmacology in children, neurodevelopmental disorders and attachment difficulties.

Knowledge

• Understanding of the management skills required to function successfully as a Consultant.

Teaching

• Commitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching.
• Understand principles of teaching.

Research & Audit

• Experience or involvement in a research project and publication.
• Ability to supervise junior medical staff undertaking research projects.
• Experience of carrying out an audit project

Management

• Evidence of management/leadership skills training.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£109,725 to £145,478 a yearper annum pro rata