Consultant Psychiatrist: CAMHS Salisbury

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in Salisbury is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to deliver and develop services for children and adolescents. You will provide clinical leadership and work within a multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality care for patients. Applicants should have eligibility for GMC registration and experience in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Competitive benefits including a relocation allowance and up to 35 days annual leave are offered.

Benefits

Relocation allowance

33 days annual leave increasing to 35

NHS Discounts

Competitive pension scheme

Lease car scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Staff accommodation

Qualifications

• Eligibility for Section 12 (Mental Health Act 1983) Approval and Approved Clinician status.
• Experience in managing children with complex needs.
• Ability to undertake full range of Consultant responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and medical input to the team.
• Responsible for the clinical governance of patients.
• Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings.

Skills

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Multidisciplinary team working

Clinical leadership

Communication skills

Electronic record usage

Education

Eligibility for GMC Specialist Registrar

Higher degree/diploma in relevant field

Job description

Are you a Consultant Psychiatrist interested in delivering and developing ground-breaking and growing (CAMHS) services within Salisbury, Wiltshire?

As a consultant within the Salisbury CAMHS team, you will be responsible for supporting your manager in ensuring that our service users' needs are met through the delivery of high-quality care.

You will be passionate about offering a person-centred approach to the independence and well‑being and you will have clinical leadership opportunities to develop services across the patch and medical education/ supervision.

Applications are welcome for less than full time

We offer up to £8,000 relocation allowance for external eligible applicants.

Main duties of the job

You will provide clinical leadership and medical input to the team.

You will take responsibility for those patients seen by yourself together with those patients seen by medical staff directly supervised by them.

With other consultants in the team, have responsibility for the clinical governance of the team as clinical leads for the team.

The team will assess all emergencies referred to it within a day of referral. When necessary, this will include responsibility for Mental Health Act assessment of patients. The Consultant is not expected to make initial assessments, except in certain circumstances.

The Consultant psychiatrists will work in partnership within the multidisciplinary team for the clinical management of patients. This will include risk assessment, the assessment of the needs of carers, and the development of services to meet the needs of patients and families for whom the team is responsible. Consultant Psychiatrists within the Swindon team, have a robust system to arrange cross-cover to ensure there is always a psychiatrist available to the service.

There is a weekly clinical team meeting which the Consultant is expected to join and be part of the clinical MDT

About us

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible.

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 33 days annual leave per annum/pro-rata increasing to 35 days after seven years seniority
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Job description

We have described the job in detail in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, but we would be delighted to answer any questions you might have and to find out more about you.

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Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential

• Eligibility for Section 12 (Mental Health Act 1983) Approval and Approved Clinician status.
• Eligible for Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Registrar in a psychiatric speciality OR within six months of achieving registration at the time of interview.

Desirable

• Higher degree/diploma or equivalent in relevant field of medical or psychological studies
• Higher specialist training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in approved training post for a minimum of three years and/or previous consultant experience.
• Sub-specialty or other specialist clinical training relevant to post.
• Membership or Fellowship of The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Experience

Essential

• Excellent knowledge in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Experience of effective multidisciplinary team working.
• Experience of effective multiagency partnership at work.
• Experience in management of children and young people with complex needs spanning multiple agencies, with emerging personality disorders, conduct and behavioural problems.
• Experience and familiarity with UK health systems and CAMHS services
• Ability to undertake full range of Consultant responsibilities.

Desirable

• Application of evidence-based practice and interest in clinical and policy developments for this care group.
• Development of multidisciplinary teamwork, close collaboration with Primary Care services, and working with a multiagency approach, including education, health and social care.
• High training placement in Adolescent Psychiatry

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to work within a collaborative multidisciplinary framework, and to share leadership responsibilities with senior colleagues of other professions. The ability to assume a medical leadership role within the team and to work closely with senior managers to implement trust objectives
• Ability to understand how organisations work most effectively.
• Commitment to multiagency partnership
• Ability to promote effective team working
• The ability to prioritise workload and respond in a timely, flexible manner to requests for consultation from colleagues
• The ability to use electronic records and diaries
• Clinical audit
• Must have excellent skills in communication with patients, relatives/carers, colleagues and staff of other organisations.
• Experience of Undergraduate and postgraduate medical teaching.
• Must be skilled in professional collaboration.
• Experience in supervising basic level psychiatric trainees
• Must have an interest in and commitment to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Honesty and integrity
• Flexibility to cope with service change and demanding clinical challenges

Desirable

• Relevant experience of administrative and management role or senior medical staff.
• Teaching qualification

Other requirements

Essential

• Full registration
• Meet specifications set out in the GMC
• Able to travel between base and clinic sites (adjustments can be made in line with the Equality Act)

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