Consultant Psychiatrist Community Camhs Eating Disorders

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Barking; In loco; GBP 114.000 - 151.000; Part-time

Descrizione del lavoro

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust in Barking (Orchards Health Centre) invites a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to join the All Age Eating Disorder Service. The post is 8 Programmed Activities with a 6:2 DCC:SPA split, providing senior medical leadership and input across a multidisciplinary team.

You will cover on-call rota 1:12 with a 3% salary supplement and contribute to high-quality assessment, formulation, diagnosis, and treatment planning, working with children, young people and

Competenze

• Inclusion in GMC Specialist Register within 6 months of starting.
• MRCPsych or equivalent qualification required.
• Section 12 approval or eligibility within 3 months.
• Approved Clinician status or application within 3 months of starting post.

Mansioni

• Organise and prioritise own workload and day-to-day activities.
• Deputise for the team manager when needed and delegate appropriately.
• Adhere to Trust protocols and procedures.
• Maintain accurate records for audit purposes.
• Oversee risk management and update the risk register.

Formazione

MRCPsych or equivalent

GMC Specialist Register eligibility

Section 12 Approval

Approved Clinician status

Descrizione del lavoro

Consultant Psychiatrist Community CAMHS Eating Disorders

Orchards Health Centre, Gascoigne Road, Barking IG11 7RS

8 Programmed Activities

This post is for a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, 8 Programmed Activities, in the All Age Eating Disorder Service, based at Orchards Health Centre, Gascoigne Road, Barking, IG11 7RS.

This is a replacement substantive post of 8 Programmed Activities (PAs) with a ratio of 6 Direct Clinical Care (DCC) to 2 Supporting Professional Activities (SPA).

The expectation of the post holder will be to support their team, department and 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 CAMHS Psychiatrist on-call rota covering out of hours and weekends for Mental Health Services in NELFT. The on call will cover service delivery for Children and Adolescents presenting with mental health problems. The on-call rota is covered by the local community substantive CAMHS consultants and the two inpatient CAMHS consultants. This rota is currently 1:12 rota, with a 3% Category A salary supplement.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will provide senior medical leadership and specialist medical input within the Eating Disorder Service, supporting high-quality assessment, formulation, diagnosis, and treatment planning in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.

The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary team providing care to children and young people with eating disorders and associated mental health needs, across Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge, and Waltham Forest.

The successful candidate will provide senior medical support to the team, and direct input on clinical cases. The consultant will be expected to provide guidance and supervision to the team, work directly with children and young people, and their families, and liaise as appropriate with other external CAMHS mental health providers, local community paediatric services, and acute hospitals.

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.

Details

Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade: Consultant

Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time

Reference number: JAC-3ML-002380

Job responsibilities

Main 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 their 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 from 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, 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register, within 6 months of obtaining CCT
• MRCPsych or equivalent.
• Section 12 Approval or application for this within 3 months of starting post.
• Approved Clinician status, or application for this within 3 months of starting post.

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualification

Experience

Essential

• Extensive knowledge of the biological, psychological, and social determinants of mental health disorders and evidence-based treatment interventions in child & adolescent psychiatry and eating disorders.
• An understanding of system leadership and evidence of how this has been put into practice.
• An awareness of NHS strategic and clinical governance priorities.

Desirable

• Clear thoughts on how to involve service users and carers in service development and quality improvement

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.

Employer details

Employer name: NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address: Jane Atkinson Centre, Waltham Forest, London, E17 3HP, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact: Medical Director, WF - Bill Travers - [e-mail]