Consultant Psychiatrist in CAMHS Learning Disability

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional NHS trust in the UK is seeking a child and adolescent consultant psychiatrist. This role involves leadership within a CAMHS service, focusing on mental health support for young people. Candidates will collaborate in multidisciplinary teams and have an opportunity to shape services according to their interests. The position offers a chance to engage in essential crisis support operations and contribute to a well-resourced mental health service.

Benefits

Access to a large range of services

Opportunity for professional development

Responsibilities

• Become involved in transformation and leadership within a forward-looking CAMHS service.
• Assess young people presenting with immediate risk.
• Work as part of effective services to meet children's mental health needs.

Job description

Role Overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a child and adolescent consultant psychiatrist to become involved in transformation and leadership within a forward looking CAMHS service. We are keen to shape the post to fit the needs of the right applicant and to support them in developing their interests within our broad portfolio of services.

All referrals now come into the Single Point of Access at the Mulberry Centre, Darlington and are offered a face‑to‑face or telephone access to service assessment. Those coming into Specialist LD CAMHS are then offered an appointment for initial assessment.

All young people open to the team have a Lead Professional / Care Co‑ordinator. Consultant medical staff do not generally undertake initial assessments; they provide Lead Professional / Care Co‑ordinator input for only a small number of cases.

A multi‑agency Autism Spectrum Disorder Specialist Team operates Trustwide. The multi‑disciplinary Specialist Eating Disorder Team (which covers County Durham and Darlington) accepts referrals from North Durham LDCAMHS. Children and young people with attentional difficulties are assessed by the multidisciplinary team. We currently have trained nurse prescribers who work within this sub‑team and have plans to further develop this provision.

Young people presenting with immediate risk are assessed by the children’s Crisis Team which operates 24 hr cover, seven days a week. Medical staff provide daytime medical cover and out of hours through the on‑call rota. The CAMHS intensive home treatment team and Intensive Positive Behaviour Support team offer intensive home treatment to a small number of children and young people in crisis to prevent admission or to support after discharge from inpatient units. There is access to Holly unit for out‑of‑home behaviour support.

Psychiatrists are essential contributors to the majority of our mental health teams. Service users expect and are justified to expect collaborative relationships with dedicated psychiatrists who work consistently as part of effective services. Our medical staffing shortage puts strain on services and on workforce wellbeing and costs extend beyond the financial.

Durham Tees Valley Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services work with children and young people up to the age of 18 across getting help, getting more help and neurodevelopmental assessment teams. Generic teams are closely linked with LD CAMHS, Eating Disorders and Forensic CAMHS. The out‑of‑hours activity is supported by a dedicated CAMHS crisis team, which operates on a 24/7 basis and provides extended crisis input as well as home‑treatment options as an alternative to hospital admissions.

This is a replacement post following the moving of post by the previous substantive consultant within the same care group. The post has been covered by locum consultant psychiatrists in the interim.

Durham Tees Valley Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services meet the mental and behaviour needs of children and young people up to the age of 18 years. We are one of the largest specialist mental health and learning disabilities trusts in the country, with an annual income of £320 million and a workforce of some 6,700 staff operating from around 100 sites in Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire and York and Selby. We provide a range of inpatient and community services to 2 million people living in County Durham, the Tees Valley, Scarborough, Whitby, Ryedale, Harrogate, Hambleton and Richmondshire. We also provide additional specialist services to other parts of Northern England.