Consultant Psychiatrist - Melksham Community CAMHS

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Melksham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days annual leave per annum/pro‑rta

Excellent opportunities for career/pro

Access to learning and development

NHS Discount across shops/restaurants/

Competitive pension scheme

Lease car scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health First Aiders

Staff accommodation

Staff networking and support groups

Job summary

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist to join Melksham Community CAMHS in Wiltshire, delivering high-quality mental health care to children and young people within a multidisciplinary team.

The role involves clinical leadership, risk assessment, coordination with carers, and participation in service development, quality improvement, and teaching within the Getting More Help pathway.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and medical input to the team
• Responsibility for patients you see yourself, together with those patients seen by medical staff directly supervised by you
• With other consultants in the team, have responsibility for the clinical governance of the team as clinical leads for the team
• Be a clinical leader in your team and ensure excellent systems of clinical governance so that their team provides high quality, safe care to patients

Job description

We are recruiting for a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist to join Melksham Community CAMHS and work with a well-established multi-disciplinary team at Melksham Community Hospital in Wiltshire. You'll provide psychiatric clinical input and leadership within a recently redesigned service delivering targeted mental health care to children and young people with severe and enduring mental health needs through our Getting More Helppathway. You'll 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. You'll work 10 programmed activities with a job plan typically comprising 75% direct clinical care and 25% supporting professional activities, in line with Royal College of Psychiatrists' guidance. Opportunities are available to develop interests in service development, quality improvement, and teaching and training within a well-established, supportive multidisciplinary team and consultant peer group. Join us in shaping brighter futures for children and young people at one of the UK's leading mental health Trusts; we would be delighted to hear from you.

• Provide clinical leadership and medical input to the team
• Responsibility for those patients you see yourself, together with those patients seen by medical staff directly supervised by you
• 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 in relation to the Trust Key working model. 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.
• Be a clinical leaders in your team and ensure excellent systems of clinical governance so that their team provides high quality, safe care to patients. Consultants are expected to encourage a Restorative Just and Learning Culture of Learning, participate in safety huddles and investigations and participate in identifying improvements in practice where appropriate. 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. At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
• 33 days annual leave per annum/pro-rata increasing to 35 days after seven years seniority
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 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