Locum Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist (DBT Team)NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

Job Description:

Main duties of the job: The remit of the DBT Service is to offer Hertfordshire residents referred into the service a consistent evidence-based therapeutic approach, to reduce inpatient admissions and to support the quick transitions of those in an inpatient service back into the community.

This post involves direct assessment of all young persons (YP) admitted into the programme, formulation of treatment plans in conjunction with the individual therapist and contribution of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), liaison with other agencies (both health and partner organisations), and contribution to interagency work.

The post holder has the responsible clinician (RC) role for all the YP in the caseload until discharge from the service. To support and maintain engagement, YP with high complexities can remain as RC while additional interventions are offered, such as home treatment team intervention or admission under the brief admissions pathway at Forest House Inpatient Adolescent Unit.

The post holder will join the individual therapist in interventions with the required frequency and work closely as a mini-team when young people's risk rating increases.