Specialty Doctor in Adolescent Mental Health Team

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organization in London is seeking a Specialty Doctor in the Adolescent Mental Health Team. The role involves providing assessments and interventions for young people with mental health challenges. Candidates should have appropriate medical qualifications and experience in child and adolescent mental health. The position offers a collaborative environment emphasizing effective treatments and professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children and adolescents.
• Experience with serious and enduring mental illness.
• Experience in auditing practices and services.
• Experience working in multicultural settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide generic CAMHS assessments and interventions.
• Participate in a daytime emergency rota handling crisis presentations.
• Maintain a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to develop effective working relationships

Autonomous and team-working capabilities

Assessing, formulating, and prioritizing patient needs

Applying research and theory to practice

Knowledge of child and adolescent mental health disorders

Understanding of Mental Health Legislation

Experience with pharmacological treatments

Skills in therapeutic interventions and psychosocial treatments

Education

MB.BS, MBChB, or equivalent

Full GMC Registration

Job description

Specialty Doctor in Adolescent Mental Health Team

This is a community-based post, located within the Adolescent Mental Health Team (AMHT) and the Emotional and Behavioural Team (EBT), offering assessments and treatments for a wide variety of clinical presentations. The post holder will contribute to a positive working environment within the multi-disciplinary team.

The AMHT is a small, cohesive, community-based multi-disciplinary team within Newham CAMHS, providing Early Intervention Services for 13 to 18-year-olds, as well as assessment and treatment for young people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties, including high-risk self-harm presentations. The team comprises Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (one full-time consultant, this post, and higher trainees), Systemic Family Therapy, Clinical Psychology, Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy, Mental Health Nursing, and Occupational Therapy. The team model emphasizes joint working between Psychiatry and care coordinators to deliver developmentally informed, evidence-based treatments. There is high support within the team and regular supervision with the Consultant Psychiatrist.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will provide generic CAMHS assessments and interventions as part of the AMHT. They will participate in a daytime emergency rota handling crisis presentations and self-harm cases at Newham University Hospital, as well as urgent psychiatric reviews supervised by the on-call consultant.

The role requires a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management, with accountability through regular appraisal and audit.

Key Relationships:

• Young people and their families
• AMHT and EBT Consultants and Clinical Team Leads
• AMHT and EBT Clinical Colleagues
• AMHT and EBT Administrators
• Multidisciplinary colleagues in CAMHS
• Other professionals in social services, inpatient services, education, youth justice, and voluntary sectors
• Other SAS Doctors within the trust
• Trust corporate departments including HR, Training, and IM&T

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference by improving quality of life. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive. We seek individuals who embody these qualities in supporting service users, carers, colleagues, and partner organizations.

Job responsibilities

This description provides an overview of the main duties and is not prescriptive. Duties and work locations may change to meet service needs or technological developments. The job description may be reviewed and amended after consultation with the postholder.

Please see the attached full job description.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification/Training

• MB.BS, MBChB, or equivalent
• Full GMC Registration

Experience

• Experience working with children and adolescents
• Experience with serious and enduring mental illness
• Experience in auditing practices and services
• Experience working in multicultural settings

Knowledge and Skills

• Excellent communication skills (verbal, non-verbal, written)
• Ability to develop effective working relationships
• Autonomous and team-working capabilities
• Assessing, formulating, and prioritizing patient needs
• Applying research and theory to practice
• Knowledge of child and adolescent mental health disorders and management
• Understanding of Mental Health Legislation
• Experience with pharmacological treatments
• Skills in therapeutic interventions and psychosocial treatments

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A DBS check will be required to disclose any criminal convictions.