Specialty Doctor Waltham Forest Community CAMHS

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust; New Addington; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The Specialty Doctor role at NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides a varied caseload across neurodevelopmental, emotional and behavioural pathways for children and adolescents. You will participate in MDT meetings, contribute to assessments, formulations and care planning, and engage in service development and CAMHS transformation.

The post offers opportunities for teaching, quality improvement and involvement in wider trust activities, with responsibility as a duty prescriber and a chance to

Responsibilities

• Actively participate as a core member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) with colleagues from psychology, nursing, therapy and admin.
• Provide specialist input in assessment, formulation, diagnosis and care planning for children and adolescents with complex needs, including neurodevelopmental assessment.
• Contribute to management and care planning for young people with ADHD and emotional difficulties.

Skills

MDT collaboration

Clinical assessment

Teaching & QA

Job description

The Specialty Doctor is an exciting and enriching role which holds a case load across the neurodevelopmental, emotional and behavioural pathways from which cases will be allocated. They will attend weekly meetings and see children as part of the duty rota, and also participate as duty prescriber. There are many opportunities for service development, teaching and quality improvement, in addition to engaging in wider trust activities as part of CAMHS transformation.

The Specialty Doctor will offer the following:

• Participate actively as a core member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT), collaboratively with colleagues including psychologists, nurses, therapists, and administrative staff.
• Offer specialist clinical input into the assessment, formulation, diagnosis, and treatment planning for children and adolescents with complex mental health needs which will include contributing to neurodevelopmental assessments.
• Contribute to the management and care planning of young people with ADHD and emotional difficulties.
• The service is currently undergoing a review of the job roles of staff, including medical staff, so that clinicians are assigned to specific clinical care pathways appropriate to the needs of the service and the skills and experience of the clinicians concerned. There may thus be amendments to the clinical pathway(s) involvement for this post holder.

On-call responsibilities: The post does not currently include on call responsibilities. If Section 12 approv

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.