Consultant CAMHS EDU Psychiatrist

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Main duties of the job

Active Care Group are seeking to employ a Consultant CAMHS Psychiatrist with in-patient experience to join the MDT on Wedgewood Ward, our six bedded Tier 4 CAMHS ED service. The site based medical team will be made up of two employed consultants and three specialty doctors, alongside already established MDT members. This position is part time - 3 days per week. Section 12(2) approval, Approved Clinician status and CCT accreditation in CAMHS Psychiatry or within six months of obtaining CCT, with experience of CAMHS eating disorders psychiatry are essential.

Job responsibilities

What you'll be doing:

Clinical

• Leading the multidisciplinary team that undertakes screening assessments for admissions to the service.
• Leading the multidisciplinary team in the care and treatment of our patients, including weekly ward round review, risks assessment and ongoing treatment plans.
• Attend family meetings, case review meetings and discharge planning meetings as required.
• Ensure clinical documentation is robust and up to date.
• Practise evidence-based care through national standards and guidelines.
• Provide supervision to specialty doctors.
• Prepare for and participate in external reviews (CQC and Quality Network reviews).
• Participation in on-call rota (second on-call – 1 in 3).

Management

• Attendance of the hospital wide Clinical Governance Group (monthly).
• Attendance, and contribution to, the group wide Mental Health Clinical Governance Group (quarterly).
• Participate in service development, through research, innovation and local audit.
• Continue strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, particularly our partners in the NHS.
• Supervision and support of the site based specialty doctor.
• Engagement in National Networks.
• Ongoing personal development through CPD and annual appraisal (and adhering to the GMC’s “Good Medical Practice”).
• Regular review of prescribing practices in conjunction with Ashton’s E-Prescribing reports and engagement with Ashton’s site based pharmacist.

What you'll have:

Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications

• CAMHS CCT or CESR (Required) or evidence of pathway for imminent completion.
• Approved Clinician and Section 12 Approved (Required).
• Working within an inpatient CAMHS Eating Disorders setting.
• Evidenced based practice.
• Confidence in engaging internal and external stakeholders.
• Patient centred, outcomes-based care.
• Requirement for 22.5hrs per week (three days).
• Full time junior doctor support.
• Site based clinical governance and Medical Advisory Committee Meeting.
• Opportunity to develop leadership skills through the existing Group wide committee meetings.
• Participation in second tier Consultant on-call rota.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GMC registration.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.