Consultant CAMHS Psychiatrist (+30% Golden Hello)

Applications are invited for a Consultant Psychiatrist in CAMHS Inpatient General Adolescent Unit. This post is for the CAMHS Inpatient General adolescent ward at Hopewood.

This is a full-time post in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. It is a replacement post.

The Consultant is employed by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust and will join the two other inpatient consultants, five community CAMHS consultants, six specialist CAMHS Consultants and two Academic Consultants in the CAMHS service.

Main duties of the job

This is a full time post based at Hopewood with responsibility for a 12 bedded adolescent unit (age 13-18). The Trust invested in CAMHS services, opening a new facility providing expanded inpatient services for children and young people across Nottinghamshire and region in 2018. Phoenix ward is one of three wards on the site alongside a Psychiatric Intensive Care unit (8 beds, Hercules ward) and Specialist Eating Disorder (12 beds, Pegasus Ward). There is a well-resourced hospital school onsite which provides education for young people on all three wards.

The unit provides access assessments for children and young people in mental health crisis and who require admission to hospital for patients in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

The Consultant will be the Responsible Clinician for patients on Phoenix ward. The Consultant is responsible for the physical care and mental health treatment for young people on the ward. They will work with the team in undertaking pre-admission liaison and assessment where required before admission and in facilitating discharge. It will be expected that there will be close links with other inpatient units locally, regionally and some liaison nationally.

About us

Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.

As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.

Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.

We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.

If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!

#TeamNottsHC

Job description
Job responsibilities

To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the Executive Medical Director and in accordance with the Trusts personnel policies and procedures. This may include assessing competences under the Modernising Medical Careers framework.

To ensure that junior medical staff working with the post holder operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant.

To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients.

To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively and submit this promptly to the Information Department.

To participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service.

To participate in annual appraisal for consultants.

To attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme.

To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval, and to abide by professional codes of conduct.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Eligibility
Essential

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment

Desirable

• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Clinical Skills, Knowledge and Experience
Essential

• Excellent knowledge in specialty
• Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty

Desirable

• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
• Experience of working within a CAMHS PICU or GAU

Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning
Essential

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
• Participated in research or service evaluation
• Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes

Desirable

• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications
• Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients