Consultant Psychiatrist - CAMHS Tier 3 Merton

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000

Job description

Consultant Psychiatrist - CAMHS Tier 3 Merton

South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

This is an exciting and unique opportunity to join the CAMHS Tier 3 service in Merton at Birches House, Mitcham, Southwest London as a Consultant Psychiatrist. The role is offered on a substantive full time basis with 10 PAs.

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Directorate of Southwest London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust is a well-established provider of mental health services to the population of Southwest London. We offer highly specialist CAMHS services, combining expertise in CYP moderate to severe mental health services, we are embedding I-Thrive across our Boroughs.

We are looking for a consultant with the interest and skills in providing strong medical leadership to take our services forward. The role is being offered on a permanent basis, alongside a tailored management leadership programme for those individuals who would be interested in pursuing this.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking to appoint a Consultant Psychiatrist to provide medical leadership to the CAMHS Tier 3 service in Merton at the Birches Close, Mitcham and will provide medical consultant psychiatric advice to patients.

The Consultant will work in the Merton CAMHS Team which provides multidisciplinary assessment, care co-ordination and treatment for young people identified as having a moderate mental health problem. While primarily responsible for delivering a quality clinical service, the consultant psychiatrist is also expected to be actively involved in the strategic development of the team and broader services, being involved with the team manager and locality manager in helping to steer the development of the service in line with the strategic direction of the organisation.

The Consultant will carry overall responsibility for the day-to-day clinical care, risk assessment, risk management, initiation of medication, and the recovery focused care delivered by the Team. Where problems arise, the Consultant will be afforded robust support by his clinical Team Manager, Associate Clinical Director, the Clinical Director and where necessary the Medical Director and Chief Executive.

Job responsibilities

• Medical leadership within the team.
• Availability within normal working hours, for urgent assessments including mental health act assessments.
• Assessments in Tier 3 usually one- two a week but depends on active case load.
• Treatment with medication, mental state monitoring.
• ADHD Shared care caseload 80-100.
• CPA reviews with care coordinators/reviews with team members as agreed with the team manager.
• Assessments at the local District General Hospitals for psychiatric emergencies.
• Occasional psychiatric assessments outside the team base e.g., home visits.
• Occasional GP liaison meetings.
• Occasional meetings with colleagues in paediatrics and community paediatrics.
• Liaison with the London Borough of Richmond children's social care and education departments.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Full GMC registration with licence to practice.
• CCT or equivalent in CCT in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• Additional clinical qualifications.

ELIGIBILITY

• 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 within 3 months of appointment.
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

• Excellent knowledge in specialty, in the assessment and management of a wide range of presentations in children and adolescents.
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psychosocial perspective and wide medical knowledge.
• Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others.
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
• Wide range of specialist and subspecialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.
• Excellent knowledge in specialty, especially the assessment and management of neuro-developmental disorders in children and adolescents.
• Training in specialist assessments tools, e.g. 3Di, ADOS etc.

ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement.
• Participated in continuous professional development.
• Participated in research or service evaluation.
• Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes.
• Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post.
• Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken.
• Experienced in clinical research and/or service evaluation.
• 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.

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.

South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

Associate CD and Consultant Psychiatrist

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum plus London Zone allowance