Consultant Psychiatrist - Marlborough Community CAMHS - Savernake
Would you like to work for a Trust which has been awarded Global Digital Exemplar Status and be part of our work on the development of mental health related Apps for young people?
We are recruiting for a full time Consultant Psychiatrist to join us at our Marlborough Community CAMHS service based at Savernake Hospital in Wiltshire.
With your expertise in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, you'll join our multi disciplinary team (MDT) who receive referrals via the Wiltshire SPA (Single point of Access) from GPs, Paediatricians and Education and Social Services. This is a key position within our Marlborough Getting More Help Team where you will be taking an active leadership role. You'll have medical responsibility for the diagnosis, management and treatment of children, adolescents and families on your caseload and that of other medical staff under your supervision.
We offer rewarding career development with protected SPA time as part of your job plan, encouraging you to take leadership courses to enhance your skills. We also offer a relocation allowance of up to £8,000 for external applicants (subject to eligibility criteria).
Could this be the next step in your career? Come and join one of the UK's leading mental health Trusts and be part of our mission in developing innovative health technologies and diagnostics to improve patient care in community settings.
Main duties of the job
- Provide clinical leadership and medical input to the team.
- Responsibility for those patients seen by himself/herself, together with those patients seen by medical staff directly supervised by them.
- With other consultants in the team, have responsibility for the clinical governance of the team as clinical leads for the team.
- The team will assess all emergencies referred to it within a day of referral. When necessary, this will include responsibility for Mental Health Act assessment of patients. The Consultant is not expected to make initial assessments, except in certain circumstances. The Consultant psychiatrists will work in partnership within the multidisciplinary team for the clinical management of patients in relation to the Trust Key working model. This will include risk assessment, the assessment of the needs of carers, and the development of services to meet the needs of patients and families for whom the team is responsible.
- There is a weekly clinical team meeting which the Consultant is expected to join and be part of the clinical MDT.
- Consultants are expected to be clinical leaders in their teams and ensure excellent systems of clinical governance so that their team provides high quality, safe care to patients. Consultants are expected to encourage a Restorative Just and Learning Culture of Learning, participate in safety huddles and investigations and participate in identifying improvements in practice where appropriate.
Benefits
- 33 days annual leave per annum/pro-rata increasing to 35 days after seven years seniority
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Qualifications
- Eligibility for Section 12 (Mental Health Act 1983) Approval and Approved Clinician status.
- Eligible for Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Registrar in a psychiatric speciality; OR within six months of achieving registration at the time of interview.
- Higher degree/diploma or equivalent in relevant field of medical or psychological studies.
- Higher specialist training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in approved training post for a minimum of three years and/or previous consultant experience.
- Sub specialty or other specialist clinical training relevant to post.
- Membership or Fellowship of The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Experience
- Excellent knowledge in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
- Experience of effective multidisciplinary team working.
- Experience of effective multiagency partnership at work.
- Experience in management of children and young people with complex needs spanning multiple agencies, with emerging personality disorders, conduct and behavioural problems.
- Experience and familiarity with UK health systems and CAMHS services
- Ability to undertake full range of Consultant responsibilities.
- Application of evidence-based practice and interest in clinical and policy developments for this care group.
- Development of multidisciplinary teamwork, close collaboration with Primary Care services, and working with a multiagency approach, including education, health and social care.
- High training placement in Adolescent Psychiatry.
Skills & Knowledge
- Ability to work within a collaborative multidisciplinary framework, and to share leadership responsibilities with senior colleagues of other professions. The ability to assume a medical leadership role within the team and to work closely with senior managers to implement trust objectives.
- Ability to understand how organisations work most effectively.
- Commitment to multiagency partnership
- Ability to promote effective team working
- Relevant experience of administrative and management role or senior medical staff
- Teaching qualification
Other Requirements
- Full registration
- Meet specifications set out in the GMC
- Independently mobile to travel between base and clinic sites
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.