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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• The role of ensuring that clinical care provided to the service users is of a high quality and is provided within the Trust’s policy framework. The post holder will have a caseload of about 70 cases.

• The post holder will undertake the necessary clinical administrative duties associated with providing excellent patient care.

• The post holder will be an active member of the multidisciplinary team, and therefore attend multidisciplinary team meetings and provide advice and support to the team.

• To support the further transformation of the service and lead on QI projects.

• To ensure all cases are appropriately allocated to professionals within the expertise and skills available in the team.

• To play a role in implementing children and young people’s IAPT.

• To diagnose, formulate, treat and manage Children and Young People with complex and severe mental health disorders.

• To actively engage in links with other parts of Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services, Primary Care Services, Social Services and other agencies relevant to the services.

• To have primary responsibility for cases where they have direct face to face contact

• To have shared responsibility for cases on which they collaborate or co-work with other professionals.

• To lead in pathways as indicated.

• Ensure all cases receive an appropriate treatment modality within the existing resources.

• To be available to other professionals when they need to discuss cases.

• Manage an established caseload, including neurodevelopmental cases some of whom are on medication.

• Assess newly allocated cases and formulate appropriate treatment plans in collaboration with colleagues in other disciplines.

• Complete relevant paperwork, including maintaining the electronic record and participating in routine outcome monitoring of clinical work.

• Undertake other duties (as negotiated) which contribute to the good functioning of the clinical team.

• To conduct one audit per year

• Participate in the day time psychiatry consultant second on call rota. Other clinicians provide the first on call rota.

• Participate in an out of hours consultant on call rota from 5pm-9am and at weekends.

Education:

• Provide weekly supervision to CT1-3’s doctor and ST 4-6 higher specialist trainee, in line with the Royal College of Psychiatrist and BEH standards.

• To contribute to the teaching of Medical Students and Trainee Doctors.

• To engage in the Academic Teaching Programme.

Leadership:

• The post holder will form part of the leadership team and will be encouraged to innovate and help in transformation of CAMHS services.

Management:

This is not a formal management position, however as a consultant psychiatrist you are expected to:

• Support the team manager in managing members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure a high level of patient care and ensure patient safety.

• Act as line manager to all medical members within the team offering clinical supervision as appropriate.

• Address all areas of clinical governance within the multidisciplinary team. The components of clinical governance include: Education and Training, Clinical Audit, Clinical effectiveness, Research and Development, Openness and Risk Management.

• Accountability is to the clinical director of CAMHS division.

• The appointee will take a proactive role in the management of the service through membership of the CAMHS Forum.