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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
395-MED422-24
Employer
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Kent and Medway Adolescent Hospital
Town
Kent
Salary
£52,530 - £82,400 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/07/2024 23:59

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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust logo

SPECIALTY DOCTOR CHILD AND ADOLESCENT  PSYCHIATRY (KENT)

NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

INPATIENT & ENHANCED TREATMENT PATHWAY CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY - SPECIALTY DOCTOR - 3 x POSTS (KENT)

 Job Details:

Salary

£52,530 - £82,400  per annum

Contract

Substantive

Hours

Full-time: 10 Programmed Activities (DCC:SPA = 8:2)

On call

Optional - worked in PAs

Location

Kent & Medway Adolescent Hospital, TN12 0ER

Qualifications needed:

  • Full GMC Registration with a license to practice
  • Section 12 certification, or a commitment to work towards this.
  • Mastery in the management of a broad range of mental disorders in children, including neurodevelopmental disorders
  • At least 4 years of full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time basis) of which at least 2 years will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee or shall have equivalent experience and competencies

 

Main duties of the job

Work collaboratively with consultants in providing clinical leadership to the clinical team

  • To be successful in your application, you will need:

    • To demonstrate that your values are in line with that of NELFT’s values
    • To be innovative, motivated, and passionate about Child and Adolescent mental health care
    • Essential understanding of current developments in mental health care
    • To be a team player
    •  

    NELFT Benefits:

    • Relocation expenses
    • Career Development and training
    • Just & Compassionate Culture
    • Award winning Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives
    • Vivup employee benefits platform and salary sacrifice scheme
    • Salary Finance and Financial Wellbeing support
    • Employee Assistance Programme
    • Health & Wellness initiatives
    • 11 Staff Networks including parents & carers network, ethnic minorities network, LGBT+ network and Disability network to name a few
    • Retail Discounts
    • Flexible working and agile working
    • Cycle to work scheme
    •  
    • We reserve the right to close the post early if we receive a high number of applications.

Working for our organisation

Why NELFT?

NELFT is an award-winning community and mental health Trust, providing healthcare for over 4.9 million people, ensuring our patients, family and friends feel confident that their health needs are met. We are committed to delivering the best care to the communities we serve across North East London, Essex and Kent. 

With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled healthcare professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care. Joining us will provide you with unparalleled access to training opportunities, continuous CPD, peer support groups, and a robust supervision and appraisal system.

We are currently recruiting for a Specialty Doctor in the Adolescent Tier 4 CAMHS service at Kent and Medway Adolescent Hospital, TN12 OER.

You will join two substantive Consultants, two SAS doctors, and a Senior Trainee within the service, and will have the opportunity to influence future direction, treatment, and models of design in the area in which you work.

Why Kent?

Kent is a county in Southeast England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the northwest, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the southwest.

For more information, hear directly from our clinicians in Kent, by accessing this video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPGKSylVTTM

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be expected to:

  • Work as part of multidisciplinary teams in both inpatients and the Home Treatment Pathways
  • Provide senior medical support to the team, and direct input on clinical cases
  • Provide guidance and supervision to the team
  • Work directly with young people and their families and liaise as appropriate with community CYPMHS consultants and specialty doctors
  • Lead on emergency Mental Health Act assessments of CAMHS cases in the Section 136 suite on the KMAH site, during working hours and out of hours as required.
  • Have clinical responsibility for three planned crisis beds at KMAH, which will allow short 72-hour admissions, as well as providing medical leadership
  • Support the Crisis and Home Treatment teams on the Enhanced Treatment Pathways.
  • Work alongside two full time Consultants and two other full time Specialty Doctors in the service and will share supervision requirements for junior doctors in the team.
  • Develop links already established with the local acute trusts’ A&E departments and paediatric services
  • Have the opportunity to participate in the resident on-call rota for KMAH

Person specification

Registration

Essential criteria
  • Registration with the GMC with a licence to practice.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Mastery in the management of a broad range of mental disorders

Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Section 12 certification, or a commitment to work towards this

Experience

Essential criteria
  • At least 4 years of full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time basis) of which at least 2 years will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee or shall have equivalent experience and competencies

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Employers for CarersApprenticeships logoAge positiveDisability confident employerHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldEmployers Network for Equality & InclusionCareer Confident EmployerTop Employers for Working Families 2021Top 10 Employer 2023

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Vincent Perry
Job title
Medical Director
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
03005551201
Additional information

To apply for this role, please visit www.careers.nelft.nhs.uk or www.jobs.nhs.uk and search under job reference number 395-MED422-24.

We encourage you to view our Trust website and read the news stories, which will give you more information about the breadth of the organisation and our innovative services. Please visit www.careers.nelft.nhs.uk/why-join-us or www.nelft.nhs.uk

Please also view our social media pages to get an insight into life at #TeamNELFT.

Twitter: @NELFT / NELFTCareers

LinkedIn: NELFT NHS Foundation Trust | LinkedIn

Facebook: NELFT | London | Facebook

For further details / informal visits contact:

Associate Medical Director: Dr Sophia Holliday       

[email protected],uk

Medical Director: Dr Vincent Perry       

[email protected]

 

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