Job summary
- Main area
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (Participation in the on call rota.)
- Job ref
- 267-MSBUCCON1612-B
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Sue Nicholls Centre
- Town
- Aylesbury
- Salary
- £93,666 - £126,281 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/04/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Consultant
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Job overview
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been providing a comprehensive CAMHS service in Buckinghamshire for 7 years. The newly developed CAMHS service is based on a partnership between Oxford health NHS Foundation Trust (main contract holder) and Barnardos. The new service is based on the ‘Thrive Model’ and during October 2015 service transformed away from the traditional CAMHS tiered model to a service strongly influenced by children young people, their parents/carers and stakeholders began. The new model is based on ease of access, getting advice, consultation, support, and specialist clinical pathways.
We are seeking a 1.0 WTE Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to join our Getting More Help team in the Buckinghamshire CAMH service. The post is based at the Sue Nichols Centre, Aylesbury but the role is countywide and may require clinical activity at other bases such as High Wycombe or Amersham. The post holder will carry no responsibility for inpatients.
Main duties of the job
The Getting More Help pathway offers a service to Children and young people with moderate to severe mental health disorders including Depressive disorders, Anxiety disorders, Obsessive Compulsive disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Somatic syndromes, and Attachment Disorders.
We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate their ability to adapt to the changing circumstances of modern mental healthcare provision. We welcome applications from highly motivated colleagues to work collaboratively with our team managers, and to provide leadership and clinical expertise to our highly skilled and committed multidisciplinary teams. The teams are dynamic and forward-looking with a wide range of disciplines working together in a highly collaborative, multi-skilled and effective way.
Working for our organisation
There are close links with Oxford University which include a term-time weekly academic meeting, regular research meetings, research opportunities, journal clubs and audit meetings. The Trust hosts or collaborates with a wide range of research infrastructure. In September 2016, a partnership between Oxford Heath NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Oxford was awarded £12.8M to support a new NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC; Director Prof John Geddes) focused on mental health and dementia. The Trust welcomes applications from appropriately qualified clinicians who would like to work with the BRC, CLAHRC or NIHR CRN (Clinical Research Network) as part of their agreed job plan.
There are extensive opportunities for teaching and training of medical students, postgraduate doctors, members of the multidisciplinary team and other service providers, and for appraising and mentoring consultant colleagues.
We offer a £15,000 recruitment bonus and a relocation allowance up to £8,000 to eligible successful candidates.
Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Trust include:-
- Excellent opportunities to take on additional roles, for e.g. Leadership, Management, Clinical / Educational Supervisor, Safeguarding Lead, etc.
- 33 days annual leave (pro rata if part time), plus bank holidays, with an increase to 35 days with 7 years consultant service.
- NHS Discounts across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers.
- Staff accommodation.
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Consultant Psychiatrist will have the following responsibilities:
- Developing an active leadership role in the multi-disciplinary Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), in conjunction with the teams’ manager and other senior staff.
- The diagnosis, management and treatment of children, adolescents and families. The Consultant will carry medical responsibility only for those patients on his/her own caseload and that of medical staff under his/her care.
- The Consultant is expected to provide clinical leadership and collaborate in systems of supervision and care management within the teams. Consultants leadership development is a priority within the directorate and consultants are encouraged to take on leadership roles and work closely with team managers to ensure team cohesion and quality services.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Eligible for Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Registrar in a psychiatric specialty; OR within six months of achieving registration at the time of interview.
- Eligibility for Section 12 (Mental Health Act 1983) Approval and Approved Clinician status.
- GMC full licence to practice
Desirable criteria
- Higher specialist training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in approved training post for a minimum of three years and/or previous consultant experience.
- Membership or Fellowship of The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in management of children and young people with complex needs spanning multiple agencies, with emerging personality disorders, conduct and behavioural problems.
Desirable criteria
- Higher training placement in Adolescent Psychiatry
Skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
- The ability to assume a medical leadership role within the team and to work closely with senior managers to implement trust objectives
- Experience of Undergraduate and postgraduate medical teaching
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Independently mobile to travel between base and clinic sites
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Joe Clacey
- Job title
- Associate Medical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 901337
- Additional information
For further details / informal visits contact:
Dr Joe Clacey, Associate Medical Director, Buckinghamshire CAMHS (Tel: 01865 901337); Dr Tina Malhotra, Interim Clinical Director, Buckinghamshire All age Mental Heath (Tel: 01865 901337); or Andy Fitton, Head of Service (Tel: 01865 901337).
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