Job summary
- Main area
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 267-BUCKSCONS-101-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
- 23/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in CAMHS Psychiatry, Neurodevelopmental Pathway
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.
Job overview
We are seeking a 1.0 WTE Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to join our Neurodevelopmental Team in the Buckinghamshire CAMHS service. This is a county-wide team based at Sue Nicholls Centre, Aylesbury. The post holder will carry no responsibility for inpatients.
Main duties of the job
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
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.
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 Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Staff accommodation
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work schem
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Consultant Psychiatrist will have the following responsibilities:
Clinical 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.
- The Consultant is required to work in conjunction with wider clinical leadership within the directorate- the Service managers, Head of Service and Medical Lead/AMD within CAMHS and the Clinical Director and Service Director for the wider directorate.
- The Consultant and team will support the single point of access for all appropriate referrals.
- The multidisciplinary teams, with the post holder and other Consultant Psychiatrists will endeavour to assess all emergencies referred to them within the day of referral. When necessary this will include responsibility for Mental Health Act assessment of patients.
- The Consultant Psychiatrist will work in partnership with the multidisciplinary teams for the clinical management of patients in relation to the care programme approach (CPA). 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 which the teams are responsible.
- To liaise with Community Paediatricians, Adult Mental Health and other agencies dealing with the same population, such as Education, Social Services and Primary Care where children or adolescents may be treated.
- To support and develop Community Mental Health services for patients and their carers in the catchment area. The Consultant Psychiatrist will work with other Mental Health Practitioners, and other relevant agencies in the shared management of patients. He/she will be encouraged to develop services in line with the recommendations of the National Service Framework/NHS Plan modernisation programme.
- The Consultant will share responsibility for the effective use of inpatient beds when necessary, ensuring prompt admission and discharge of patients from his/her catchment area.
- Special clinical interests with the agreement of the Clinical Director and Consultant colleagues within the locality, the post holder may develop a specialist clinical interest which contributes to the priorities of the service of which the Consultant is part.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- 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.
Desirable criteria
- 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
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- a) GMC Registration - Full registration
- Meet specifications set out in the GMC
- b) transport - Independently mobile to travel between base and clinic sites
Experience
Essential criteria
- 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.
Desirable criteria
- 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 and Knowledge:
Essential criteria
- a) Leadership skills - • 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
- b) Organisation/Management - Ability to understand how organisations work most effectively.
- Commitment to multiagency partnership
- Ability to promote effective team working
- The ability to prioritise workload and respond in a timely, flexible manner to requests for consultation from colleagues
- The ability to use electronic records and diaries
- Clinical audit.
- c) Communication skills - Must have excellent skills in communication with patients, relatives/carers, colleagues and staff of other organisations.
- d) Teaching
- e) Personal attributes - Experience of Undergraduate and postgraduate medical teaching.
- Must be skilled in professional collaboration.
- Experience in supervising basic level psychiatric trainees
- Must have an interest in and commitment to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
- Honesty and integrity
- Flexibility to cope with service change and demanding clinical challenges
Desirable criteria
- Relevant experience of administrative and management role or senior medical staff.
- Teaching qualification.
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 for Bucks CAMHS
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 901337
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