Job overview

Are you a forward-thinking Consultant Psychiatrist within Child and Adolescent Psychiatry looking to join a newly established clinical leadership group within BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW)? 

As an innovative and collaborative leader, you will be passionate about enhancing and transforming the BSW CAMHS liaison service ultimately looking to reduce avoidable admissions and facilitate the least restrictive interventions for young people.

This service will look to offer a more comprehensive liaison offer, considering medically unexplained symptoms, functional pain, and symptoms, safeguarding contexts, liaising with networks around young people and advocating for them to receive the right interventions and services. 

You will require level 3 specialist safeguarding training to include an awareness and understanding of child maltreatment, appropriate referral mechanisms and information sharing. You will respond to emergency presentations including Mental Health Act assessments and to consult and support  colleagues in managing cases of perceived high-risk and complex presentations working as part of the MDT and CAMHS colleagues. 

You will be flexible in the ability to cover the three bases District General Hospital’s (DGHs), the Royal United Hospital in Bath, Great Western Hospital in Swindon and Salisbury District Hospital. 

*This job description and person specification has been sent to the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ for approval.*

Main duties of the job

You will be integral in the leadership team to develop this service to offer a more comprehensive liaison offer across BSW which will need to consider medically unexplained symptoms, functional pain and symptoms, safeguarding contexts, liaising with networks around young people and advocating for them so they receive the right interventions and services for them. This will also include developing close links and working alongside BSW Crisis and Home treatment Service (CaHTs) which accepts referrals for young people in crisis and requiring intensive home treatment and Marlborough House Adolescent Inpatient Unit in Swindon  to reduce avoidable admissions and facilitate least restrictive interventions for young people

You will be medically responsible for the management and treatment of children, adolescents and families on their caseload and other medical staff under his/her supervision. Following the guidance around New Ways of Working the post holder will offer leadership and advice to MDT members but is not medically responsible for all the patients seen by the team. The post holder will be required to be available to respond to emergency presentations including Mental Health Act assessments and to consult to and support team members and wider colleagues in managing cases of perceived high-risk presentations. Consultation to other teams and services is also required to support with formulation and care planning for young people that fall within a CAMHS Liaison remit.

Working for our organisation

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

•    Excellent opportunities for career progression
•    Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
•    33 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 35 days after seven years seniority
•    NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
•    Competitive pension scheme
•    Lease car scheme
•    Cycle to work scheme
•    Employee Assistance Programme
•    Mental Health First Aiders
•    Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
•    Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team