Job summary
Ealing CAMHS is looking for a Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist (up to 10 PAs) to join our friendly, supportive, and experienced multi-disciplinary specialist mental health service within our Neurodevelopmental Team.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, skilled and innovative Consultant Psychiatrist who can help taking a leading role within our services using a creative and dynamic approach. The role offers the opportunity to combine clinical work with providing leadership and service development within our community and specialist teams. We are looking for a candidate who is able to maintain clinical curiosity and engage in reflective practice, as well as be able to be an advocate for children, young people and families' needs. We hope the successful candidate would support and implement our commitments to staff wellbeing, manageable job plans and giving staff the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge further whilst in role.
Main duties of the job
Ealing CAMHS has a strong multi-disciplinary approach and thrives on innovative practice to meet the local population needs of a culturally and economically diverse borough. You will be committed to ensuring that the service is accessible and effective. We are looking for a candidate with the drive, enthusiasm and vision to lead our ongoing expansion and transformation of mental health and community health services.
You will be joining a welcoming senior leadership and management team in West London who are committed to service improvement, staff well-being, and who value diversity in our workforce. You will offer a high-quality mental health service to young people, families and carers, alongside working effectively with your colleagues and liaising with other professionals in the network supporting the young person. The post provides excellent opportunities for professional and service development, alongside providing leadership within the CAMHS service line and wider trust.
About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.
Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.
We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.
We'rerated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Together, we're committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.
We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental health concerns.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see our Candidate information pack for a comprehensive job description and person specification for this role. We welcome applicants with limited experience of working with Neurodiversity who are willing and eager to develop knowledge and skills in this area. We are able to provide specialist training (such as ADOS-2, 3Di, ADI-R, Tics therapy training etc.) to successful candidates who may require such training, which would be negotiated during the offer stage of recruitment.
For an informal discussion with Dr Johan Redelinghuys, please contact Deborah Thomas, PA to the CAMHS Clinical Director & Associate Director, by emailing deborah.thomas@westlondon.nhs.uk or calling 020 8354 8432. You may also contact Dr Rob Brindley (Interim Ealing CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Team Lead & Joint Head of Psychology for CAMHS) for an informal discussion via rob.brindley@westlondon.nhs.uk or 07355 028297.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see our Candidate information pack for a comprehensive job description and person specification for this role. We welcome applicants with limited experience of working with Neurodiversity who are willing and eager to develop knowledge and skills in this area. We are able to provide specialist training (such as ADOS-2, 3Di, ADI-R, Tics therapy training etc.) to successful candidates who may require such training, which would be negotiated during the offer stage of recruitment.
For an informal discussion with Dr Johan Redelinghuys, please contact Deborah Thomas, PA to the CAMHS Clinical Director & Associate Director, by emailing deborah.thomas@westlondon.nhs.uk or calling 020 8354 8432. You may also contact Dr Rob Brindley (Interim Ealing CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Team Lead & Joint Head of Psychology for CAMHS) for an informal discussion via rob.brindley@westlondon.nhs.uk or 07355 028297.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MRCPsych Part 1 and 2
- Registration on Specialist Register or within 6/12 of registration
- Higher training in autism spectrum disorder assessment
Desirable
- Higher Academic Degree
- Possession of Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Eligibility
Essential
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice at the time of appointment
- GMC Specialist Register or within six months
- Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
- Good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
- Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
Clinical Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent clinical skills in Neurodevelopmental assessment and interventions
- Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
- Excellent knowledge in speciality
- Appreciation and understanding of trans-cultural and gender issues in psychiatry
Desirable
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
- Demonstrable interest in inter agency working
- Creative in the design and implementation of treatment programmes
- Skills in effective change management
Academic skills and lifelong learning
Essential
- Able and committed to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Ability to work in and lead a team
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
- Ability to work in and lead team
- Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
- Participated in continuous professional development
- Participated in research or service evaluation
- Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
- Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
- Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
- Have clear understanding of practical user involvement and empowerment both with individual clients and wider user representation.
Desirable
- Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit or service improvement e.g. prizes or awards
- Evidence of improving patient outcomes through service change or audit
- Skills in effective change management
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MRCPsych Part 1 and 2
- Registration on Specialist Register or within 6/12 of registration
- Higher training in autism spectrum disorder assessment
Desirable
- Higher Academic Degree
- Possession of Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Eligibility
Essential
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice at the time of appointment
- GMC Specialist Register or within six months
- Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
- Good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
- Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
Clinical Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent clinical skills in Neurodevelopmental assessment and interventions
- Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
- Excellent knowledge in speciality
- Appreciation and understanding of trans-cultural and gender issues in psychiatry
Desirable
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
- Demonstrable interest in inter agency working
- Creative in the design and implementation of treatment programmes
- Skills in effective change management
Academic skills and lifelong learning
Essential
- Able and committed to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Ability to work in and lead a team
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
- Ability to work in and lead team
- Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
- Participated in continuous professional development
- Participated in research or service evaluation
- Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
- Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
- Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
- Have clear understanding of practical user involvement and empowerment both with individual clients and wider user representation.
Desirable
- Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit or service improvement e.g. prizes or awards
- Evidence of improving patient outcomes through service change or audit
- Skills in effective change management
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
