Specialty Doctor CAMHS Greenwich Generic

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Following new temporary investment, we have been able to create a 2 year fixed term Specialty Doctor post within the Greenwich Generic CAMHS team based at Shooters Hill, London SE18.

The Speciality Doctor will work with disciplines in the Greenwich Generic Team to provide assessment, consultation, advice and support. The post holder will work with internal and external agencies within the child's network to ensure the best possible clinical outcomes for young people presenting with neurodiversity and comorbid , enduring mental health difficulties.

Greenwich CAMHS has played a leading part in the development of Greenwich's Joint CAMHS Strategy and is represented on many of the major planning groups for children's services within the borough

We have a culture of supporting staff, whilst providing excellent services within a robust clinical governance framework and value and encourage you to continue your professional development. CESR is actively supported for those interested.

Main duties of the job

You will work to provide a specialist service for children and young people up to 18 years old with significant and enduring mental health difficulties, along with their families and carers within the Borough of Greenwich. You will manage a caseload providing clinical assessment, a range of evidence-based treatment, as well as interventions with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT). The MDT includes child psychotherapist, psychologists, art therapists, family therapists, along with 2 consultants and a core trainee. It provides a specialist tier 3 CAMH service for the borough based at Shooters Hill and other Health Centres to provide choice and improve access. The team focuses on children and young people who need specialist assessment and evidence based treatment, such as children and young people with signs of psychosis. mood disorder, self harm, severe anxiety disorder and severe psychosomatic conditions. Clients with needs better addressed by one of the other specialist teams or Tier 4 services (see below), will be referred to other teams as required

We have close relationships with the wider specialist CAMHS, our cross-borough crisis team for young people, our DBT service and the wider South London Partnership.

About us

At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England. Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.

Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts.

"We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it's a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it's a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people's lives."

Ify Okocha

Chief Executive

Date posted

19 March 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Specialty Doctor

Salary

£52,530 to £82,400 a year plus £2,162 London Weighting pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

2 years

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

277-6029788-TD

Job locations

Highpoint House

135 Shooters Hill

Woolwich, London

SE18 3RG

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full job description and person specification please view the attachment. The job description will provide you with the full tasks and responsibilities of the roles. The person specification will provide you with the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required for the roles.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Appropriate training/experience gained in CAMHS to undertake role: o shall have completed at least four years' full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in psychiatry o shall have equivalent experience and competencies.

Desirable

MRCPsych qualification or equivalent

GMC

Essential

shall have (or be eligible for) full registration and a Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Appropriate training/experience gained in CAMHS to undertake role: o shall have completed at least four years' full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in psychiatry o shall have equivalent experience and competencies.

Desirable

MRCPsych qualification or equivalent

GMC

Essential

shall have (or be eligible for) full registration and a Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).