Job summary
Part-time - 6 PAs
We wish to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Adolescent Team who provide a highly specialist service for young people in Bromley. You will work with adolescents up to 18 years and their families/carers, with significant and acute mental health difficulties who are at risk of requiring Tier 4 inpatient care.
Bromley CAMHS maintains close links with CAMHS services across all three boroughs (Bexley, Greenwich) and there will be an opportunity to contribute to ongoing work in developing services for young people with crisis and acute presentations. We are a friendly, busy and thriving service, regarded as an accessible and effective service.
Applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly will be welcomed.
Main duties of the job
The Bromley Adolescent Team is the treatment pathway for children and young people who experience acute mental health conditions and who may be at risk of inpatient admission, requiring a rapid response, intensive intervention, crisis and risk management. The team adopts a Mentalisation-based approach in clinical work with young people and their families/support network.
In broad terms, the function of the Adolescent Team is:
To provide a rapid response assessment and treatment service with intensive interventions to young people who experience significant or acute mental health difficulties
To support young people to remain in the community where possible and for those who are admitted to inpatient care, to facilitate transition to and from community services
To provide consultation, support and to work in close partnership with professionals and carers in the young person's network
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."
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provision of psychiatric care to CYP in the Bromley Adolescent Team through evaluation, diagnosis and use of appropriate treatment plans/strategies for children presenting with mental health difficulties
High quality note keeping and adherence clinical standards on our electronic patient record, RiO
Contributing to decisions regarding care plans, discharges and treatment of patientsin accordance with medical standards
Consultation to the team around psychiatric issues and risk management.
Alongside the clinical leads and team manager ensuring patient throughput within the team
Working collaboratively with colleagues to ensure delivery of the right treatment for each young person referred in keeping with evidence based practice and CYP IAPT framework
To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Trusts personnel policies and procedures.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provision of psychiatric care to CYP in the Bromley Adolescent Team through evaluation, diagnosis and use of appropriate treatment plans/strategies for children presenting with mental health difficulties
High quality note keeping and adherence clinical standards on our electronic patient record, RiO
Contributing to decisions regarding care plans, discharges and treatment of patientsin accordance with medical standards
Consultation to the team around psychiatric issues and risk management.
Alongside the clinical leads and team manager ensuring patient throughput within the team
Working collaboratively with colleagues to ensure delivery of the right treatment for each young person referred in keeping with evidence based practice and CYP IAPT framework
To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Trusts personnel policies and procedures.
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
Registration
Essential
Experience
Essential
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
Registration
Essential
Experience
Essential
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
