Consultant Psychiatrist - CAMHS Tier 3 Kingston
South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust
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Job summary
This is an exciting and unique opportunity to join the CAMHS Tier 3 service in Kingston in the heart of South West London as a Consultant Psychiatrist.
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Directorate of Southwest London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust is a well-established provider of mental health services to the population of South West London. We offer highly specialist CAMHS services, combining expertise in CYP moderate to severe mental health services, we are embedding I-Thrive across our Boroughs.
We are looking for a consultant with the interest and skills in providing strong medical leadership to take our services forward.The role is being offered on a permanent basis, alongside a tailored management leadership programme for those individuals who would be interested in pursuing this.
As a Trust we are proud to offer agile and flexible working opportunities as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 9am to 6pm, giving you the very best of good work life balance.
Additionally, we offer a number of enhanced benefits, including a relocation package available- Up to £8,000 relocation package available *terms and conditions apply*
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be a Consultant Psychiatrist providing medical leadership to the CAMHS Tier 3 service in Kingston and will provide medical consultant psychiatric assessments and treatments to patients.
The Consultant will work in the Kingston CAMHS Team which provides Multidisciplinary assessment, care co-ordination and treatment for young people identified as having a moderate mental health problem. While primarily responsible for delivering a quality clinical service, the consultant psychiatrist is also expected to be actively involved in the strategic development of the team and broader services, being involved with the team manager and locality manager in helping to steer the development of the service in line with the strategic direction of the organisation.
The Consultant will carry overall responsibility for the day-to-day clinical care, risk assessment, risk management, initiation of medication, and the recovery focused care delivered by the Team.
The consultant will offer assessments and treatments to Kingston Hospital for young people in crisis. It is important that the consultant candidate is section 12 approved. There is an excellent liaison service supported by a psychiatrist for 3 days a week
The role is offered on a substantive basis with 8 PAs.
Closing date: 26th March 2023 (midnight)
Assessment date: 3rd April 2023(via MS Teams)
Interview and AAC panel date: 4th April 2023
About us
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
About our location:
Tolworth Hospital, Surbiton
To create the very best environment to care for our patients, this site's layout will be transformed in 2025 to add a number of wards to the existing three. Tolworth has a canteen and is near shops, the A3, Tolworth station, and is a bus ride from Surbiton station, with fast connections to Clapham Junction and London Waterloo.
Date posted
07 March 2023
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Consultant
Salary
£88,364 to £119,133 a year pro rata per annum plus London Zone allowance
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
294-MEDI-4947519-RD-A
Job locations
Tolworth Hospital
London
KT6 7QU
Employer details
Employer name
South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust
Address
Tolworth Hospital
London
KT6 7QU
Employer's website
https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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