Job summary
We are currently looking for a 8 PA consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist to work within the Paediatric Liasion and Urgent Care Team of Westminster CAMHS (CNWL) based at St Mary'sHospital.
This is an exciting opportunity for an energetic, innovative and dedicated child and adolescent psychiatrist with creative ideas for service development, keen to work with dynamic and passionate consultant colleagues and MDT clinicians and to collaborate with paediatricians, schools, childrens services and allied health professionals.
You will be working alongside friendly and supportive consultant colleagues. St Mary's Hospital is a highly renowned hospital and the major acute hospital for north west London. The hospital provides care across a wide range of specialties and runs one of four major trauma centres in London in addition to its 24/7 A&E department. You will be working in collaboration with an innovative and outsanding paediatric service in St Mary's Hospital. There are opportunities for teaching and training, for example as part of the higher training scheme and strong links with Imperial College London to develop research interests.
Main duties of the job
This is a newly created post which includes five paediatric liaison programmed activities for consultation-liaison to St Mary's Hospital, and seeing local children and adolescent in the outpatient service, and crucially to lead on the development of a more comprehensive hospital liaison service for under 18-year olds in collaboration with the Imperial College NHS Trust. The post will also provide daily consultant leadership to the Urgent Care Team (UCT) for Westminster CAMHS. This in an 8 PAs post, thus it includes 5 Paediatric Liaison Pas, and 3 PAs in the Urgent Care Team, Junior medical input to the Westminster UCT is accessed via the duty rota at Westminster CAMHS, which includes two speciality trainees and two core trainees. They may also input to the paediatric liaison team.
The base is at Westminster CAMHS, but the clinical work may be done at St Mary's Hospital. The post holder will provide daily consultant input to support the Urgent Care Team covering St Mary's Hospital, as well as support the daytime consultant rota for Wesminster CAMHS (pro rata). This role will be supported by the other consultants in the service during leave periods.They will also contribute to the CAMHS OOH consultant rota for CNWL. The postholder will be expected to liaise with NHS England, Commissioners and Tier 4 services when referral to Tier 4 is indicated and to liaise with Tier 4 services and contribute to CRAFT, CETR and CPA meetings.
About us
Central and North West London (CNWL) specialises in caring for people with a wide range of mental and physical health needs and is one of the largest mental health trusts in England.
Each CAMHS service has its own local management structure: Westminster CAMHS has a Lead Psychiatrist, Therapies lead and team manager who work closely with the inner boroughs service manager. Each sub-team has a psychiatry and therapy lead and they, together with the team and service manager form the local senior management team which meets monthly. The postholder will be part of the SMT.
The Westminster CAMHS team is well established and staffed by a large multi-disciplinary team of clinicians. We aim to provide an accessible, flexible and responsive local service for patients and professionals working with children in the area using a range of therapeutic interventions including behaviour, systemic, CBT, IPT-A, DBT, psycho-dynamic and group therapies as well as psychopharmacological approaches. Westminster CAMHS is a Tier 3 service, accepting referrals from GPs, paediatrics, schools and Children's Services. The service has active service user groups for young people and parents. The team has a monthly CPD session and business meeting, a monthly local consultants meeting and a monthly senior management meeting which the postholder will be part of.
Job description
Job responsibilities
General duties
- To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients
- To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively and maintain accurate, contemporaneous medical notes in line with the Trust record keeping policy
- To participate in the service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service
- To attend and participate in the internal CPD activities and maintain up to date CPD activities
- To attend the monthly consultant meetings and other relevant professional meetings
- To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12 (2) and AC approval
- To participate annually in job plan review
- To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services, sharing with other consultant colleagues the medical contribution to management
- To comply with the Trusts agreed policies and procedures
Job description
Job responsibilities
General duties
- To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients
- To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively and maintain accurate, contemporaneous medical notes in line with the Trust record keeping policy
- To participate in the service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service
- To attend and participate in the internal CPD activities and maintain up to date CPD activities
- To attend the monthly consultant meetings and other relevant professional meetings
- To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12 (2) and AC approval
- To participate annually in job plan review
- To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services, sharing with other consultant colleagues the medical contribution to management
- To comply with the Trusts agreed policies and procedures
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration (or equivalent)
- Section 12 MHA Approved
- Approved Clinician status or willing to apply for approval
- GMC Licence to Practice
Desirable
- An additional post graduate qualification of relevance to working with children and Adolescents
- MRCPsych
Training
Essential
- Inclusion on the Specialist Register (or CCT expected within 6 months of interview date)
Experience, Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Competence in psycho- pharmacology and also non- medication therapeutic approaches
- Experience and training in the assessment and management of cases with complex presentations with high risk
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance/Care Quality
- Able to participate in Medical Audit and Quality Improvement
- Experience of teaching and supervision of junior staff and other disciplines
Desirable
- Management Training
- Experience of Research
- Experience in Paediatrics
- Paediatric liaison experience
Personal Skills & Qualities
Essential
- Excellent communication and empathic skills
- Demonstrable leadership skills
- Experience of team working
- Sound organisational skills
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Cultural Sensitivity and ability to work in multi ethnic environment
Other
Essential
- Sickness (or attendance) record that is acceptable to the Trust: to be checked at interview. Declared medically fit by the Occupational Health Department to perform the duties of the post
Desirable
- Computer Literate
- Full UK car driving licence
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration (or equivalent)
- Section 12 MHA Approved
- Approved Clinician status or willing to apply for approval
- GMC Licence to Practice
Desirable
- An additional post graduate qualification of relevance to working with children and Adolescents
- MRCPsych
Training
Essential
- Inclusion on the Specialist Register (or CCT expected within 6 months of interview date)
Experience, Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Competence in psycho- pharmacology and also non- medication therapeutic approaches
- Experience and training in the assessment and management of cases with complex presentations with high risk
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance/Care Quality
- Able to participate in Medical Audit and Quality Improvement
- Experience of teaching and supervision of junior staff and other disciplines
Desirable
- Management Training
- Experience of Research
- Experience in Paediatrics
- Paediatric liaison experience
Personal Skills & Qualities
Essential
- Excellent communication and empathic skills
- Demonstrable leadership skills
- Experience of team working
- Sound organisational skills
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Cultural Sensitivity and ability to work in multi ethnic environment
Other
Essential
- Sickness (or attendance) record that is acceptable to the Trust: to be checked at interview. Declared medically fit by the Occupational Health Department to perform the duties of the post
Desirable
- Computer Literate
- Full UK car driving licence
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
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).
