Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist (UCT)

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

Clinical and management duties

The appointee will take a consultant lead role in the local urgent care team.

To provide consultation and medical input to the weekly clinical review meeting for UCT

To provide psychiatric assessments when required and support the Urgent Care Team with emergency work at Hillingdon Hospital and 7 day follow ups. Hillingdon Urgent Care team sees on average 30-35 new patients per month offering urgent assessments, 7 day follow-ups and ward reviews as needed.

To lead on the development of the Tier 3.5 service (Urgent Care Outreach Service) for Hillingdon

To contribute to the monthly senior management meetings for the local CAMHS as well as the crisis pathway.

To take a lead role, together with the urgent care team lead, in developing joint crisis pathways and protocols with the acute hospital

To attend interface meetings with the emergency department and contribute to professional meetings for young people at the hospital, including bed escalation meetings.

To provide clinical supervision to psychiatry trainees and speciality doctors contributing to the work of the UCT on a case by case basis as needed.

To lead on the development of interface working between UCT and other CAMHS sub-teams as well as ACTS (Adolescent Community Treatment Service)

To provide the continuity of consultant input for young people admitted to paediatric and medical wards and, if required, be the responsible clinician (RC)

The paediatric liaison sessions will be used to offer consultation to paediatrics and to develop a business case for a paediatric liaison service in collaboration with the local acute trust (Hillingdon Hospital)

To participate in case-based discussions with other CAMHS consultants and junior medical colleagues within the Hillingdon CAMJS doctors meeting which takes place twice a month.

To offer teaching to colleagues at the acute hospital, CAMHS colleagues and trainees and medical students

To facilitate monthly consultation group with the out-of-hours team together with other UCT consultants

To work together and support the team lead in providing activity reports and contribute to providing presentation of the work to senior management meetings and commissioners. This may include the North West London Provider Collaborative and the CNWL CAMHS Central Care Quality and Performance Management Group (CQPMG)

Qualifications

Essential

• Full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a licence to practice
• Section 12 MHA Approved
• Approved Clinician status (or undertaking to obtain this on taking up the post
• Membership of Royal College of Psychiatrist (MRCPsych) or equivalent qualifications/ certification
• Listedon the Specialist Register of the GMC Medical Register for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (or eligible to register within six months of interview date)

Desirable

• Higher degree or additional qualifications of relevance to working with children and adolescents

Experience and Training

Essential

• Completion of Higher Psychiatric Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry or being within 6 months of achieving CCT accreditation
• Or Equivalent training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CESR issued by PMETB)
• Membership of a professional indemnity organization
• Training will have included psychiatric inpatient management of children and adolescents
• Experience of assessing and managing risk in complex patients in acute and community psychiatric settings
• Competence in child and adolescent psychopharmacology
• Competence in non-medication therapeutic approaches
• Use of evidence-based practice
• Experience of Safeguarding Children Framework
• Engagement with annual appraisal
• Experience in multi-disciplinary teaching
• Ability to take a leadership role in a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring high quality care and staff morale
• Excellent communication skills in verbal and written media

Desirable

• Approved training in relevant therapeutic practice (e.g. CBT, DBT or Family therapy)
• Experience in paediatrics and Experience in Paediatric Liaison
• Publications in the field of Psychiatry
• Experience working with different cultural backgrounds
• Experience in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel

Special Aptitudes

Essential

• Demonstrable ability to relate well to young people and their families
• Team player to fit in with multi professional team
• To have an approachable attitude to team members
• Capacity to prioritise conflicting demands and work flexibly

Interests

Essential

• Willingness to represent the service at Trust wide meeting and in discussions with partner agencies and Commissioners

Dispositions and Circumstance

Essential

• Ability to work and build relationships with agencies and departments
• Ability to work with Trust management in the spirit of mutually supportive co-operation
• Ability to travel between locations
• Ability to cover for absent colleagues when necessary

Management/Supervision

Essential

• Enthusiastic about learning and teaching
• Understand the concept and principles of Clinical Governance
• Understand the NHS system, especially in relation to CAMH services, locally and nationally

Desirable

• Willingness to take part in clinical audits
• Aware of issues affecting current and future NHS practice, and ability to work within a changing environment

Other

Desirable

• Full UK care 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.

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).