Job summary
Southwark CAMHS - Full time (10 PAs) Locum Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist - child and family team and King's Paediatric Liaison team
An exciting opportunity has arisen a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to join Southwark CAMHS. This posts have been created following restructuring and additional investment.
Southwark CAMHS provides a comprehensive range of community-based child and adolescent mental health services across the London Borough of Southwark. The service also has access to National and Specialist services provided at the Michael Rutter Centre, as well as inpatient facilities and enhanced community-based crisis services.
Main duties of the job
This full-time locum consultant post offers the unique opportunity to join an established and dynamic team of 5 Consultants in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, within South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
The post holder will work with the Child and Family Team, an experienced MDT providing assessments and interventions for with children <12 and their families, presenting with moderate/severe mental health needs. The post holder will also provide clinical input to the Paediatric Liaison Service at King's College Hospital, which offers assessment and risk management for children and young people with mental health needs presenting in crisis at King's.
The service offers placements to Core and Higher Trainees on the SLAM/Oxleas Training scheme and it is expected that the post holder will be the clinical supervisor for the core/higher trainee allocated to this post.
The post holder will also join the Southwark CAMHS management team which comprises of senior clinicians in the service, including two non-medical consultants. The successful applicant will also join the SLaM consultant CAMHS on-call rota (see On-call Section).
About us
Service Location
Both Mapother House and King's College Hospital are based on or close to the Maudsley site, which is located less than 5 minutes away from Denmark Hill train station (zone 2).
Benefits
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. It's important to us that you are valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
- Generous pay, pensions and leave. We offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
- Work life balance. We support a range of flexible working options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
- Career development. There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
- Car lease.
- Our staff benefit from keyworker housing, which is available on selected sites.
- NHS discounts.
Other benefits include:
- Counselling services
- Wellbeing events
- Long service awards
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Childcare vouchers
- Staff restaurants
We look forward to receiving your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Southwark CAMHS employs a large number of child and adolescent mental health staff from a variety of disciplines. Interventions are offered with a multi-disciplinary team approach drawing on a number of specialist therapeutic approaches and different psychotherapy models such as CBT, psychotherapy, creative therapies and systemic therapy. The service has developed clear pathways of working together with other agencies in the borough as well as national and specialist services in the directorate.
Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Southwark CAMHS employs a large number of child and adolescent mental health staff from a variety of disciplines. Interventions are offered with a multi-disciplinary team approach drawing on a number of specialist therapeutic approaches and different psychotherapy models such as CBT, psychotherapy, creative therapies and systemic therapy. The service has developed clear pathways of working together with other agencies in the borough as well as national and specialist services in the directorate.
Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Eligibility
Essential
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
- Evidence for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within six months of gaining CCT in C&A psychiatry or Equivalent training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CESR issued by the GMC)
- Section 12 approved
- Approved Clinician status or able to achieve within three months of appointment
Desirable
- Experience of collaborative working with schools/education settings (A)
Training and Experience
Essential
- Experience in Outpatient/Community Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Experience of assessing and managing complex co-morbidities
Desirable
- Trained in ADI and/or ADOS
- Training in investigation of complaints and SIs
- Experience of providing consultation to non-CAMHS practitioners and multi-agency work
- Special interest in neurodevelopmental conditions
ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING
Essential
- Management/Audit - Participation in audit or QI in clinical posts (A) (I)
- Teaching - Experience of teaching a range of disciplines (A)
- Research - Involvement in research projects
- Excellent demonstrable communication skills in English (both oral and written)
- Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and resolve conflict
- Probity
- Eligibility to work in the UK
Desirable
- Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
- Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
- Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications
- Has led quality improvement projects/audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients
- Evidence of involvement with business planning of clinical services
- Peer reviewed publication
- Book publication
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
- Experience in other relevant specialties such as in-patient psychiatry, psychotherapy etc
Clinical skills
Essential
- Excellent leadership skills
- Excellent child and adolescent psychiatric assessment skills
- Good ability to relate to children, adolescents and parents/carers
- Good ability to work in a team setting
- Understanding of safeguarding
- Ability to assess capacity and consent
- Understanding of how complaints and serious incidents are managed
- Up-to-date knowledge and fitness to practice
- Expertise in the use and application of The Mental Health Act in children and young people
Desirable
- Experience of CAMHS work with younger children
- Evidence of skills in consultation to non-mental health specialists e.g. GPs, social workers, paediatricians.
- Evidence of range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
- Expertise in CBT or other therapeutic intervention to postgraduate level
- Significant experience of developing and leading outpatient/community CAMHS psychiatric care
- Significant experience of crisis care
- Expertise in the use and application of The Children Act in children and young people
Person Specification
Eligibility
Essential
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
- Evidence for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within six months of gaining CCT in C&A psychiatry or Equivalent training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CESR issued by the GMC)
- Section 12 approved
- Approved Clinician status or able to achieve within three months of appointment
Desirable
- Experience of collaborative working with schools/education settings (A)
Training and Experience
Essential
- Experience in Outpatient/Community Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Experience of assessing and managing complex co-morbidities
Desirable
- Trained in ADI and/or ADOS
- Training in investigation of complaints and SIs
- Experience of providing consultation to non-CAMHS practitioners and multi-agency work
- Special interest in neurodevelopmental conditions
ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING
Essential
- Management/Audit - Participation in audit or QI in clinical posts (A) (I)
- Teaching - Experience of teaching a range of disciplines (A)
- Research - Involvement in research projects
- Excellent demonstrable communication skills in English (both oral and written)
- Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and resolve conflict
- Probity
- Eligibility to work in the UK
Desirable
- Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
- Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
- Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications
- Has led quality improvement projects/audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients
- Evidence of involvement with business planning of clinical services
- Peer reviewed publication
- Book publication
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
- Experience in other relevant specialties such as in-patient psychiatry, psychotherapy etc
Clinical skills
Essential
- Excellent leadership skills
- Excellent child and adolescent psychiatric assessment skills
- Good ability to relate to children, adolescents and parents/carers
- Good ability to work in a team setting
- Understanding of safeguarding
- Ability to assess capacity and consent
- Understanding of how complaints and serious incidents are managed
- Up-to-date knowledge and fitness to practice
- Expertise in the use and application of The Mental Health Act in children and young people
Desirable
- Experience of CAMHS work with younger children
- Evidence of skills in consultation to non-mental health specialists e.g. GPs, social workers, paediatricians.
- Evidence of range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
- Expertise in CBT or other therapeutic intervention to postgraduate level
- Significant experience of developing and leading outpatient/community CAMHS psychiatric care
- Significant experience of crisis care
- Expertise in the use and application of The Children Act in children and young people
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).
