Specialty Doctor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Job summary

The CAMHS directorate in North Yorkshire, York and Selby locality of TEWV is comprised of the two York Community CAMHS teams based at Lime Trees, the Selby team based at Selby Cabin, the Harrogate Team based at Dragon Parade, the Scarborough Team based at Lake House and the Northallerton Team based at Brompton House.

This post will provide input into Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale part of the NY and Y service. Specifically, this service is commissioned by the North Yorkshire CCG

It has a Single Point of Access service staffed by an experienced staff team who triage and provide a telephone consultation service to families and referrers. The SPA responds to all referrals and help young people and their families with the process of navigating through the options to find a service that meets their needs. The service works with a model of brief intervention to empower young people and their families in achieving good mental health and well-being. Staff job plans are designed to deliver services described in the TEWV Clinical Pathways, in order to provide high quality evidence based care.

This post arises from additional funding to Scarborough CAMHS as it took over diagnosis and ongoing care of young people with ADHD from paediatrics in 2019 and from reallocation of consultant funding.

Main duties of the job

This is a 10 PA post providing Speciality Grade Doctor input to the Scarborough CAMHS (with consultant supervision from Dr Smart and additional supervision for ADHD cases from Dr Kennedy). The post holder will contribute to the teams’ performance objectives and, in terms of clinical work, is expected to achieve an average of 18 direct patient contacts per week, representing a mix of new and review appointments, including some emergency assessments under supervision. The post holder is expected to hold a mixed caseload of both ADHD and generic CAMHS cases. The post holder will be responsible, alongside consultant colleagues, for delivery of mental health services up to a young person’s 18th birthday for the population of Scarborough , Whitby and Ryedale. Although we have a clinic model, there will be an occasional requirement to perform domiciliary and community visits with the support of other team members.

The post holder joining the team will be expected to work in accordance with GMC guidance for working in multiagency and multidisciplinary teams and will be expected to work flexibly.

The post will follow a 8PA (DCC): 2 PA (SPA) job plan. This will allow the post holder to develop a protected day each week to pursue CESR and CPD activities. Active encouragement will be given to pursuing CESR and duties of the postholder can be adapted over time to ensure they gain a wide range of appropriate experiences for this.

About us

We are one of the largest specialist mental health and learning disabilities trusts in the country, with an annual income of £320m and a workforce of some 6,700 staff operating from around 100 sites in Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire and York and Selby. We are Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust. We provide mental health and learning disability services to people of all ages.

We deliver a range of community and in-patient care across adult mental health, children and young people’s services, mental health services for older people and forensic services. We have over 7,000 staff working across more than 90 sites.

With an annual operating income of over £420 million, we work in partnership with local authorities, clinical commissioning groups, voluntary organisations, the private sector, as well as people who use our services, their families and carers. Geographically we’re one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the country, spanning County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire and York and Selby.

We are an equal opportunities employer