Job summary
Coborn Centre for Adolescent Mental Health: Specialty Doctor Post Advert
Location: East London NHS Foundation Trust
Posted: February 2023
Specialty: Adolescent in-patient
Contract type: Fixed term
Hours: up to 10 PAs per week
Contact details: Dr Ravi Patel Associate Clinical Director ravi.patel4@nhs.net or Richard Vivian Lead Nurse and Service Manager richard.vivian@nhs.net
Description:
We are pleased to announce that an exciting opportunity has arisen at the Coborn Centre for Adolescent Mental Health. This is a specialty doctor post, for up to 10 sessions per week, for 6 months in the first instance with the option to extend.
The Coborn Centre is a highly specialised Tier 4 in-patient service for adolescents with severe and complex mental disorder. It is based in vibrant multicultural East London. The service is a centre of excellence, rated as Outstanding by the CQC and as Excellent by QNIC.
Main duties of the job
The Coborn Centre comprises of 3 provisions including a PICU service, an Acute ward, and a Day Service. There is a highly experienced, well established expert multidisciplinary team providing a comprehensive holistic biopsychosocial assessment and treatment packages to young people and families.
The post holder will work closely with the 3 consultants in the service and with the multidisciplinary team in the assessment and management of young people and families with severe and enduring mental disorder as well as liaising with community stakeholders including CAMHS, Social Care, Education, Youth Offending Teams, Acute Hospital and Adult Mental Health teams.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information relating to this vacancy please see attached job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information relating to this vacancy please see attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- MB.BS, MBChB or equivalent
- Full Registration with the GMC
Desirable
- Higher degree
- Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines)
- oApproval under Section 12(2) of Mental Health Act 1983, or plan to gain approval within 6 months of appointment.
Experience
Essential
- oAt least three years' experience of psychiatry clinical practice post medical qualification
- oAppreciation and social and cultural factors of relevant to psychiatric practice
- oExperience of and commitment to clinical care of individuals with severe and enduring mental health conditions
Desirable
- oExperience of working with young people with mental health problems of an acute and severe nature
- oExperience of Quality Improvement projects & Clinical Audit
- oGood working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act
Organisational
Essential
- oAbility to work as a part of multidisciplinary, multi-model team
- oAbility to manage complex workloads and support others to do that Consultation skills to services, teams, and individuals
- oCommitment to working in multidisciplinary setting
- oCommitment to working with service users on service development
Clinical
Essential
- oAbility to work in multidisciplinary team and provide leadership for the team
- oSelf-motivating and innovative
- oClear, effective communication style Expertise in risk assessment
- oA balanced approach to risk management, based on warm therapeutic interactions with service users
- oConfident in therapeutic risk taking
- oCommitment to clinical governance and QI
- oFlexibility and ability to work under pressure.
- oAbility and commitment to work with carers and families
- oAbility to adjust therapeutic approaches according to service users' cultural needs
Other
Essential
- oAbility to cope effectively under pressure and in stressful situations
- oCourteous and respectful of patients, families and carers
- oAssertive, independent, flexible
- oCapable of multi-disciplinary and inter-agency working
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- MB.BS, MBChB or equivalent
- Full Registration with the GMC
Desirable
- Higher degree
- Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines)
- oApproval under Section 12(2) of Mental Health Act 1983, or plan to gain approval within 6 months of appointment.
Experience
Essential
- oAt least three years' experience of psychiatry clinical practice post medical qualification
- oAppreciation and social and cultural factors of relevant to psychiatric practice
- oExperience of and commitment to clinical care of individuals with severe and enduring mental health conditions
Desirable
- oExperience of working with young people with mental health problems of an acute and severe nature
- oExperience of Quality Improvement projects & Clinical Audit
- oGood working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act
Organisational
Essential
- oAbility to work as a part of multidisciplinary, multi-model team
- oAbility to manage complex workloads and support others to do that Consultation skills to services, teams, and individuals
- oCommitment to working in multidisciplinary setting
- oCommitment to working with service users on service development
Clinical
Essential
- oAbility to work in multidisciplinary team and provide leadership for the team
- oSelf-motivating and innovative
- oClear, effective communication style Expertise in risk assessment
- oA balanced approach to risk management, based on warm therapeutic interactions with service users
- oConfident in therapeutic risk taking
- oCommitment to clinical governance and QI
- oFlexibility and ability to work under pressure.
- oAbility and commitment to work with carers and families
- oAbility to adjust therapeutic approaches according to service users' cultural needs
Other
Essential
- oAbility to cope effectively under pressure and in stressful situations
- oCourteous and respectful of patients, families and carers
- oAssertive, independent, flexible
- oCapable of multi-disciplinary and inter-agency working
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).
