Job summary
EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
City & Hackney Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service -10 PAs
LAS (ST3+)
(Emotional & Behavioural Pathway and Adolescent Mental Health Team)
A Locum specialty doctor is required for the City & Hackney Specialist Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service. City and Hackney Specialist CAMHS is a long established service for the assessment and treatment of young people up to the age of 18 years, their families and carers living in the borough and has an excellent reputation. The post is not recognised as a formal training slot. However, the on-site training opportunities will be the same as other CAMHS Specialist Registrars training within North East London Scheme (Royal London & GOSH Scheme).
The post-holder would be expected to provide psychiatric and clinical input to the Emotional & Behavioural Pathway and the Adolescent Mental Health Team as well as contributing to duty rotas and linking with the East London wide CAMHS Extended Crisis Service.
Interview date: TBC
Main duties of the job
In the pathway you will join 1.8 WTE Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists, as well as rotating core, specialist and foundation doctors based at the Homerton Row site. The pathway benefits from considerable therapeutic expertise and there will be opportunities for the successful candidate to work collaboratively with non medical colleagues.
The local population is very diverse with high levels of deprivation. C&H CAMHS works in partnership with Community CAMHS (provided by the Homerton), Social Care, Education and Third Sector agencies through the C&H CAMHS Alliance.
Applications will be welcomed from candidates with MRCPsych or with experience of psychiatry and CAMHS.
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
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, verbal, non verbal and written
- Develop effective working relationships
- Function autonomously as well as being a team player
- Assessing, formulating and prioritising patients' needs
- Apply research and theory to practice
- Experience of working with children and adolescents
- Working with people with serious and enduring mental illness
- Auditing practices and service
Desirable
- Evidence based service development
- Skills and a range of therapeutic interventions and psycho-social treatment options
- Experience with Audit/Research
Knowledge
Essential
- Child and adolescent mental health disorders and their management
- Mental Health Legislation
- Use of outcome measurements
- Experience of pharmacological treatments
- Risk assessment and risk management
- Healthcare Governance
- Understanding and knowledge of the Multiagency working
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- MB.BS, MBChB or equivalent
- Full Registration with the GMC
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, verbal, non verbal and written
- Develop effective working relationships
- Function autonomously as well as being a team player
- Assessing, formulating and prioritising patients' needs
- Apply research and theory to practice
- Experience of working with children and adolescents
- Working with people with serious and enduring mental illness
- Auditing practices and service
Desirable
- Evidence based service development
- Skills and a range of therapeutic interventions and psycho-social treatment options
- Experience with Audit/Research
Knowledge
Essential
- Child and adolescent mental health disorders and their management
- Mental Health Legislation
- Use of outcome measurements
- Experience of pharmacological treatments
- Risk assessment and risk management
- Healthcare Governance
- Understanding and knowledge of the Multiagency 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
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).
