Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join a multi-disciplinary Tier 4 Alternative to Admission Adolescent Day Unit, located in the grounds of Wokingham Hospital.
You will bring medical leadership to an established multidisciplinary team and care for young people with acute and complex mental health needs.
Berkshire CAMHS is a child and adolescent mental health service that provides support, advice, guidance and treatment for children and young people across the Getting Help, Getting More Help and Getting Risk Support domains of the Thrive framework and this post is part of our local Tier 4 provision.
Main duties of the job
The Consultant will work for the CAMHS Phoenix Unit, an adolescent Tier 4 Alternative to Admission Out of Hospital Service for up to 16 young people. This is a replacement post.
Phoenix Unit provides Tier 4 packages of care with coordinated, intensive and multimodal interventions with evidence-based treatment for severe and enduring mental illness when young patients needs can no longer be met by community CAMHS teams or crisis services.
Psychiatric input, if required out of hours, is provided by a rota of CAMHS consultants on call, and the postholders core working hours are Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm.
About us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BHFT) was
formed in April 2001 and successfully became licensed as a Foundation Trust in
May 2007. In April 2011 the community services which were previously
the provider arms of NHS Berkshire East and NHS Berkshire West PCTs merged with
the Trust.
The main centres of population are Reading in the
West of the County and Slough in the East.
Within Berkshire there are also major populations at Newbury, Wokingham
in the West and Bracknell, Maidenhead, Windsor and Ascot in the East, as well
and many significant urban developments in smaller towns forming essentially a
single conurbation along the M4 Corridor.
Berkshire is characterised by concentrations of
population and large rural areas. It
includes some of the most affluent and least deprived communities in the
country, but also has pockets of markedly deprived wards.
The Trust is part of two Integrated Care Systems (Frimley ICS and
Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire & Berkshire West ICS) and partners with six
local unitary authorities. The trust has an outstanding
CQC rating.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Consultant will work for the CAMHS Phoenix
Unit, an adolescent Tier 4 Alternative to Admission Out of Hospital Service for
up to 16 young people.
This is a replacement post. Phoenix provides a Tier 4
level care package with coordinated, intensive and multimodal interventions
with evidence-based treatment for severe and enduring mental illness when young
patients needs can no longer be met by community CAMHS teams or crisis
services.
Psychiatric input, if required out of hours, is provided by the CAMHS
consultant on call as the postholders core working hours are Monday to Friday
9am-5pm (unless on call).
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Consultant will work for the CAMHS Phoenix
Unit, an adolescent Tier 4 Alternative to Admission Out of Hospital Service for
up to 16 young people.
This is a replacement post. Phoenix provides a Tier 4
level care package with coordinated, intensive and multimodal interventions
with evidence-based treatment for severe and enduring mental illness when young
patients needs can no longer be met by community CAMHS teams or crisis
services.
Psychiatric input, if required out of hours, is provided by the CAMHS
consultant on call as the postholders core working hours are Monday to Friday
9am-5pm (unless on call).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
Desirable
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- MRC Psych
- Additional clinical qualifications
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
Desirable
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- MRC Psych
- Additional clinical qualifications
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).
