CAMHS - Generic Child & Adolescent Consultant

Job summary

The post holder will be working with a large multidisciplinary team of doctors, nurses, social workers and psychologists, psychotherapists and creative therapists. The team consists of approximately 42 wte split as 34 wte clinicians and 8 wte admin staff. A number of staff are trained in CBT, theraplay and family interventions, parenting and attachment work. There is a dedicated ADHD diagnostic and treatment team.

The service receives approximately 3704 referrals per year, new and re-referrals and 2933 records where a referral allocation exists for 2022. All new cases are seen first by one of the Multidisciplinary team for a mental health assessment. Following this the young person may be seen for a secondary assessment by a psychiatrist where there are concerns e.g., eating disorder, psychosis (Under 16 year) moderate or severe depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, severe self-harm or complex cases. In all cases where a psychiatric opinion is sought the cases will be brought to one of three Multi-Disciplinary (MDT) weekly meetings.

The service has a CAMHS Learning Disability pathway and psychiatry input on the pathway is provided by a CAMHS LD Consultant.

Main duties of the job

It is expected that the Consultant will have approximately 2-3 patient related contacts per clinical session. These may include review appointments (face to face or remotely), therapeutic treatment appointment, Multiagency meetings or CPA reviews, consultations with other clinicians or professionals about specific patients, clinical supervision regarding specific patients.

Our offices are at Kimberworth Place (Rotherham), The Crystal Building (Doncaster), and St Nicholas House (Scunthorpe). The majority of non-remote clinical work will be done from these bases. Other clinical work may be carried out in a variety of settings including other clinics, Children Centre's, GP surgeries and in hospital.

Cases are triaged by a multi-disciplinary duty team who aim to see all cases that are urgent within 24 hours and routine cases within three weeks. The service also provides a range of brief interventions and a range of speciality teams including Eating Disorders Team; Looked After Children; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; ADHD; Family Therapy and Art Therapy. There are approximately 120-140 referrals managed in this way per month.

The psychiatric input includes consultation in complex cases, assessment and treatment on a range of diagnosis including eating disorders; depression, severe anxiety and OCD and psychosis up to the age of 18 (psychosis beyond the age of 16 is covered by the Early Intervention in Psychosis Psychiatrist).

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook