Locum Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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Job summary
This is a fixed term locum post for 9 months to cover a period of maternity within an established Easting Disorders service in NELFT.
NELFT will offer doctors a unique opportunity to work in new revolutionary models of care.
NELFT provides a wide range of medical clinical roles, these include:
- Inpatient and Community Mental Health Services spanning all age groups.
- Community Paediatrics
- Inpatient and Community Geriatrics
- Community Audio Vestibular, and
- Community Prosthetic Services
Mental Health Services:
Nationally NELFT is at the forefront of Mental Health Acute Care with well-developed Home Treatment Teams and high-quality inpatient care. NELFT prides itself of having the smallest bed base across London, and the second smallest Nationally. We are front runners in delivering safe services in the least restrictive way, by having well developed Home Treatment Teams. We currently have no out-of-area patient placements.
Adult and older adult mental health services are provided within our London boroughs, including Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Havering and Barking & Dagenham. There services include patient care, Home Treatment Teams, Early intervention in Psychosis teams, Community Recovery Teams, Liaison services, Perinatal services, Learning Disability services, Eating Disorder services and Personality Disorder services. At the front door of all our services are Access ad Assessment Teams.
Main duties of the job
THE POSTHOLDER'S CLINICAL ROLE
The post holder will be a member of the community eating disorder service, which is a service that offers eating disorder assessment and treatment to both adults and children and young people.
The post holder will be required to assess and manage Children and Young people who present with an eating disorder.
The post holder will be a member of the MDT and have support of other team members in the management of these cases.
The post holder will have a key role in liaising with paediatric teams across the Local acute trusts and co-ordinating care of patients during acute paediatric admissions.
As the service is exclusively an outpatient service, the post holder will not hold an inpatient case load, but the post holder will work with specialist eating disorder inpatient units where patients are admitted to aid smooth transition to different levels of care.
The post holder will be expected to attend and participate in MDT team meetings (Currently Wednesday mornings) as well as CPA meetings of cases on their case load.
CAMHS services are provided across all our London boroughs (Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Havering and Barking & Dagenham), Essex and Kent. We are also at the forefront of leading Home Treatment Team service for CAMHS and also deliver integrated Community Services for CAMHS and Paediatrics.
About us
NELFT is entering a new phase in its service delivery, with several transformation project taking place. We have strong Medical Leadership in NELFT, and we are keen for the clinical voice and the patient voice to guide our service delivery decisions and developments. We also remain mindful of best practice. NELFT puts medical leadership at the heart of our service developments. NELFT has also created "Communities of Practice" (COPs) to research and develop evidence-based ways of working in each of three fields of care and to influence service developments and commissioning decisions. These communities are:
- Children and Young People
- Adult Mental Health and Intellectual Disability
- Older People and Frailty
We have a robust medical appraisal system, which is recognised as one of the best across London. We have a formidable medical educational department, research department, and Quality Improvement teams.Quality Improvement sits high on our agenda. A great deal of work has been done on the development of the quality of experience of staff and the people who use our services.We actively encourage participation in our Quality Improvement Programme,
Research and Development and Clinical Audit activities, as we recognise that investment in these areas helps to enhance professional development as well as the quality of the service we provide to our patients, and in turn, the Trust's reputation.This commitment to quality is a continuous feature in our strategy.
Details
Date posted
20 January 2023
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Consultant
Salary
£88,364 to £119,133 a year Per annum, London allowance
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
9 months
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
395-MED278-22G
Job locations
NELFT Community Eating Disorder Service
Orchards Health Centre, Gascoigne Road, Barking
Barking
IG11 7RS
Employer details
Employer name
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Address
NELFT Community Eating Disorder Service
Orchards Health Centre, Gascoigne Road, Barking
Barking
IG11 7RS
Employer's website
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