Job summary
To provide psychiatric support to the Barnet East Generic CAMH Service. Weekly supervision will be provided by the consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist.
The Barnet East Generic CAMHS team is based at Oak Lane Clinic, Oak lane, Finchley, London N2 8LT. It is a multi-disciplinary team for Barnet young people up to their 18th birthday.
The post is for a Specialty doctor in Psychiatry to work with children presenting with mental health difficulties in the generic CAMHS pathway. It is a fixed term post that has been created to help to cover increase demand and maternity leave of consultant psychiatrist. This post-holder will be professionally accountable to the Chief Medical Officer of BEH Mental Health NHS Trust & C&I Foundation Trust partnership, and managerially to the Medical Director of the CAMHS Division.
Barnet CAMHS is transforming its clinical services in line with the Thrive Model with a stepped offer of care within two pathways: Generic CAMHS Emotional and Behavioural/ ADHD pathway and Neurodevelopmental (ASD/LD) pathway.
This is a fixed term specialty doctor post in a well-functioning Multidisciplinary team and will offer the post holder the opportunity to learn, train and develop skills towards becoming a consultant within the team.
Main duties of the job
o Compliance with legal obligations covering clinical practice (e.g. Mental Health Act and Code Practice, The Children Act etc.)
o Compliance with Trust procedures that involve users in their care
o Compliance with Trust procedures with regard to responsibility to carers
o Compliance with procedures whereby doctors report concerns about the professional conduct or competence of medical colleagues
o Participating in medical and multidisciplinary audit and other procedures for clinical governance
o Compliance with the regulations of the Royal college of Psychiatrists on Continuing
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
- We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
- With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
- We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
- We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Duties:
The role of ensuring that clinical care provided to the service users is of a high quality and is provided within the Trusts policy framework. The post holder will have a caseload of about 60 cases.
The post holder will undertake the necessary clinical administrative duties associated with providing excellent patient care.
The post holder will be an active member of the multidisciplinary team, and therefore attend multidisciplinary team meetings and provide advice and support to the team.
To support the further transformation of the service and participate on QI projects.
To ensure all cases are appropriately allocated to professionals within the expertise and skills available in the team.
To play a role in implementing children and young peoples IAPT.
To diagnose, formulate, treat and manage Children and Young People with complex and severe mental health disorders.
To actively engage in links with other parts of Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services, Primary Care Services, Social Services and other agencies relevant to the services.
To have primary responsibility for cases where they have direct face to face contact
To have shared responsibility for cases on which they collaborate or co-work with other professionals.
Ensure all cases receive an appropriate treatment modality within the existing resources.
To be available to other professionals when they need to discuss cases.
Manage an established caseload, including neurodevelopmental cases some of whom maybe on medication.
Assess newly allocated cases and formulate appropriate treatment plans in collaboration with colleagues in other disciplines.
Complete relevant paperwork, including maintaining the electronic record and participating in routine outcome monitoring of clinical work.
Undertake other duties (as negotiated) which contribute to the good functioning of the clinical team.
To conduct one audit per year
Participate in the daytime psychiatry on call rota.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Duties:
The role of ensuring that clinical care provided to the service users is of a high quality and is provided within the Trusts policy framework. The post holder will have a caseload of about 60 cases.
The post holder will undertake the necessary clinical administrative duties associated with providing excellent patient care.
The post holder will be an active member of the multidisciplinary team, and therefore attend multidisciplinary team meetings and provide advice and support to the team.
To support the further transformation of the service and participate on QI projects.
To ensure all cases are appropriately allocated to professionals within the expertise and skills available in the team.
To play a role in implementing children and young peoples IAPT.
To diagnose, formulate, treat and manage Children and Young People with complex and severe mental health disorders.
To actively engage in links with other parts of Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services, Primary Care Services, Social Services and other agencies relevant to the services.
To have primary responsibility for cases where they have direct face to face contact
To have shared responsibility for cases on which they collaborate or co-work with other professionals.
Ensure all cases receive an appropriate treatment modality within the existing resources.
To be available to other professionals when they need to discuss cases.
Manage an established caseload, including neurodevelopmental cases some of whom maybe on medication.
Assess newly allocated cases and formulate appropriate treatment plans in collaboration with colleagues in other disciplines.
Complete relevant paperwork, including maintaining the electronic record and participating in routine outcome monitoring of clinical work.
Undertake other duties (as negotiated) which contribute to the good functioning of the clinical team.
To conduct one audit per year
Participate in the daytime psychiatry on call rota.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent
- Limited or Full Registration with the General Medical Council UK
- Membership of a professional indemnity organization
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent
- Section 12(2) Approval under Mental Health Act
- Higher degree in a relevant subject
- Experience of Safeguarding Children framework
- Experience of working in a culturally diverse area
Previous experience
Essential
- Atleast 3 years experience in a training scheme. Experience of CAMHS
- Experience of MDT/multiagency working and co-working with MDT colelagues
Desirable
- Experience of working in an inpatient CAMHS unit.
- Additional experience of working in CAMHS, paediatrics or adult psychiatry.
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of psychological interventions.
- Skills in the assessment of mental health for children young people and their parents.
- Ability to work autonomously.
- High level skills in working with professional networks and the ability to advocate for and advance the mental health needs of parents and their children.
- Ability to chair team meetings, undertake delegated management tasks and support the CAMHS Service Manager in general team tasks/development as required.
- Ability to form excellent working relationships with colleagues and work flexibly with others in multidisciplinary and multi-agency settings. Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice.
- Knowledge and skills in effective communication, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Effectively manage a clinical caseload, complete outcomes measures routinely, update clinical records in line with team, service and Trust requirements. Knowledge of the relevant clinical research literature and ability to apply it to field of parent/child mental health for each service area.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health, education and the children Act and Child protection.
- Ability to form good working relationships and work flexibly with others in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency settings.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent
- Limited or Full Registration with the General Medical Council UK
- Membership of a professional indemnity organization
Desirable
- Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent
- Section 12(2) Approval under Mental Health Act
- Higher degree in a relevant subject
- Experience of Safeguarding Children framework
- Experience of working in a culturally diverse area
Previous experience
Essential
- Atleast 3 years experience in a training scheme. Experience of CAMHS
- Experience of MDT/multiagency working and co-working with MDT colelagues
Desirable
- Experience of working in an inpatient CAMHS unit.
- Additional experience of working in CAMHS, paediatrics or adult psychiatry.
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of psychological interventions.
- Skills in the assessment of mental health for children young people and their parents.
- Ability to work autonomously.
- High level skills in working with professional networks and the ability to advocate for and advance the mental health needs of parents and their children.
- Ability to chair team meetings, undertake delegated management tasks and support the CAMHS Service Manager in general team tasks/development as required.
- Ability to form excellent working relationships with colleagues and work flexibly with others in multidisciplinary and multi-agency settings. Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice.
- Knowledge and skills in effective communication, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Effectively manage a clinical caseload, complete outcomes measures routinely, update clinical records in line with team, service and Trust requirements. Knowledge of the relevant clinical research literature and ability to apply it to field of parent/child mental health for each service area.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health, education and the children Act and Child protection.
- Ability to form good working relationships and work flexibly with others in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency settings.
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).
