Job summary

SAU is based at Mapother House, on the Maudsley Hospital Site. It is an open adolescent inpatient unit, offering mental health care for adolescents (12-17 years) with serious mental illness who present in crisis and require hospital admission. The unit has 11 inpatient beds and up to 3-day patient places.

This post involves direct assessment of all admissions, formulation of treatment plans in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team (MDT), liaison with other agencies (both health and partner organisations), supervision of junior medical staff, chairing of meetings with both clinical and non-clinical agenda, and facilitating safe and effective discharge in collaboration with community services.

Although currently based at Mapother House, this is an exciting time for the service, as SAU is due to move to a new purpose built home in the new Pears Centre, a new development providing inpatient and outpatients mental health services for children and young people, based on the Maudsley site. This is due to happen in 2023 and the post holder will be instrumental in the further development of SAU in its new home. This post has become available because of the career progression of the previous incumbent.

Main duties of the job

To support delivery of an effective and efficient specialist adolescent psychiatry inpatient service, in accordance with national guidance and in collaboration with other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Snowsfields Adolescent Unit (SAU) is one of four CAMHS units run by The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLAM), alongside Acorn Lodge Children's Unit, the Bethlem Adolescent Unit and the Bethlem Adolescent PICU, all of which are based at the Bethlem Royal Hospital.

SAU has a multidisciplinary team (MDT) comprising nursing, social work, occupational therapy, art psychotherapy, psychology and education. The medical staff consists of a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, one Specialist Trainee 4-6 and one Core Trainee 1-3. There is secretarial and administrative support.

About us

Benefits offered by SLAM:

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at Slam. It's important to us that you feel valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

• Generous pay, pensions and leave,we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package, which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance,flexible working and supporting a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development,there are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as leadership, mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
• Car lease,our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars
• Accommodation,eligible staff benefit fromkeyworker housing which is available on selected sites
• NHS discounts,with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through Health Service Discounts website.

For further details, please see attached JD.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Full details of the Job Description can be found on the attachment, which also details the main responsibilities expected from the post holder.

Person SpecificationESSENTIALFull GMC Registration with a License to Practice

MRCPsych or Equivalent

(Eligibility for) Section 12 approval and Approved Clinician status. If not yet S12/AC approved this would not preclude appointment if otherwise suitable, but gaining such approval must be a priority Training and Experience Experience in Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Experience of assessing and managing complex co-morbidities Clinical skills Excellent leadership skillsExcellent adolescent psychiatric assessment skills

Good ability to relate to children, adolescents and parents Good ability to work in a team setting

Understanding of safeguarding

Ability to assess capacity and consent

Understanding of how complaints and serious incidents are managed

Up-to-date knowledge and fitness to practice

Expertise in the use and application of The Mental Health Act, and other relevant legal frameworks, in children and young peopleManagement/Audit Participation in audit or QI in clinical posts Teaching Experience of teaching a range of disciplines Research Involvement in research projects Personal Skills Excellent demonstrable communication skills in English (both oral and written) Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and resolve conflict

Probity Eligible to work in the UK

Desirable

Qualifications

Higher degree/Research qualifications

Higher management qualifications

Training and experience

Trained in ADI and ADOS

Training in investigation of complaints and SIs

Clinical skills

Expertise in CBT or other therapeutic intervention to postgraduate level

Significant experience of developing and leading in-patient psychiatric careManagement/Audit Experience of leading audit or QI projects

Evidence of involvement with business planning of clinical services

ResearchPeer reviewed publication

Book publication

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC Registration with a License to Practice
• MRCPsych or Equivalent
• (Eligibility for) Section 12 approval and Approved Clinician status. If not yet S12/AC approved this would not preclude appointment if otherwise suitable, but gaining such approval must be a priority

Desirable

• Higher degree/Research qualifications
• Higher management qualifications

Training and Experience

Essential

• Experience in Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Experience of assessing and managing complex co-morbidities

Desirable

• Trained in ADI and ADOS
• Training in investigation of complaints and SIs

Clinical Skills

Essential

• Excellent leadership skills
• Excellent adolescent psychiatric assessment skills
• Good ability to relate to children, adolescents and parents
• Good ability to work in a team setting
• Understanding of safeguarding
• Ability to assess capacity and consent
• Understanding of how complaints and serious incidents are managed
• Up-to-date knowledge and fitness to practice
• Expertise in the use and application of The Mental Health Act, and other relevant legal frameworks, in children and young people

Desirable

• Expertise in CBT or other therapeutic intervention to postgraduate level
• Significant experience of developing and leading in-patient psychiatric care

Management / Audit

Essential

• Participation in audit or QI in clinical posts

Desirable

• Experience of leading audit or QI projects
• Evidence of involvement with business planning of clinical services

Teaching

Essential

• Experience of teaching a range of disciplines

Research

Essential

• Involvement in research projects

Desirable

• Peer reviewed publication
• Book publication

Personal Skills

Essential

• Excellent demonstrable communication skills in English (both oral and written)
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and resolve conflict
• Probity
• Eligible to work in the UK

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