Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Harrow CAMHS (CNWL) Enhanced Treatment Team (ETT)

We are currently looking for an 8 PA Locum Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to work within our Enhanced Treatment Team (ETT) in Harrow CAMHS (CNWL) for one year to cover maternity leave.

This is an exciting opportunity for an energetic, innovative and dedicated doctor with creative ideas for service development, keen to work with dynamic and passionate consultant colleagues and MDT clinicians and to collaborate with paediatricians, schools, childrens services, Tier 4 services and allied health professionals.

You will be working in a team with two higher trainees (St Mary's higher training scheme in child psychiatry), a core trainee and two specialty doctors.

We support flexible working.

This post attracts Relocation package for up to 8K (subject to eligibility)a generous annual leave entitlement, study leave, the NHS pension for a scheme and other financial benefits such as range of staff discounts including discount on the purchase and the lease of new cars.

Further Information & Arrangements to visit

Dr Julia Gledhill (Lead Psychiatrist)

E: ashtreeclinic@nhs.net T: 020 8869 4500

Dr Azer Mohammed (CAMHS Clinical Director)

E: azer@nhs.net, T: 020 3317 5999

Main duties of the job

This post provides maternity cover for one year.

This 8 sessions post is within the Enhanced Treatment Team (ETT). The post holder will provide psychiatric assessments and reviews and oversee pharmacological treatment and, together with the substantive consultant in the ETT, will provide leadership with regard to psychiatric assessment, risk assessment and management of young people referred to and managed within the ETT.

This team carries a complex caseload within which many of the young people have recurrent self-harm and suicidal behaviour with emerging borderline personality difficulties and the therapeutic work of the team is underpinned by a DBT approach. The postholder will also contribute to the daytime duty consultant rota as well as the CAMHS OOH consultant rota.

About us

CNWL is a nationally leading NHS Foundation Trust providing Mental Health, Community Health and Child Health Services across London and the South East of England.

Over the last few years our catchment area has grown significantly, making the Trust's population more diverse than ever. The area spans the communities of London, Milton Keynes and wider geographical areas of Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Kent and Hampshire. There are areas of great affluence as well as deprivation, and there are over 100 first-languages spoken in these communities.

We were authorised as a Foundation Trust on 1 May 2007.

The Trust is organised in to three Divisions: Jameson, Goodall and Diggory. Goodall Division is responsible for the delivery of Mental Health and community Learning Disability services in Hillingdon, as well as all CNWL's specialist rehabilitation provision and CAMHS provision in NW London. We also deliver community physical health services in a number of boroughs in NW London, including Hillingdon Harrow, Ealing andneighbouring System of North Central London.

Our staff play a fundamental role in our delivery of excellent outcomes and excellent patient experience, so it is our aim to create a happy and healthy working environment where you can thrive and succeed.

www.cnwl.nhs.uk

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Work

To provide psychiatry leadership to the ETT team

Responsibility for ensuring other members of the MDT are supported in identifying the symptoms and level of risk that require the involvement of psychiatry

Direct clinical involvement and oversight of cases held by other clinicians in the MDT, supporting the MDT with regard to comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and management planning, guided by the CAMHS care pathways and clinical model.

Contribute to psychiatric assessment (including new initial assessments).

Contribute to multidisciplinary assessments and management planning.

Liaison with NHS England, Commissioners and Tier 4 services when referral to Tier 4 is indicated.

Liaison with Tier 4 services and contribution to CRAFT and CPA meetings.

Contribution to the daytime duty rota at Harrow CAMHS, supporting the Urgent Care Team, duty professional and junior doctor with regard to assessment and management of emergencies at Northwick Park Hospital, triage of referrals, urgent telephone enquiries and assessments etc.

To maintain accurate and up to date clinical records.

To contribute to the collection and monitoring of Clinical Outcome data across the service to assist delivery of KPIs.

To complete and contribute to the completion of Serious Untoward Incident Reports as required.

Participation in the development of clinical protocols as required.

Participation in the training and supervision of other members of the multidisciplinary team as required.

Supervision: The post holder will participate in fortnightly case based discussions with other consultant and junior medical colleagues.

Maintaining up to date Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

Other clinical and management duties

Contribution to the daytime duty consultant rota (approximately 7 days in 6 weeks) at Harrow CAMHS offering consultation to the duty professional and junior doctor on duty as needed with regard to triage of referrals, urgent duty calls, telephone enquiries and urgent assessments. The duty consultant is expected to attend the duty huddle at the start of the day (9am) and at 4pm on their duty day. Harrow CAMHS has its own urgent care team (Brent/Harrow Urgent Care Team), with their own consultant, and they assess emergency presentations at Northwick Park Hospital.

Providing consultant support to the Urgent Care Team (when the UCT consultant is on leave/unavailable).

To provide Responsible Clinician and Section 12(2) responsibilities under the Mental Health Act (1983) to CAMHS patients where necessary or appropriate.

To maintain accurate and up to date clinical records.

To contribute to the collection and monitoring of Clinical Outcome data across the service to assist delivery of KPIs.

The postholder will be part of the Harrow CAMHS senior management team (SMT) and will attend the monthly SMT meetings.

Clinical supervision of junior medical staff and other members of the MDT.

The post holder will participate in fortnightly case-based discussions with other consultants and junior medical colleagues.

Participation in the development of clinical protocols as required.

To offer teaching to colleagues at the acute hospital, CAMHS colleagues, trainees and medical students.

Maintaining up to date Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

Contribution to the CAMHS OOH consultant rota.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Primary Medical Degree
• Full GMC Registration
• Section 12 MHA Approved
• Approved Clinician status or willing to apply for approval.
• GMC Licence to Practice

Desirable

• MRCPsych (or equivalent)
• An additional post graduate qualification of relevance to working with children and Adolescents
• Inclusion on the Specialist Register for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (or CCT expected within 6 months of interview date)

Experience, Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Competence in psycho- pharmacology and also non- medication therapeutic approaches.
• Experience and training in the assessment and management of cases with complex presentations with high risk and mood dysregulation, moderate to severe learning disabilities with mental health disorders and/or challenging behaviour, emotional disorders and neurodevelopmental disorders
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance/Care Quality
• Able to participate in Medical Audit and Quality Improvement
• Experience of teaching and supervision of junior staff and other disciplines

Desirable

• Management Training
• Experience of Research
• Publication in peer-reviewed journal
• Experience in Paediatrics
• DBT training

Personal Skills & Qualities

Essential

• Excellent communication and empathic skills with a range of different people
• Demonstrable leadership skills
• Experience of team working
• Sound organisational skills
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to cope with considerable pressure and adapt to new demands
• Ability to balance competing demands and prioritise
• Cultural Sensitivity and ability to work in multi ethnic environment

Other

Desirable

• Computer Literate
• Full UK car driving licence

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ash Tree Clinic (Harrow CAMHS)

322-326 Northolt Road

South Harrow

HA2 8EQ

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