The Trust has an exciting opportunity for a full time Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to join National and Specialist CAMHS Inpatient services. The post holder will develop, lead and deliver excellence in inpatient care for adolescents in collaboration with other members of the multidisciplinary team.

The new Maudsley Adolescent Unit represents the development and progression of Snowsfields Adolescent Unit (SAU) as it enters its new home in the purpose built Pears Maudsley Centre at the Maudsley Hospital. This service will operate alongside existing inpatient teams that are part of the South London Partnership, including the Bethlem Adolescent Unit (BAU), Bethlem Adolescent Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (BAPICU) and Aquarius Unit, at Springfield Hospital. (This job description will refer to SAU and MAU, but they represent the same service in its current and future iteration). The availability of this post is due to the departure of the previous incumbent.

The opening of the Pears Maudsley Centre is an exciting time for this service, and CAMHS as a whole.

Main duties of the job

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.

This is a notional timetable. It can be adapted to meet the needs of the post holder and the service, in the context of the job planning process with the lead clinician. There will be a 7.5/2.5 DCC/SPA split. Although there are no specific additional responsibilities associated with the post, the post holder would be encouraged to take up additional roles commensurate with their seniority and interests, to be incorporated into their negotiated job. These could include lead roles in education and training (undergraduate or postgraduate), safeguarding, clinical governance, or other aspect of medical leadership.

The consultant role involves providing clinical and medical leadership for both the MDT and junior medical staff.

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 feelvalued 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.

Verified at interview (I), by application form (A)

ESSENTIALFull GMC Registration with a License to Practice (A)

MRCPsych or Equivalent (A)

Inclusion on Specialist Register for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CCT or CESR) (A)

(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 (A)Training and Experience Experience in inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (A)

Experience of assessing and managing complex co-morbidities (A)

Clinical skills

Excellent leadership skills (A & I)Excellent adolescent psychiatric assessment skills (A) (I)

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

Understanding of safeguarding (A)

Ability to assess capacity and consent (A) (I)

Understanding of how complaints and serious incidents are managed (A) (I)

Up-to-date knowledge and fitness to practice (A) (I)

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

The ability to work flexibly across hospital and community sites (A)(I)

Probity (A)Eligible to work in the UK(A)

Desirable

Qualifications

Higher degree/Research qualifications (A)

Higher management qualifications (A)

Training and experience

Trained in ADI and ADOS (A)

Training in investigation of complaints and SIs (A)

Clinical skills

Expertise in CBT or other therapeutic intervention to postgraduate level (A) (I)

Significant experience of developing and leading inpatient or assertive outreach psychiatric care services. (A) (I)

Management/Audit Experience of leading audit or QI projects (A) (I)

Evidence of involvement with business planning of clinical services (A)

ResearchPeer reviewed publication (A)

Book publication (A)

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

• MRCPsych membership or equivalent
• Full GMC Registration with a License to Practice
• Inclusion on Specialist Register for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CCT or CESR)
• (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 in children and young people

Desirable

• Significant experience of developing and leading inpatient or assertive outreach psychiatric care services
• Expertise in CBT or other therapeutic intervention to postgraduate level

MANAGEMENT/AUDIT SKILLS

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
• The ability to work flexibly across hospital and community sites

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Maudsley Adolescent Unit (MAU)

Pears Maudsley Centre, Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill

London

SE5 8AZ

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