Job summary
- Main area
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months
- Hours
- Part time - 0.6 session per week
- Job ref
- 294-MEDI-0363-CS-A
- Employer
- South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Corner House
- Town
- Springfield Hospital; Tooting
- Salary
- £93,666 - £126,281 per annum pro rata plus Londn Zone Allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant Psychiatrist - National CAMHS Deaf Unit
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.
We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".
When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.
As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
Job Title: Locum Consultant
Duration : 6 months
The Trust is seeking a consultant psychiatrist for the national CAMHS Deaf inpatient unit, Corner House based in Springfield Hospital. The post is advertised as a locum in the first instance pending substantive recruitment
This is an exciting opportunity for an energetic and dynamic consultant psychiatrist to join this dynamic, multicultural and bilingual service. Corner House provides a range of therapeutic options including inpatient treatment Monday to Friday, extended assessments as well as a day programme for up to 6 adolescents aged 11 to their 18th birthday who are deaf, hard of hearing or are hearing but come from Deaf families and present with severe mental health problems. The service is the only inpatient unit for deaf children and adolescents in the country and in Europe. It is part of a wider National Deaf CAMHS and receives national referrals throughout England and is directly funded through NHSE.
Main duties of the job
- Participating in joint assessments of the children and adolescents referred to the unit, with particular focus on psychiatric assessments, including risk assessments, and treatment plans for young people referred to the service.
- To develop effective and evidence-based care plans with colleagues working in partnership with young people, parents and carers.
- Co-ordination of multi-agency packages of care, treatment and support for children and young people and their families with complex problems.
- Provision of consultation, advice and appropriate support to professionals in the wider network of the child, young person or family.
- Providing clinical leadership to the MDT.
- Ensure that policies and procedures are implemented to safeguard and protect children within the service and throughout the CPA process
- Participate in training of medical students, psychiatric trainees and multidisciplinary staff. This will include clinical supervision of specialty doctor on the unit.
- Attend and take a lead in clinical meetings as timetabled (ward rounds, mental health act review/tribunals and CPA meetings).
- To act as Responsible Clinician for young people detained under the Mental Health Act.
Working for our organisation
The post holder will join a dynamic and rich MDT composed by a Clinical Psychologist, a Speech and Language Therapist, an OT, a Senior Social Worker, an OT technician, the Ward Manager, qualified nurses and HCAs. A school is attached to the CAMHS Campus and within this there is a dedicated team of qualified Teachers for the Deaf and Teaching Assistants.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details / informal visits contact Medical Staffing
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specifications for detailed information
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS:
Essential criteria
- Primary Medical degree.
- Full GMC registration
- MRCPsych, or equivalent
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register for CAMHS or other psychiatry speciality (with relevant clinical experience) or eligible for such inclusion on the Specialist Registrar within six months of completing their CCT.
- Section 12 (2) approval of the Mental Health Act
Desirable criteria
- Qualification in a talking therapy such as CBT, DBT or MBT
- Qualifications in change management and service development skills
KNOWLEDGE: & EXPERIENCE:
Essential criteria
- Excellent knowledge in specialty, especially the assessment and management mental health disorders in child ren and adolescents.
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
- Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Desirable criteria
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.
- Experience of working in an inpatient setting.
- Experience of working with people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
- British Sign language Qualification
- Training in specialist assessments tools, e.g. 3Di, ADOS etc.
AUDIT AND MANAGEMENT:
Essential criteria
- Commitment to developing practice through clinical audit and/or research
- Commitment to working with allied agencies including carer’s groups, and local charities.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of service planning and development
- Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS:
Essential criteria
- Evidence of participation in research, and outcomes of studies
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree in research
- Completion of a research project and evidence of dissemination
- Publication in a peer reviewed journal
TEACHING:
Essential criteria
- Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate psychiatry
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching medical and non-medical staff, including those who may not have a formal qualification.
- Teaching Qualification
- Evidence of feedback good from students
PERSONAL SKILLS AND CHARACTERISTICS
Essential criteria
- Ability to remain calm under pressure Ability to inspire others Ability to provide good clinical leadership Ability to effect change Ability to negotiate and collaborate with first, second and third sector organisations to identify shared agendas and meet common goals;Ability to work co-operatively in multi- disciplinary teams Ability to manage and adapt to change
- Willingness to supervise junior medical staff and staff from allied disciplines Willingness to take on a fair share of Trustwide duties
- Commitment to personal, team and service development
Desirable criteria
- Personal experience of deafness Personal experience of social distress
- Evidence of helping others who have suffered physical, mental or social misfortune Evidence of seeking feedback as a way of improving one’s skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Medical Staffing
- Job title
- Medical Staffing team
- Email address
- [email protected]
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