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Job summary

Main area
CAMHS specialist community teams
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialist Grade
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
10 sessions per week
Job ref
294-MEDI-0365-CS-A
Employer
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
CAMHS,
Town
Wallington
Salary
£83,945 - £95,275 per annum pro rata plus London Zone Allowance
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust logo

CAMHS Specialist Grade Doctor: Tier 3 Community Sutton

NHS Medical & Dental: Specialist Grade

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

We are seeking a committed and enthusiastic Specialist Grade Psychiatrist to join our CAMHS team in Sutton, a leafy suburb of South West London. The postholder will work with a senior CAMHS Consultant and other experienced Mental Health Clinicians within the Service.

This is a full time, 10PA substantive post. However, part time working can be negotiated. This is a new post due to configuration of services.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy, mature service to provide both medical and psychological treatment for individuals and families with severe mental health needs. There will also be opportunities for the post holder to lead on service development with the Consultant and senior leadership team. The candidate can take up a special interest and/or take an active role in teaching.

The post is within a multidisciplinary team providing a community service and has close links with local authority, education and the wider borough structure. The post holder will be joining a skilled, motivated, and innovative multidisciplinary team committed to continual learning and development and will be offered excellent CPD opportunities.

Working for our organisation

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Directorate of Southwest London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust is a well-established provider of mental health services to the boroughs of Richmond, Sutton, Kingston, Merton and Wandsworth.

The local Sutton CAMHS team is highly specialist comprising of family therapy, psychology, risk management nurses and DBT specialist. The team has access to trust wide services such as the DBT group program, eating disorder service, emergency services covering the 3 acute hospitals served by the Trust and  a Learning Disability Service together with the National CAMHS Deaf Service and a Neurodevelopmental Team.

The Trust is committed to the development of career pathways for Specialty Doctors and applicants can be supported through CESR process if they wish.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post-holder will be responsible to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Clinical Director of SW London St George’s Mental Health Trust. 

 

If you are a dynamic and established Specialist Psychiatrist,  fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice as well as holding S12 approval under the Mental Health Act or you are a Specialty Doctor within six – nine months of being eligible for this grade, we would be delighted to hear from you.

To be eligible for this Specialist Grade role, it is a requirement that you have a minimum 12 years clinical experience 6 of which must be in Psychiatry.

Please refer attached JDPS for detailed Job description and main responsibilities

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
  • MRCPsych (or equivalent) Paper A and B
Desirable criteria
  • Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
  • Additional clinical qualifications

Eligibility

Essential criteria
  • Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice at the time of appointment
  • Good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
  • Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 6 months of appointment
  • Minimum 12 years’ experience post qualification and at least 6 of those in the specialty (psychiatry) with at least 2 year in CAMHS

Clinical knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Excellent clinical skills in the assessment and management of complex mental health conditions in children and adolescents
  • Training and experience in working with systems and agencies to support children and adolescents mental health
  • Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
  • Excellent knowledge in speciality
  • Knowledge and experience in psychopharmacology as applicable to CAMHS
Desirable criteria
  • Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
  • Experience in a variety of therapies

Academic skills and lifelong learning

Essential criteria
  • Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills or willing to undertake training to improve this
  • Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
  • Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
  • Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
  • Participated or demonstrate willingness to participate in continuous professional development
  • Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
  • Has actively participated or demonstrate a willingness to participate in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
Desirable criteria
  • Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
  • Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit or service improvement e.g. prizes or awards
  • Evidence of improving patient outcomes through service change or audit

Other Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Mobile and able to travel to all Trust sites
  • Commitment to and compliance with Trust values

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardLondon Healthy workplaceTrust IDNo smoking policyAge positiveHSJ Best places to workCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Stonewall Silver 2022Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Armed Forces Covenant Bronze AwardHappy to Talk Flexible Working

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.

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Medical Staffing
Job title
Medical Staffing
Email address
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