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Job summary

Main area
CAMHS
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
285-5998-CYPF
Employer
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Edward Street Hospital / Gem Centre
Town
West Bromwich
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/10/2024 08:00

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Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust logo

Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.

Across the whole of the region we provide:

  • Adult and older adult mental health services
  • Specialist learning disability services
  • Mental health services for children and young people
  • Community healthcare services for children, young people and families in Dudley

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, with the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. Combining resources, strategies and talented workforce enables us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving.

We currently employ over 4,000 people and just like the population we serve, we are made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds. Whatever your role, working in a NHS Foundation Trust, like ours, is a demanding and extremely rewarding experience. Knowing that every day you can help to make a positive difference to someone’s life is a very powerful feeling. We know that our Trust runs on this desire to help and support people, and our Trust vision expresses this. Our vision is to improve health and wellbeing for everyone, especially our colleagues to achieve the best possible work/life balance.

We proudly offer supportive, inclusive and family friendly employment and flexible working policies. We have a wide range of professional services and employee networks to help our colleagues be at their best - and find support if they need it. To find more about our staff benefits, please visit our website: blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk. 

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and ethnic minority candidates are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Black Country Healthcare we recognise and value all forms of knowledge and expertise, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification or criteria in the job description/person specification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

For further supporting information to help you apply for this role please see documents attached under ‘Additional documents’.

Job overview

 

Consultant Psychiatrist, 0.6 wte, Permanent, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, CAMHS division, Sandwell and Wolverhampton.

You are invited to join a friendly and motivated Medical team within the Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Your post will be based at the Edward street outpatient clinic, Edward Street, Sandwell B70 8NY

 

The post will cover community assessment, treatment and psychiatric care for eating disorders presentation under 18 years of age in Black Country (Sandwell and Wolverhampton).  There are on call commitments to this post. You will be clinically responsible for patients within ED service under 18 years in Sandwell and Wolverhampton. You will be part of an established MDT that includes Psychologists, specialty doctor, nurses, Allied Health Professionals and support staff.

The All age Eating disorder service sits within the CAMHS division.

Main duties of the job

Provide and support the development of specialist Eating disorder services for Children and Adolescents under 18 years, to help safeguard the wellbeing of vulnerable children and adolescents, to comply with confidentiality policies and to record activity accurately and comprehensively.

Assess and treat patients under 18 years of age in out-patients setting with eating disorder and co-morbid mental illness in line with NICE guidance, best practice and Trust policies.

Work closely with Multidisciplinary team to deliver holistic care and provide clinical leadership within the team.

Support the care of Children and Adolescents with eating disorder and comorbid mental illness by developing strong partnership with other agencies and services, including education, social care, primary care and voluntary agencies.

Contribute to clinical leadership Trust wide with CAMHS and Adult mental health division, including participating in the governance structures.

Working for our organisation

Employees, workers, and / or contractors will be expected to uphold the values of the Trust and exhibit the expected Trust behaviours aligned to the Trust’s values. Individuals have a responsibility to ensure that they display the Trust values and behaviours in carrying out their job and that individuals feel able to challenge (or raise a challenge) when other colleagues’ behaviours breach the spirit of Trust values.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a more detailed breakdown of the job description and person specification please see the attached documents for the post

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a more detailed breakdown of the job description and person specification please see the attached documents for the post

Person specification

competencies and experience

Essential criteria

  • these are within job appoval form

Desirable criteria

  • these are within job approval form

Essential criteria

  • to be found in the job description

Desirable criteria

  • to be found in the job description

Person specification

Skills, Experience and qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full registration with General Medical Council Inclusion on or eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register of the General Medical Council or within 6 months of CCST/CCT or equivalent in Child and Adolescent psychiatry at date of interview. Section 12 (2) Approval + Approved Clinician Status or demonstrated ability to gain approval within reasonable time frame
  • MB, ChB, MBBS or equivalent Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent 3 years higher professional training in Child and Adolescent psychiatry.
  • Relevant experience in the speciality of Child and adolescent Psychiatry The diagnosis and treatment of complex mental illness
Desirable criteria
  • Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management. Additional Qualifications Undertaken ‘Train the Trainer’ and ‘Equality and Diversity

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Bronze Award

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr S Ratna
Job title
Clinical Director
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01384 324571
Additional information

For a better insight into the Trust and the role itself please contact Dr Sita Ratna, Clinical Director Dudley and Wolverhampton CAMHS. Tel: 01384 324 689, email 

 

Visits can be organised by interested candidates anytime during the application process.  

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