Consultant Psychiatrist in Child and Adolescent PsychiatryCumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation TrustThis is an opportunity to join an experienced and well-established Universal Crisis Service which provides crisis assessment and home treatment for young people experiencing acute mental health problems who can be managed in the community with intensive mental health support. The post will be supported by a Specialist Crisis Young Peoples' Team and you will join a skilled UCT multi-disciplinary workforce, including nurse consultants, non-medical prescribers, a pharmacist, specialist nurses, and a psychologist.
As a medical leader in the Crisis service, you will typically provide home-visit or outpatient reviews of new patients taken on for home treatment and, as part of the MDT, be responsible for reviewing their progress. This will involve meeting with families, carers, and other agencies to support their roles. You will also provide support and consultative advice to other clinicians in the service, as well as supervision and support to trainees/visiting medical students on an ad-hoc basis. Your role will involve liaison with GPs, schools, local authorities, and other multi-agency staff, and community CYPS colleagues.
Main Duties of the JobTo provide psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, and formulation to patients presenting with mental health crises from childhood to 18 years taken on for home-based treatment with the Northumberland and North Tyneside Crisis Team or seen by the Psychiatric Liaison service.To undertake S12 work in relation to Mental Health Act assessments for UCT patients.To provide or ensure referral to the appropriate service for the provision of up-to-date, evidence-based interventions for patients under the service's care.To collaborate with GPs, Community Teams, and primary care clinicians on follow-up arrangements for patients assessed or treated within the service.To provide leadership, consultation, advice, and guidance within the multi-disciplinary team, including for the Access and Triage components of the service.To work collaboratively with colleagues in other specialist mental health teams and develop proactive links with community services; particularly with a view to developing more robust pathways into appropriate follow-up care once discharged.To take a lead role with the Team/Clinical Manager and other colleagues in service establishment, development, and improvement.To contribute to the ongoing training and development program within the team.To train and supervise junior medical staff, medical students, and other allied professions.Job ResponsibilitiesTo appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff, including assessing competences under appropriate frameworks.To ensure that junior medical staff working with the post holder operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant.To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients.To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively, and submit this promptly to the Information Department.To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval (if obtained), and to abide by professional codes of conduct.To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager, which will include consultation with a relevant manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernization.To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services, and share with Consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management.To comply with the Trust's agreed policies, procedures, standing orders, and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service.Person SpecificationQualificationsMBBS or equivalent medical qualification.Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research, or management.Additional clinical qualifications.Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.Included on the GMC CAMHS Specialist Register OR within six months.Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.Clinical Skills, Knowledge, and ExperienceExcellent knowledge in CAMHS specialty.Excellent clinical skills using a bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge.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.Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.NHS or comparable service experience.Academic Skills and Lifelong LearningAble to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.Ability to work in and lead a team.Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver improvement.Participated in continuous professional development.Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes.Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post.Reflected on the purpose of CPD undertaken.Experienced in clinical research and/or service evaluation.Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit, and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations, and publications.Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes for patients.Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Salary: £105,504 to £139,882 a year pro rata for part-time.
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