An exciting opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join CAMHS in the County Children Looked after and Adoption team.
This is a 0.7 post in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 5 Direct Clinical Care and 2 SPA.
The CAMHS County Children Looked after and Adoption team is a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency team whose purpose is to assess the mental health needs, promote the emotional and psychological wellbeing and placement stability of the children and young people it works with. The team is commissioned to work with children and young people aged 0-18, who are looked after and living away from their birth parents, in the care of Nottinghamshire County Council either in foster care or residential care. The team also supports children and young people who have been adopted and their families. Our service offer is available to children and young people that are placed in Nottinghamshire by other local authorities.
The Consultant will work with the rest of the clinical team to ensure the delivery of a high-quality evidence based service to children and young people open to them.
The Trust is committed to ensuring the use of The Care Programme Approach to ensure continuity of care and identification of needs for all children and young people in services as required by clinical need. The Consultant will not be expected to act as care co-ordinator.
The post holder will be encouraged to act as clinical supervisor for GPVTS trainees in post or will be supported by specialty doctors. If the appointed doctor is trained as a clinical supervisor and eligible for trainees then they may have trainees in post. The post is approved for CT and for ST placements. ST's rotate between in-patients and community to give a diversity of experience to trainees.
The post-holder is expected to consult to the multidisciplinary team to offer psychiatric expertise and direct involvement in the areas of: assessment and diagnosis, pharmacological treatments, use of the Mental Health Act and other relevant legislation in the management of children and young people, and the management of complex and/or risky presentations and severe symptomatology.
The Consultant will provide clinical leadership to the team.
The Consultant will have management supervision with the team Manager and peer supervision from within the Consultant group as required.
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the Executive Medical Director and in accordance with the Trust’s personnel policies and procedures. This may include assessing competences under the Modernising Medical Careers framework.
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 participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service.
To participate in annual appraisal for consultants.
To attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme.
To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval, 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 modernisation.
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 and support the Executive Medical Director and other managers in preparing plans for servicesThe Consultant has a continuing responsibility for the care of patients. The consultant will liaise with the General Practitioners, hospital and community specialists and other agencies wherever relevant.
The Consultant will also undertake the appropriate administrative duties associated with the care of patients and the running of the clinical department, including the prioritization of the case load according to need.
The Consultant will be expected to provide leadership to the wider team, alongside the team manager and other senior team members. They will liaise with the wider CAMH service and other agencies to ensure that the health and care needs of patients are met. The post holder will be required to work in partnership at both strategic and operational levels with relevant internal and external stakeholders. The post holder will need to ensure that people who use services, carers and advocates are treated with respect and dignity in conjunction with team and service requirements.
The Consultant will contribute to the development of clinical expertise for the benefit of patients and the Service as a whole andwill be responsible for offering expert advice on clinical issues, together with the maintenance of case work with individual patients until their safe discharge elsewhere.
These duties are an outline of the main duties of the post. The post holder may be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade and is encouraged to develop special interests in agreement with the Team Manager, Clinical Directors and Service Manager. Any changes to clinical commitments would include a review of the job plan and would take account of the experience of the post holder and the need for any additional training. It is expected that the post holder will participate in peer supervision - necessary and appropriate arrangements for this will be negotiated with the post holder.
The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the post holder when necessary and in line with changing service needs.
This advert closes on Sunday 4 May 2025
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