Job Description

This is a substantive consultant child & adolescent psychiatrist post which has arisen due to a staff vacancy. It offers a unique opportunity to join an established and dynamic team of 5 Consultant Psychiatrists in Croydon CAMHS, within South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.



The post holder will be based within the Croydon CAMHS Treatment Team, which focuses on the provision of specific evidence based interventions including CBT, family therapy, IPT and medical interventions such as antidepressants and stimulant medications . . The post will also include providing sessions to ARC (ADHD Medication Review Clinic).



There are five consultant child and adolescent psychiatrists in Croydon CAMHS (a total of 3.8 WTE). We have specialist interests in neurodevelopmental disorders, ADHD, Learning Disabilities and Crisis Care.



The successful applicant will also join the SLaM consultant CAMHS on-call rota (see On-call Section).



This post includes 7.5 PAs of direct clinical activity with the Croydon CAMHS Treatment Team with 2.5PAs of structured professional activities, during which the post holder will contribute to service development, clinical governance and quality improvement, in addition to completing continuous professional development and pursuing other professional activities.



Interventions are offered with a multi-disciplinary team approach drawing on a number of specialist therapeutic approaches including psychiatry, psychology, nursing, family therapy and varying psychotherapy models - such as CBT, psychotherapy, creative therapies and family therapy. The team has developed clear pathways of working together with other teams in the borough as well as national and specialist services in the directorate be it in-patient or outpatient.



Assessments are undertaken weekly within the team, with an assessment clinic running on a set day to enable broad MDT discussions of assessments. CAMHS practitioners generally hold caseloads of 30 children/young people. Consultant Psychiatrists are not generally first assessors or care coordinators, except for medication reviews in young people receiving consultant-only care. The expectation in the Trust is of a minimum of 3 direct clinical contacts per day averaged over the week.

Benefits offered by SLAM :

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at Slam. It's important to us that you feel valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package, which is dependent on the role and length of service.

Work life balance, flexible working and supporting a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.

Career development, there are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as leadership, mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes

Car lease, our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars

Accommodation, eligible staff benefit from keyworker housing which is available on selected sites

NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through Health Service Discounts website.



For further details, please see attached JD.



Full details of the can be found on the attachment, which also details the main responsibilities expected from the post holder.



Person Specification



ESSENTIAL



Full GMC Registration with a License to Practice



MRCPsych or Equivalent



(Eligibility for) Section 12 approval and Approved Clinician status. If not yet S12/AC approved this would not preclude appointment if otherwise suitable, but gaining such approval must be a priority



Training and Experience



Experience in Outpatient/Community Child and Adolescent Psychiatry



Experience of assessing and managing complex co-morbidities



Clinical skills



Excellent leadership skills

Excellent adolescent psychiatric assessment skills



Good ability to relate to children, adolescents and parents

Good ability to work in a team setting



Understanding of safeguarding



Ability to assess capacity and consent



Understanding of how complaints and serious incidents are managed



Up-to-date knowledge and fitness to practice



Expertise in the use and application of The Mental Health Act, and other relevant legal frameworks, in children and young people



Management/Audit



Participation in audit or QI in clinical posts



Teaching



Experience of teaching a range of disciplines



Research



Involvement in research projects



Personal Skills



Excellent demonstrable communication skills in English (both oral and written)

Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and resolve conflict



Probity

Eligible to work in the UK



Desirable



Qualifications



Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists



Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management



Experience in other relevant specialties such as in patient psychiatry



Training and experience



Trained in ADI and ADOS (A)



Training in investigation of complaints and SIs



Experience of providing consultation to non-CAMHS practitioners.



Special interest in neurodevelopmental conditions



Clinical skills



Evidence of skills in consultation to non-mental health specialists e.g. GPs, social workers, paediatricians.



Evidence of range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service



Expertise in CBT or other therapeutic intervention to postgraduate level



Significant experience of developing and leading outpatient/community CAMHS psychiatric care.



Management/Audit



Has led quality improvement projects/audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients



Evidence of involvement with business planning of clinical services



Research



Peer reviewed publication



Book publication