Consultant Adolescent Psychiatrist

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, dynamic Consultant to join our organisation to work in a substantive position as a Consultant Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatrist.

This post is one of two Consultant Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry posts for Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust. This post holder will provide clinical leadership for the Hope Unit - Adolescent in-patient service with a focus on assessment / short stay treatments, utilising an acute care pathway (6-8 week admissions).

Main duties of the job

To lead the clinical team in a regional service, providing emergency, urgent and elective multi-disciplinary assessment & treatment for adolescent inpatients with complex or enduring mental health problems. To provide specialist consultation and advice to referring MH teams (CAMHS and Working Age Adult MH Services), Local Authorities and CCG's across the Trust footprint & across the NW, pertaining to young people with complex mental health care needs. To take clinical responsibility for all 12 young people who are inpatient on the unit, & manage a caseload of clients who are receiving direct high intensity input. To adhere to the policies & procedures in support of the caseload, maintaining appropriate clinical records, confidentiality & admin. To work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team, participating in & helping to lead in management of referrals, admission & discharge planning, CPA reviews & effective handover to Borough MH teams & Local Authorities & updates for commissioners. To utilise the Care Programme Approach & also The New Mental Health Act, The Children Act & The Mental Capacity Act when req'd. To work in partnership with other professionals/agencies involved in the care of young people, across departmental & organisational boundaries.

Job responsibilities

• To take clinical responsibility for young people who are inpatients on the Hope unit, and manage a caseload of clients who are receiving direct high intensity input from the unit.
• To lead the clinical team in a regional service, providing emergency, urgent and elective multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment for adolescent inpatients with complex and enduring mental health problems.
• Working with the multidisciplinary team, provide comprehensive psychosocial multiaxial diagnostic assessment; formulation and management; assessment of psychiatric and psychological comorbidity; care of comorbid physical health needs; psychoeducation; psychopharmacological interventions and management.
• To adhere to the policies and procedures in support of the caseload, maintaining appropriate clinical records, confidentiality and administration.
• To work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team, participating in and helping to lead in management of referrals, admission and discharge planning, CPA reviews and effective handover to Borough mental health teams and Local Authorities, and updates for commissioners.
• To utilise the Care Programme Approach, and also The Mental Health Act, The Children Act and The Mental Capacity Act when required.
• To work in partnership with other professionals/agencies involved in the care of young people, across departmental and organisational boundaries.
• To provide specialist consultation and advice to referring mental health teams, Local Authorities and CCGs across the Trust footprint and across the NW Region, pertaining to young people with complex mental health care needs, as and when required.
• To lead in the areas of medical practice in particular, and mental health practice in general using a clinical governance framework.
• To provide clinical supervision to junior medical staff, and to contribute to the clinical supervision of other practitioners within the department.
• To provide mutual prospective consultant leave cover with the Horizon Unit colleague.

Safeguarding and Governance

• To practice within a clinical governance framework and ensure that Trust policies, procedures and protocols are adhered to.
• To contribute to an annual audit relevant to the post.
• To work closely with Trust colleagues and CAMHS Directorate Senior Leadership team and commissioners, to lead the strategic and operational development of the Complex Care Inpatient service.
• To ensure that national, local and professional policies, procedures and protocols are adhered to.
• To be an active member of the CAMHS Directorate and the CAMHS Consultants group. To undertake strategic managerial tasks as appropriate to the post, including membership of the Greater Manchester CAMHS Network Tier 4 Group.

Person Specification Educational Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration

Professional/Occupational Qualifications

• Possession of CCT in either Child & Adolescent Psychiatry or General Adult Psychiatry, or be within 6 months of achieving this or entered on the GMC Specialist Register.
• Section 12 Approval under Mental Health Act 1983, or be eligible for approval. Approved Clinician Status.
• Experience in the use of the Mental Health Act (1983).

Job Training

• Evidence of possession of competencies as laid out within PMETB higher training curriculum for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, or General Adult psychiatry.
• Clinical experience / placement or training post within a whole time Adolescent Service.

Job Experience

• Registered for CPD with the RCPsych.

Special Aptitudes & Skills - Job Specific

• Excellent Leadership skills. Commitment to share ideas with colleagues, to develop and improve the service as a whole.
• Ability to work across organisational boundaries.
• Ability to work creatively and flexibly with teams around complex client groups.
• Excellent team working skills.
• Evidence of audit activity.
• Prior evidence of strong clinical leadership and / or service development elsewhere.
• Evidence of establishing care pathways, and leading creative teamwork with complex clients.
• Published audit.

Special Aptitudes & Skills - Communications

• Cultural competency.
• Qualities essential to make a good educational supervisor of trainees in psychiatry.
• Commitment to training and teaching.
• Current or past educational supervisor of basic trainee and a specialist registrar.
• Evidence of previous experience in teaching.
• Awareness of key legislation NSF, NICE, MHA, MCA, Children Act.
• Evidence of using these to inform practice.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This 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.