Consultant Adolescent Psychiatrist
Posted 16 hours 25 minutes ago by NHS
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 required.
- To work in partnership with other professionals/agencies involved in the care of young people, across departmental & organisational boundaries.
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
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.
- Full GMC Registration
- 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)
- 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
- Registered for CPD with the RCPsych
- 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 team work with complex clients
- Published audit
- 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
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.