Specialty Doctor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry INDT ADHD service
Posted 1 day 3 hours ago by NHS
We have an exciting opportunity for a Specialty Doctor to join our ADHD Service.
This is a new post and is a fixed term post for an initial period of one year, with a likelihood of an extension based on progress in the post.
The post holder will be Specialty Doctor to the Greenwich integrated neurodevelopmental team - ADHD service.
The ADHD service provides specialist assessment and treatment for children and young people presenting with ADHD. The team works closely with the IND ASD service and there will be opportunities to undertake ASD assessments within the team.
Main duties of the job- To support the consultant and multi-disciplinary team in providing and developing an effective integrated neurodevelopmental service.
- Manage and prioritise professional time on clinical duties, administration, teaching, research, audit, and other related services.
- Participate in teaching arrangements with Social Care, Acute and Community Paediatrics, junior psychiatric staff, and local GPs.
- Take an active role in service development, showing a commitment to patient throughput, a reduction in the waiting list across the services and increased availability and accessibility of services.
- Adhere to the requirements of Trust's Reflective Practice development in its use.
- Contribute on a regular basis to audit and quality improvement processes and clinical governance and research activities undertaken within the Trust in line with professional regulations.
- Provide clinical cover for medical colleagues during annual leave, sickness, study leave and participate in cross borough cover arrangements as necessary.
- Participate in an active CPD forum and Trust annual appraisal process leading to revalidation.
At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England. Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.
Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts.
Oxleas recruitment and retention strategy includes offering all Consultants and SAS doctors regular formal structured mentoring by professionally trained mentors.
"We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it's a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it's a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people's lives."
Chief Executive
We have distinctive values at Oxleas - We're Kind, We're Fair, We Listen, We Care. Our values are very important to us. They help Oxleas to be a great place to work.
Job responsibilities- 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 children and young peoples neurodevelopmental disorder pathway across the Trust.
- To participate in annual appraisal.
- 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 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 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.
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- Full GMC Registration
- At least 2 years experience in ADHD assessments
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.