Child and Adolescent Consultant Psychiatrist

Child and Adolescent Consultant Psychiatrist

This is a role for a Child and Adolescent Consultant Psychiatrist at Elysium Healthcare, a large and established healthcare provider with over 8,000 employees across England and Wales. The position is based in Worcestershire and offers a competitive annual salary, a £10,000 signing-on bonus, and a range of other attractive benefits.

Main duties of the job

As the Consultant Psychiatrist, you will be responsible for the clinical care and management of 12 young people with eating disorders, as well as 4 additional day service users. You will work alongside a multidisciplinary team, providing medical expertise and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care. Your key responsibilities will include assessing, treating, and safely discharging patients, managing medication, leading on quality assurance, and ensuring compliance with NICE guidelines. You will also collaborate closely with NHS clinicians and commissioners.

Job responsibilities

As a Consultant, you'll know what it means to lead a team. To always strive for better. Better care, a better you, a better service.

As a Specialist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, you'll know how to best help the twelve young people with eating disorders in our care (plus 4 additional day service users).

Working 37.5 hours a week over 4 or 5 days alongside the multidisciplinary team, you will be the clinical expert from a medical perspective to ensure best practice care is delivered whilst supporting the team. You will also work collaboratively with NHS clinicians and commissioners.

Key Responsibilities of the Consultant Psychiatrist include:

• Ensure that people admitted are assessed, treated, and discharged safely
• Medication management
• Quality assurance, complaints and co-production
• Delivery of NICE guidance
• Lead and manage the CPA and ICR process to ensure full compliance with quality standards

Essential qualifications and experience

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Full GMC registration with licence to practice
• MRCPsych or MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• On the Specialist Register for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry or be accepted within 6 months
• Section 12(2) approval, Approved Clinician status
• Clinical training and experience required for gaining UK CCT.
• Widespread and detailed experience of assessment and management of patients in Child and Adolescent psychiatry
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients

What you will get:

• Competitive annual salary
• £10,000 signing on fee
• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and your birthday off!
• A Group Personal Pension Plan (GPPP) and pension contribution
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.
• Free meals while on duty
• Employee Assistance Services
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Voluntary benefits
• Medical indemnity cover

Person Specification Qualifications

• To be eligible for this role, you must hold an MBBS or equivalent medical qualification, be fully registered with the GMC with a license to practice, and have the MRCPsych or an equivalent qualification approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. You must also be on the Specialist Register for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry or be accepted within 6 months, have Section 12(2) approval and Approved Clinician status, and have the clinical training and experience required for a UK CCT. Significant experience in the assessment and management of patients in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is essential.

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.