COMMUNITY CHILD AND ADOLESCENT CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST (MEDWAY - KENT)

COMMUNITY CHILD AND ADOLESCENT CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST (MEDWAY - KENT) NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert at any time, in the event of receiving suitable applicants.

Contract: Substantive

Hours: Frequency 1:14; Category A - 3% on call supplement

Location: Unit 1 The Courtyard, Campus Way, Gillingham Business Park, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 0NZ

Qualifications needed:

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
• CCT or equivalent
• Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it
• Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it
• Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST

Main duties of the job:

To be successful in your application, you will need:

• To demonstrate that your values are in line with that of NELFT's values
• To be innovative, motivated, and passionate about Child and Adolescent mental health care
• Essential understanding of current developments in mental health care
• To be a team player

Job responsibilities:

You will be expected to:

• Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to children and young people with mental health needs, across Medway
• Provide senior medical support and guidance to the team
• Work directly with young people and their families and liaise as appropriate with other external CAMHS mental health providers and acute hospitals
• Participate in the on-call rota frequency is currently 1:14, with a 3% of basic salary, Category A on-call supplement
• Support your peers and team leader, and be an effective team member whilst allowing them to work with their own initiative
• Work alongside another CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist
• Commit to collaborative working, actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals, and agencies

Person Specification: Knowledge:

• Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it

Experience:

• Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST

GMC:

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

Qualifications:

• CCT

Section 12:

• Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it

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.