Consultant Psychiatrist - CAMHS

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Are you ready to join our dynamic mental health services undergoing exciting and innovative transformation to improve the mental health experience of children and young people in Birmingham? If so, then look no further!

We are looking to appoint two full-time Psychiatrists in the East Community Service to provide medical leadership to our Core Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) team. The post has become available due to retirement and existing vacancies within the service.

High quality consultant appointments are critical to ensuring senior clinical leadership and providing excellent services. We are looking for an engaged and forward thinking Consultants who can work with us within our core community teams.

You will be a qualified consultant Child & Adolescent psychiatrist with full registration with GMC, or within six months of obtaining your specialist registration. Experience of working within an MDT is essential. You will have Approved Clinician status and S12 approval, or be willing to achieve these within three months of appointment.

The successful applicant will be employed by Birmingham Women's and Children's Foundation Trust. As well as working within the ground-breaking FTB service, there are a number of other benefits including a strong commitment to continuous professional development.

Main duties of the job

The CAMHS Consultant posts are currently based at Washwood Heath Centre Hub for the East community mental health team.

You will have a central role within an MDT context in providing medical leadership, delivering psychiatric assessment and treatment for a caseload of children, adolescents and their families with variable degree of complexity associated with attachment difficulties, mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions, as well as contribute to providing psychiatric & medical risk management in the community.

On a day-to-day basis, as Consultant psychiatrist, you will be part of the FTB integrated core community Mental Health Services. You will have a close working relationship on clinical matters with multidisciplinary teams and provide important liaison with other doctors in primary and secondary care.

You will offer specialist consultation and peer supervision to Senior Mental Health Practitioners within the clinical team including the supervision of junior doctors. On a more strategic level, you will relate to the leadership and management structures of FTB.

Please read through the JD for further information

About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Job responsibilities

SPECIFIC KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

CLINICAL AND MEDICAL LEADERSHIP

To hold overall clinical/medical responsibility and review patients at a frequency according to their clinical need and risks.

To provide psychiatric leadership to the multidisciplinary teams and clinical leadership in collaboration with the team leaders. The Consultant Psychiatrists responsibilities include treatment planning and regular reviews through outpatient contact or a multidisciplinary care programme approach that comprehensively address patients bio-psychosocial needs.

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

All doctors are expected to devote some time to supporting professional activities, teaching, research and personal development.

There is an expectation that you will remain in good standing for continuing professional development (CPD) with the Royal College of Psychiatrists as part of revalidation. You will make your own local arrangements for Peer Review Group meetings in line with Royal College recommendations on CPD and will develop a Personal Development Plan (PDP) agreed with your Peer Group and Appraiser.

The Trust supports CPD activities, including study leave arrangements and associated budget. You are entitled to 30 days over a 3-year period. A robust cover system is in place and is in liaison with other FTB consultants and junior medical staff.

Mentoring is available both through line management and other senior managers or clinicians in the Trust. Some staff have coaching training.

You will be expected to take responsibility for your continuing medical education within statutory limits. This will include keeping up to date with Trust mandatory and statutory training. Please read through the JD for further information

Person Specification

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
• CAMHS CCT holder or equivalent (or within 6 months of becoming eligible for CCT)
• Current full registration with the GMC (or eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment).
• GMC Licence to practice
• Approval (or eligible for approval) under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act.
• An interest to participate in on-going research projects, especially putting research into practice.
• A broad range of experience in Child & Adolescent psychiatry and working with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience of working in a community mental health setting.
• Higher degree or other qualification in research methodology

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.

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust