Consultant Psychiatrist - CAMHS Tier 3 Richmond

South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

Temporary Base: Livingstone House, Teddington, TW11 0LR

This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy, mature service to provide both medical and psychological treatment for individuals and families with severe mental health needs. There will also be opportunities for the post holder to lead on service development in line with Trust principles and governed by national standards.

The post is within a Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) providing a community service and has close links with local authority, education, and the wider borough structure. The post holder will be joining a skilled, motivated, and innovative MDT committed to continual learning and development and will be offered excellent CPD opportunities.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a committed and enthusiastic Consultant Psychiatrist to join our CAMHS team in Richmond. The postholder will join 12 CAMHS Consultants within the Trust Service Line. This is a part-time, 9 PAs (5 PAs in T3 Richmond CAMHS and 4 PAs in the Kingston and Richmond Single Point of Access Service), substantive post. This post has become available due to the previous post-holder retiring.

The post-holder will be responsible to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Clinical Director of Southwest London St George's Mental Health Trust.

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Directorate of Southwest London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust is a well-established provider of mental health services to the boroughs of Richmond, Sutton, Kingston, Merton, and Wandsworth.

The local Richmond CAMHS team is highly specialist comprising of family therapy, psychology, risk management nurses, and DBT specialists. The team has access to trust-wide services such as the DBT group program, eating disorder service, emergency services covering the 3 acute hospitals served by the Trust, and a Learning Disability Service together with a Deaf Service and a Neurodevelopmental Team.

About us

We are Proud to Belong at Southwest London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust. We have expert services, a rich history, and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti-racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development, and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

Additionally, we offer a number of enhanced benefits, including a relocation package available - Up to £8,000 relocation package available terms and conditions apply

Job responsibilities

Southwest London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links, and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton, and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.

We are committed to providing high-quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in Southwest London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as good; however, we aim to be outstanding.

Please refer to the attached JDPS for a detailed Job Description.

Person Specification QUALIFICATIONS

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research, or management.
• Additional clinical qualifications.

ELIGIBILITY

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

• Excellent knowledge in specialty, especially the assessment and management of neuro-developmental disorders in children and adolescents.
• Excellent clinical skills using a bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
• Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others.
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to the post within NHS or comparable service.
• Training in specialist assessment tools, e.g., 3Di, ADOS etc.

ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
• Ability to work in and lead a team.
• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement.
• Participated in continuous professional development.
• Participated in research or service evaluation.
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
• Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes.
• Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post.
• Reflected on the purpose of CPD undertaken.
• Experienced in clinical research and/or service evaluation.
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit, and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations, and publications.
• Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients.

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.

South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum pro rata plus London Zone Allowances