CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST COMMUNITY CHILD AND ADOLESCENT LD - CANTERBURY

CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST COMMUNITY CHILD AND ADOLESCENT LD - CANTERBURY NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

COMMUNITY CHILD AND ADOLESCENT LEARNING DISABILITY CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST

(CANTERBURY - KENT)

Contract: Substantive

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

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

NELFT is an award-winning community and mental health Trust, providing healthcare for over 4.9 million people. We are committed to delivering the best care to the communities we serve across North East London, Essex, and Kent.

We are currently recruiting to a CAMHS LD Consultant Psychiatrist position in the CAMHS Learning Disability Community Team, based at George Turle House, 54 London Road, Canterbury, CT2 8JY. This is a replacement, substantive, full-time post - 10 PAs with 7.5 PA DCC and 2.5 SPA.

You will join a 0.6wte Specialty Doctor within the service and will have the opportunity to influence future direction, treatment, and models of design in the area in which you work.

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 Kent.
• 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.
• Commit to collaborative working, actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals, and agencies.

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 and Learning Disabilities care.
• Essential understanding of current developments in mental health care.
• To be a team player.

To apply for this role, please visit or and search under job reference number 395-MED521-24.

Person Specification Qualifications

• 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.

Clinical Experience

• Mastery in the management of a broad range of mental disorders under children including neurodevelopment disorders.
• Experience in managing patients from different cultural backgrounds.

Knowledge

• Extensive knowledge of the biological, psychological, and social determinants of mental health disorders and evidence-based management interventions.
• Up to date knowledge of recent DH documentation and NICE Guidelines.
• An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF, and clinical governance priorities.

Clinical Skills

• Excellent communication skills both verbally and written. Familiarity with a wide range of theoretical and clinical approaches. Ability to provide medical leadership to the multidisciplinary team and to function as an active member of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Excellent clinical skills.
• Clear thoughts on how to involve service users in service development and to provide a service which is experienced as being "service-user friendly".
• Practical experience in a short-term psychological therapy.

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.

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust