Consultant Psychiatrist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Consultant Psychiatrist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust

This is an opportunity to join an experienced and well-established Universal Crisis Service which provides crisis assessment and home treatment for young people experiencing acute mental health problems who can be managed in the community with intensive mental health support. The post will be supported by a Specialist Crisis Young Peoples' Team, and you will join a skilled UCT multi-disciplinary workforce, including nurse consultants, non-medical prescribers, a pharmacist, specialist nurses, and a psychologist.

As a medical leader in the Crisis service, you will typically provide home-visit or OP reviews of new patients taken on for home treatment and, as part of the MDT, be responsible for reviewing their progress. This will involve meeting with families, carers, and other agencies to support their roles. You will also provide support and consultative advice to other clinicians in the service and supervision to trainees/visiting medical students on an ad-hoc basis. Your role will involve liaison with GPs, schools, local authorities, and other multi-agency staff, and community CYPS colleagues.

Main Duties of the Job

• To provide psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, and formulation to patients presenting with mental health crises from childhood to 18 years taken on for home-based treatment with the Northumberland and North Tyneside Crisis Team or seen by the Psychiatric Liaison service.
• To undertake S12 work in relation to Mental Health Act assessments for UCT patients.
• To provide (or ensure referral to the appropriate service for the provision of) up-to-date, evidence-based interventions for patients under the service's care.
• To collaborate with GPs, Community Teams, and primary care clinicians on follow-up arrangements for patients assessed or treated within the service.
• To provide leadership, consultation, advice, and guidance within the multi-disciplinary team, including for the Access and Triage components of the service.
• To work collaboratively with colleagues in other specialist mental health teams and develop proactive links with the community services; particularly to develop more robust pathways into appropriate follow-up care once discharged.
• To take a lead role with the Team/Clinical Manager and other colleagues in service establishment, development, and innovation/improvement.
• To contribute to the ongoing training and development programme within the team.
• To train and supervise junior medical staff, medical students, and other allied professions.

Person Specification Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research, or management.
• Additional clinical qualifications.
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.
• Included on the GMC CAMHS 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.

Clinical Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Excellent knowledge in CAMHS specialty.
• Excellent clinical skills using a bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
• 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.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• NHS or comparable service experience.

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.

Salary: £105,504 to £139,882 a year pro rata for part-time.