General Practitioner with Special Interest in CAMHS (Mental Health)

General Practitioner with Special Interest in CAMHS (Mental Health) Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

All our CAMHS teams have a wide mix of skills and experience in their multi-disciplinary teams and enthusiastic, supportive colleagues, highly skilled and cohesive environment. The GP with Special Interest and Consultants across CAMHS meet regularly for academic, professional and social support with a well-respected training scheme for trainees placed across the services. It goes without saying that you'll be expected to take part in frontline work, with a focus around ADHD and Neurodevelopmental conditions.

Main duties of the job

Post holder(s) will operate from a choice in CAMHS Departments based in Sale and/or either across Manchester's community/outpatient's centres. This role will focus on and will involve providing face to face care to children and young people within a busy department, receiving over 2000 referrals per annum, but the post is supported by an experienced multi-disciplinary team from a CAMHS team that have an OUTSTANDING rating in two consecutive unannounced CQC inspections.

Job responsibilities

This role will focus on and will involve providing face to face care to children and young people within a busy department, with:

1. Primarily the assessment and management of children and young people with neurodevelopmental difficulties, including delivering ADHD medication clinics.
2. Management of children and young people prescribed medication for the treatment of mental health difficulties.
3. With other CAMHS colleagues, provide child and adolescent psychiatric care and advice as required and in accordance with the service specification.
4. To give child and adolescent psychiatric opinion and advice as appropriate within the CAMHS team.
5. Case liaison with other agencies as appropriate.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Holds acceptable primary medical qualification.
• Experience of working in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry as a Specialty Doctor.

Knowledge & Experience

• Ability to work clearly and effectively across organisational boundaries.
• Evidence of leading the development of services elsewhere.

Experience

• Ability to work creatively with teams around complex and challenging client groups.
• Experience of involvement in creative team work with complex clients, or those in emergency/mental health crisis.

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.

Job Locations

Multiple sites across Trafford and/or Manchester: Trafford CAMHS and/or Manchester CAMHS, Sale M33 7ZF or North Manchester M40 5BP.

Salary

£73,113 to £110,330 a year, Dependant on Experience.

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

349-MCH-