This multi-disciplinary team includes child psychotherapist, psychologists, art therapists, family therapists, and psychiatry staff. It provides a specialist tier 3 CAMH service for the borough based at this clinic and other Health Centres to provide choice and improve access. The team focuses on children and young people who need specialist assessment and evidence based treatment, such as children and young people with signs of psychosis, mood disorder, self harm, severe anxiety disorder and severe psychosomatic conditions. Clients with needs better addressed by one of the other specialist teams or Tier 4 services (see below), will be referred to other teams as required.
Main duties of the job
* To support the consultant and multi-disciplinary team in providing and developing an effective CAMHS service.
* Manage and prioritise professional time on clinical duties, administration, teaching, research, audit and other related services;
* Take part in providing psychiatry cover for the 9-5 duty rota.
* Participate in teaching arrangements with Social Care, Acute and Community Paediatrics, junior psychiatric staff and local GPs;
* Take an active role in service development, showing a commitment to patient throughput, a reduction in the waiting list across the services and increased availability and accessibility of services;
* Adhere to the requirements of Trust’s Reflective Practice development in its use;
* Contribute on a regular basis to audit and quality improvement processes and clinical governance and research activities undertaken within the Trust in line with professional regulations;
* Provide clinical cover for medical colleagues during annual leave, sickness, study leave and participate in cross borough cover arrangements as necessary;
* Participate in an active CPD forum and Trust annual appraisal process leading to revalidation.
Working for our organisation
At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England. Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.
Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts.
“We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it’s a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it’s a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people’s lives.”
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will work 9 PAs DCC and have 1 SPA within their job plan.
* To support the consultant and multi-disciplinary teams in providing and developing an effective CAMHS Service
* To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients
* To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively, and submit this promptly to the Information Department, in keeping with trust policies and procedures
* To participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service
* To participate in annual appraisal
* To attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme and teaching with Social Care, Acute and Community Paediatrics, junior psychiatric staff and local GPs
* To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval as required, and to abide by professional codes of conduct
* To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager, which will include consultation with a relevant manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation
* Provide clinical cover for medical colleagues during annual leave, sickness, study leave and participate in cross borough cover arrangements if necessary;
* To comply with the Trust’s agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the medical director and other managers in preparing plans for services.
Person specification
Registration
* GMC registered
Qualifications
Experience
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.
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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
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