This post is for a CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist position in the Barking and Dagenham CAMHS Community Team, based at 79 Axe Street, Barking, IG11 7LZ. This is a replacement full‑time post of 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) with 7.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs). The purpose of this job description is to outline the level of responsibility and accountability of this post so that all work undertaken by staff is clearly identified and carried out under clear lines of accountability. The expectation of the post holder will be to support their team, department and organisation to follow the Trust's Values in their day‑to‑day work.
Core Values
* We are kind
* We are respectful
* We work with our communities
Responsibilities
* Part of the CAMHS Psychiatrist on‑call rota covering out of hours and weekends for Mental Health Services in NELFT, currently operating a 1:12 rota (will become 1:13 once the post is filled, equivalent to 4 weeks a year).
* Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to children and young people with mental health needs across Barking and Dagenham.
* Provide senior medical support to the team, direct input on clinical cases, and senior guidance and supervision.
* Work directly with children, young people and their families, and liaise with other external CAMHS mental health providers and acute hospitals.
* Share supervision for junior team members with the consultant colleague.
* Organise and prioritise own and others' workload in the day‑to‑day allocation of work.
* Deputise when required in the team manager's absence and delegate appropriately to other medical staff.
* Hold organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them.
* Provide accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.
* Ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing and controlling risk, and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust's risk register.
Benefits
* A long‑standing and award‑winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long‑term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
* A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work‑life balance, through flexible working opportunities and support for working parents and carers (recognised as a "Top 10 Family Friendly Employer" by the Working Families Charity).
* Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to the employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
* Detailed information about the wellbeing and benefits offer available through the Trust.
Supporting Our Armed Forces
We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community makes to our organisation. The Trust has signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans, reservists and military spouses, and provide additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.
Joining #TeamNELFT
By joining us you become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We are CQC rated Good and are working towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT provides community and mental healthcare services across North East London and Essex, with award‑winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development so that when you are valued and supported you can provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, achieving Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video.
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