Overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a child and adolescent consultant psychiatrist to become involved in transformation and leadership within a forward looking CAMHS service. We are keen to shape the post to fit the needs of the right applicant and to support them in developing their interests within our broad portfolio of services.
Durham Tees Valley Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services work with children and young people up to the age of 18 across Getting Help, Getting More Help and neurodevelopmental assessment teams. Generic teams are closely linked with LD CAMHS, Eating Disorders and Forensic CAMHS. The out of hours activity is supported by a dedicated CAMHS crisis team, which operates on a 24/7 basis and provides extended crisis input as well as home treatment options as an alternative to hospital admissions.
The Hartlepool CAMHS Getting More Help team are based at Dover House in the centre of Hartlepool. It has good public transport links and free car parking is provided to staff directly outside of the building. Hartlepool has a population of around 93,000, of which approximately 25% are children under 18.
Responsibilities
* Assess and manage mental and/or behavioural needs of children and young people presenting with mental disorder and requiring assessment for neurodevelopmental needs.
* Offer mental health assessment, psychiatric opinions, diagnosis and holistic care plans for patients up to the age of 18, whether referred in hours or on call. The Trust expects about 2 new patient assessments per week with 650 face‑to‑face contacts per year; figures may vary in agreement with job planning.
* Provide direct patient contact, including new patients, new psychiatric assessments and review appointments.
* Carry out clinical work predominantly at Dover House but also within alternative settings such as community settings or schools where appropriate.
* Maintain Section 12 approval, preferably with Approved Clinician status, and secure these approvals if not already in place.
* Complete a minimum of 8 hours of clinical supervision per year in any format (individual or group, face‑to‑face or remote via secure MS Teams) and obtain a Clinical Supervisor.
Qualifications
* GMC registered trainer opportunities (clinical and/or educational supervisor).
* Section 12 approval with approved clinician status.
* Experience with clinical supervision and remote supervision support.
Benefits
We are one of the largest specialist mental health and learning disabilities trusts in the country, with an annual income of £320m and a workforce of approximately 6,700 staff operating from around 100 sites across Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York, Selby and other parts of Northern England. We provide a range of inpatient and community services to about 2 million people living in County Durham, the Tees Valley, Scarborough, Whitby, Ryedale, Harrogate, Hambleton and Richmondshire and additional specialist services to other regions.
We deliver our services by working in partnership with eight local authorities and clinical commissioning groups, a wide range of voluntary organisations, as well as service users, their carers and the public. Psychiatrists are essential contributors to the majority of our mental health teams, and we strive to improve medical workforce recruitment and retention through initiatives such as the TEVW Charter for the Medical Workforce.
The Trust welcomes a conversation about flexible working practices.
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