COMMUNITY CHILD AND ADOLESCENT
LOCUM CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST
(ASHFORD - KENT)
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert, at any time, in the event of receiving suitable applicants.
Job Details:
Salary: £109,725 - £145,478 per annum (Pro‑rata)
Contract: 6 month Fixed Term Contract
Hours: Part‑time – 8 Programmed Activities (DCC:SPA = 5.5:2.5)
On call: No out of hours on call
Location: Lenworth Clinic, 329 Hythe Road, Ashford, Kent TN24 0QE
This post is for a Locum CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist position in the Ashford CAMHS Community Team, based at Lenworth Clinic, 329 Hythe Road, Ashford, Kent TN24 0QE.
Main duties of the job
This is a well‑established post but has been vacant due to the previous consultant leaving the organisation. A lot of transformation has taken place already and continues to take place within Kent's Community CAMHS Services. This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit substantively to this post as soon as possible. This is a part‑time post – 8 Programmed Activities (PAs) with 5.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs). The successful candidate will work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to children and young people with mental health needs, across Ashford.
About us
The successful candidate will provide senior medical support to the team, and direct input on clinical cases. The consultant will be expected to provide guidance and supervision to the team, work directly with children and young people (and their families), and liaise as appropriate with other external CAMHS mental health providers, and acute hospitals. You will work alongside a CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist (Dr Surekha Boggaram) and 0.6 wte Specialty Doctor (Dr Vinutha Ramesh) within the service and will provide supervision requirements for the Specialty doctor in the service.
Job responsibilities
* 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.
* Have 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.
Person Specification
GMC
* Full GMC registration with a licence to practice.
Qualifications
* CCT or equivalent.
Knowledge
* Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it.
* Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST.
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