Job overview
This is a 12 month fixed-term post. The post holder will be based within the Neurodevelopmental (NDT) CAMHS, which focuses on the assessment and provision of specific evidence based interventions including in young people with an existing diagnosis of Autism and / or Intellectual Disability and additional mental health difficulties. The post will also include providing 2 sessions to the community Paediatrics to support social communication joint assessments.
This is a time of change and expansion in the medical team in Lewisham CAMHS. We have a number of well established and experienced Consultants and will be expecting to recruit to another (full time) substantive post. We will expect to have a total of 5.5 WTE. We have specialist interests in neurodevelopmental disorders, ADHD, Intellectual Disabilities, Forensics, Children in Care and Crisis/Complex Case management Care.
Main duties of the job
This post includes 4 PAs of direct clinical activity with the NDT, of which 1 day is allocated to Autism Assessments under a service level agreement with Community Paediatrics.
The post benefits from 2PAs of structured professional activities, during which the post holder will contribute to service development, research clinical governance and quality improvement, in addition to completing continuous professional development and pursuing other professional activities.
The NDT is a well-established service that also has another consultant psychiatrist (6 PAs) as well as consultant psychology (part-time) to support in the leadership of the team. The clinical service lead is an experienced and highly efficient clinician who manages the supervision of the multidisciplinary team members. We offer specialist interventions following assessments to these young people and includes individual work as well as group. The team have a history of innovative work, sometimes presenting her work at international conferences and publishing the treatment models. It is open to young people and children aged 0 to 18 years who are registered with Lewisham GP and have additional mental health difficulties (with an existing diagnosis of autism (ASD) and/or intellectual disabilities (ID)).
Working for our organisation
Benefits
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. It’s important to us that you are valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
1. Generous pay, pensions and leave. We offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
2. Work life balance. We support a range of flexible working options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
3. Career development. There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
4. Car lease. Our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars.
5. Our staff benefit fromkeyworker housing, which is available on selected sites.
6. NHS discounts. With discounts of up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through the Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include:
7. Counselling services
8. Wellbeing events
9. Long service awards
10. Cycle to work scheme
11. Season ticket loan
12. Childcare vouchers
13. Staff restaurants
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
1) Assessment and management of children and young people, and to provide psychiatric input for both routine and emergency clinical care.
2) Supervision of junior medical staff. It is expected the post holder will be an accredited clinical supervisor, or will become so if not already
3) Attending and chairing clinical meetings as timetabled.
4) Liaising and communicating with the MDT, other professionals, teams and agencies
5) Strong clinical leadership
6) Provision of advice to other CAMHS teams.
7) Participation in peer and group supervision meetings.
8) Participation in training of medical students, psychiatric trainees and multidisciplinary staff.
9) Adherence to agreed job plan and appraisal procedures set by the Trust. Also to complete GMC Revalidation requirements within every 5 year cycle
10) Maintain GMC registration, maintain a License to Practice and participate in CPD to remain in good standing with the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
11) Maintain Section 12 and Approved Clinician approval. If the appointee is not Section 12 or AC approved, they will be expected to become so as soon as possible
12) Cover for colleagues is prospective.
Please refer to the job description for further details.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
14. MRCPsych membership or equivalent
Desirable criteria
15. Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
16. Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
17. Experience in other relevant specialties such as in patient psychiatry, liaison psychiatry (especially Paediatrics)
Eligibility
Essential criteria
18. Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
19. Evidence for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within six months of gaining CCT in C&A psychiatry or Equivalent training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CESR issued by PMETB).
20. Section 12 approved
21. Approved Clinician status or able to achieve within three months of appointment
Training and Experience
Essential criteria
22. Special interest in neurodevelopmental conditions
23. Trained in ADI-R and ADOS or equivalent
24. Experience in Outpatient/Community Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
25. Experience of assessing and managing complex co-morbidities
Desirable criteria
26. Training in investigation of complaints and SIs
27. Experience of providing consultation to non-CAMHS practitioners
Clinical Skills
Essential criteria
28. Excellent leadership skills
29. Excellent adolescent psychiatric assessment skills
30. Good ability to relate to children, adolescents and parents
31. Good ability to work in a team setting
32. Understanding of safeguarding
33. Ability to assess capacity and consent
34. Understanding of how complaints and serious incidents are managed
35. Up-to-date knowledge and fitness to practice
36. Expertise in the use and application of The Mental Health Act in children and young people
Desirable criteria
37. Evidence of skills in consultation to non-mental health specialists e.g. GPs, social workers, paediatricians
38. Evidence of range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
39. Expertise in CBT or other therapeutic intervention to postgraduate level
40. Significant experience of developing and leading outpatient/community CAMHS psychiatric care
Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning
Essential criteria
41. Management/Audit: Participation in audit or QI in clinical posts
42. Teaching: Experience of teaching a range of disciplines
43. Research: Involvement in research projects
44. Personal Skills: Excellent demonstrable communication skills in English (both oral and written)
45. Personal Skills: Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and resolve conflict
46. Personal Skills: Probity
47. Personal Skills: Eligible to work in the UK
Desirable criteria
48. Management/Audit: Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
49. Teaching: Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
50. Research: Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
51. Research: Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications
52. Personal Skills: Has led quality improvement projects/audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients
53. Personal Skills: Evidence of involvement with business planning of clinical services
54. Personal Skills: Peer reviewed publication
55. Personal Skills: Book publication