Job summary
The Consultant will join an established team of enthusiastic clinicians who bring abroad range of skills in the CAMHS LD service. The team works with children, young people, and their families to develop an understanding of each childs mental health needs and experience.
The CAMHS LD team is able to recommend psychological support, medication, behaviour support and signposting to other support services. As well as direct clinical work, the CAMHS LD service offers:
* Consultation, training and support to families, education services, childrens social care and other agencies to enhance their skills and competencies to meet the needs of young people with mental health conditions and learning disabilities.
* Support during transition to adult mental health services as appropriate.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will join a very supportive group of CAMHsConsultants who are passionate about supporting children and young peopleacross Berkshire when they present a range of mental health needs: there aremonthly CAMHS consultant meetings, protected time for Reflective Practice andComplex Case Discussions, CAMHS PDP groups, access to a CAMHS Complex CasePanel to explore resources available locally as well as nationally when neededand a CAMHs Research network.
The CAMH Service runs an active CAMHS Academicprogram, as well as a whole Trust Academic programs, a consultants Balint Groupand a forums for NHS appraisers. The Trust has strong links for MedicalEducators and offers placements and tutorials to medical students, as well as trainingresident doctors in Specialty Training as well as GP training schemes across Thames Valley, as well as London.
Research with Reading University and national research studies is wellsupported and several CAMHS consultants have recently published articlesfollowing their involvement in national research projects.
About us
The Berkshire CAMHs Learning Disability Service was launchedin January 2024 to meet the complex needs of children and young people withcomplex mental health presentations in the context of moderate to severedisability (LD).
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BHFT) wasformed in April 2001 and successfully became licensed as a Foundation Trust inMay 2007. In April 2011 the community services which were previouslythe provider arms of NHS Berkshire East and NHS Berkshire West PCTs merged withthe Trust.
The main centres of population are Reading in theWest of the County and Slough in the East.Within Berkshire there are also major populations at Newbury, Wokinghamin the West and Bracknell, Maidenhead, Windsor and Ascot in the East, as welland many significant urban developments in smaller towns forming essentially asingle conurbation along the M4 Corridor.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Thisis a newly created service to serve the population of children and young peoplethat present with mental health and learning disability needs. The criterionfor the service is as follows:
Moderate andsevere LD with a mental health condition or suspected condition as aco-morbidity e.g. early psychosis, depression, anxiety, OCD etc.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Thisis a newly created service to serve the population of children and young peoplethat present with mental health and learning disability needs. The criterionfor the service is as follows:
Moderate andsevere LD with a mental health condition or suspected condition as aco-morbidity e.g. early psychosis, depression, anxiety, OCD etc.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
* Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
* Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
* Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment.
Desirable
* * Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
* * MRCPsych
* * Additional clinical qualifications
* * MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
* Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
* Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
* Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment.
Desirable
* * Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
* * MRCPsych
* * Additional clinical qualifications
* * MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Employer details
Employer name
Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address
Upton Hospital & Erlegh House
Reading
Berkshire
RG6 6BZ
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