Job overview
This is a substantive consultant child & adolescent psychiatrist post which has arisen due to a staff vacancy. It offers a unique opportunity to join an established and dynamic team of 5 Consultant Psychiatrists in Croydon CAMHS, within South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
The post holder will be based within the Croydon CAMHS Treatment Team, which focuses on the provision of specific evidence based interventions including CBT, family therapy, IPT and medical interventions such as antidepressants and stimulant medications.. The post will also include providing sessions to ARC (ADHD Medication Review Clinic).
There are five consultant child and adolescent psychiatrists in Croydon CAMHS (a total of 3.8 WTE). We have specialist interests in neurodevelopmental disorders, ADHD, Learning Disabilities and Crisis Care.
The successful applicant will also join the SLaM consultant CAMHS on-call rota (see On-call Section).
Main duties of the job
This post includes 7.5 PAs of direct clinical activity with the Croydon CAMHS Treatment Teamwith 2.5PAs of structured professional activities, during which the post holder will contribute to service development, clinical governance and quality improvement, in addition to completing continuous professional development and pursuing other professional activities.
Interventions are offered with a multi-disciplinary team approach drawing on a number of specialist therapeutic approaches including psychiatry, psychology, nursing, family therapy and varying psychotherapy models – such as CBT, psychotherapy, creative therapies and family therapy. The team has developed clear pathways of working together with other teams in the borough as well as national and specialist services in the directorate be it in-patient or outpatient.
Assessments are undertaken weekly within the team, with an assessment clinic running on a set day to enable broad MDT discussions of assessments. CAMHS practitioners generally hold caseloads of 30 children/young people. Consultant Psychiatrists are not generally first assessors or care coordinators, except for medication reviews in young people receiving consultant-only care. The expectation in the Trust is of a minimum of 3 direct clinical contacts per day averaged over the week.
Working for our organisation
Benefits offered by SLAM:
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. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at Slam. It’s important to us that you feel 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, flexible working and supporting a range of flexible 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 leadership, mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
4. Car lease, our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars
5. Accommodation, eligible staff benefit fromkeyworker housing which is available on selected sites
6. NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through Health Service Discounts website.
For further details, please see attached JD.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Full details of the Job Description can be found on the attachment, which also details the main responsibilities expected from the post holder.
Person Specification
ESSENTIAL
Full GMC Registration with a License to Practice
MRCPsych or Equivalent
(Eligibility for) Section 12 approval and Approved Clinician status. If not yet S12/AC approved this would not preclude appointment if otherwise suitable, but gaining such approval must be a priority
Training and Experience
Experience in Outpatient/Community Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Experience of assessing and managing complex co-morbidities
Clinical skills
Excellent leadership skills
Excellent adolescent psychiatric assessment skills
Good ability to relate to children, adolescents and parents
Good ability to work in a team setting
Understanding of safeguarding
Ability to assess capacity and consent
Understanding of how complaints and serious incidents are managed
Up-to-date knowledge and fitness to practice
Expertise in the use and application of The Mental Health Act, and other relevant legal frameworks, in children and young people
Management/Audit
Participation in audit or QI in clinical posts
Teaching
Experience of teaching a range of disciplines
Research
Involvement in research projects
Personal Skills
Excellent demonstrable communication skills in English (both oral and written)
Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and resolve conflict
Probity
Eligible to work in the UK
Desirable
Qualifications
Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
Experience in other relevant specialties such as in patient psychiatry
Training and experience
Trained in ADI and ADOS (A)
Training in investigation of complaints and SIs
Experience of providing consultation to non-CAMHS practitioners.
Special interest in neurodevelopmental conditions
Clinical skills
Evidence of skills in consultation to non-mental health specialists e.g. GPs, social workers, paediatricians.
Evidence of range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
Expertise in CBT or other therapeutic intervention to postgraduate level
Significant experience of developing and leading outpatient/community CAMHS psychiatric care.
Management/Audit
Has led quality improvement projects/audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients
Evidence of involvement with business planning of clinical services
Research
Peer reviewed publication
Book publication
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
7. MRCPsych membership or equivalent
Desirable criteria
8. Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
9. Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
10. Experience in other relevant specialties such as in patient psychiatry
ELIGIBILITY
Essential criteria
11. Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
12. 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)
13. Section 12 approved
14. Approved Clinician status or able to achieve within three months of appointment
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
15. Experience in Outpatient/Community Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
16. Experience of assessing and managing complex co-morbidities
Desirable criteria
17. Trained in ADI and ADOS
18. Training in investigation of complaints and SIs
19. Experience of providing consultation to non-CAMHS practitioners
20. Special interest in neurodevelopmental conditions
CLINICAL SKILLS
Essential criteria
21. Excellent leadership skills
22. Excellent adolescent psychiatric assessment skills
23. Good ability to relate to children, adolescents and parents
24. Good ability to work in a team setting
25. Understanding of safeguarding
26. Ability to assess capacity and consent
27. Understanding of how complaints and serious incidents are managed
28. Up-to-date knowledge and fitness to practice
29. Expertise in the use and application of The Mental Health Act in children and young people
Desirable criteria
30. Evidence of skills in consultation to non-mental health specialists e.g. GPs, social workers, paediatricians
31. Evidence of range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
32. Expertise in CBT or other therapeutic intervention to postgraduate level
33. Significant experience of developing and leading outpatient/community CAMHS psychiatric care
ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING (MANAGEMENT/AUDIT SKILLS)
Essential criteria
34. Participation in audit or QI in clinical posts
Desirable criteria
35. Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING (TEACHING)
Essential criteria
36. Experience of teaching a range of disciplines
Desirable criteria
37. Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING (RESEARCH)
Essential criteria
38. Involvement in research projects
Desirable criteria
39. Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING (PERSONAL SKILLS)
Essential criteria
40. Excellent demonstrable communication skills in English (both oral and written)
41. Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and resolve conflict
42. Probity
43. Eligible to work in the UK
Desirable criteria
44. Has led quality improvement projects/audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients
45. Evidence of involvement with business planning of clinical services
46. Peer reviewed publication
47. Book publication