NHS Grampian (NHSG) is seeking to appoint a whole-time Consultant to work within the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) across the 0-18 age range. The post is advertised as Full Time (10 PAs). The post holder will provide Psychiatric input for multidisciplinary CAMHS to the Aberdeen City and Shire. The current location of office space will be in theCAMHS Links Unit Aberdeen.
The Aberdeen City, Aberdeen Shire satellite staff and Hub teams for Grampian CAMHS are located at the CAMHS Links Unit at the City Hospital in Aberdeen. There will be an expectation that the post holder will have close links with CAMHS clinicians based in Aberdeen, as well as those based at the Rowan Centre (Moray satellite).
Programmed activities will be allocated by arrangement with the appointees, through job planning, which will be undertaken by the NHSG CAMHS Clinical Director, the CAMHS Medical Lead and in collaboration with the CAMHS Manager. The post is available for ten Programmed Activities (PAs) per week. LTFT applicants are welcome.
Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry on the GMC Specialist Register from date of interview.
CESR (Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration) or Portfolio Pathway route doctors are only eligible to apply for a substantive Consultant post once CESR or Portfolio Pathway specialist registration is awarded. Those with an International Recognised Specialist Qualification approved by GMC should have a confirmed entry on the GMC Specialist Register.
Applications from doctors with appropriate specialist training and experience who are not listed on the GMC Specialist Register can be considered for a Locum Consultant post (up to 12 months) if no substantive Consultant appointment is made. Whilst in locum employment, an application to obtain a CESR or Portfolio Pathway Specialist Registration can be made to the GMC.