Locum Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist (Inpatient CAMHS)
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Overview
Locum Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist (Inpatient CAMHS) – Fixed Term for 12 months. 10 sessions per week. The Coborn Centre for Adolescent Mental Health is an in-patient service for adolescents with severe and complex mental disorders, based in East London. The Coborn Centre comprises a PICU service, an Acute ward, and a Day Service, with a multidisciplinary team providing holistic biopsychosocial assessment and treatment with active co-production.
Main duties
* Provide psychiatric assessments and treatment where appropriate; undertake risk assessments; contribute a psychiatric perspective and provide clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team; provide consultation to other professionals and agencies and contribute to service developments.
* Participate in healthcare governance, quality improvement, teaching and training. We would be particularly interested in talking to potential candidates about their areas of special interest.
* Work closely with the two other consultants in the service and with the multidisciplinary team in assessment and management of young people and families with severe and enduring mental disorder; liaise with community stakeholders including CAMHS, Social Care, Education, Youth Offending Teams, Acute Hospital and Adult Mental Health teams.
Working for our organisation
Our mission is to improve quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive. We champion these qualities in supporting service users and carers and in relationships with colleagues and partner organisations. We promote active co-production and have a participation lead within the service. We also run Quality Improvement projects in the Coborn and collaborate with CAMHS Collaboratives and partner units such as Evergreen in Luton. Collaboration and joint working are key.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
* Full GMC registration
* MRCPsych parts 1 & 2 or equivalent
* Eligible for inclusion on the specialist register or higher trainee within 6 months of CCT
* Section 12 approved and Approved Clinician status or willing to apply for approval
Desirable criteria
* Higher academic degree
Skills / Abilities
* Possesses an extensive range of clinical knowledge and excellent clinical skills
* Maintains and develops knowledge; exercises sound clinical judgement
* Performs sound clinical risk management and sees patients in an holistic context
* Creative in design and implementation of treatment programmes
* Understanding of transcultural and gender issues in psychiatry
* Evidence-based practice with critical enquiry
* Able to balance competing demands and prioritise
Desirable criteria
* Higher training in a specific psychotherapeutic treatment or modality (e.g., Family Therapy, CBT, individual or group psychotherapy)
* Experience of managing CYP with eating disorders in acute or community settings
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
* Strong leadership and coordination skills; ability to direct and organise teams
* Excellent communication with a range of people
* Ability to build effective relationships with patients, families, colleagues and other professionals
* Ability to cope with pressure and adapt to change; shows enthusiasm and initiative
Teaching
* Experience of teaching in small groups and lecturing; commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
Management/Audit
* Enthusiastic and organised approach to audit and quality assurance; able to operate effectively in a committee
Research
* Desirable: experience in a research project; publication in peer-reviewed journals
Travel
* Essential: ability to travel to other venues in the community including patients’ homes
* Desirable: driving license
What Next?
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