Job summary
- Main area
- CAMHS
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent: 10PAS
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (10PAS)
- Job ref
- 186-9873567-KF
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queens Medical Centre
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/12/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 13/12/2024
Employer heading
Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Liaison
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist based in the Crisis and Home Treatment Service and CAMHS Liaison Service.
This is a full time permanent post (10 PA 7.5DCC and 2.5SPA) in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Main duties of the job
To offer consultation to the team and relevant partner agencies.
Ensure the Mental Health Act is used appropriately, providing medical recommendations for assessments taking place in the community, acute hospitals and 136 Suites. Involvement in MHA assessments of emergency cases as part of on call duties.
To maintain good record keeping, ensure the high quality of clinical information including discharge summaries and specialist reports, and contribute to audit and outcome monitoring.
To supervise medical trainees when placed with them.
To maintain own continued professional development for revalidation and to support clinical needs of the team.
Working for our organisation
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To manage, appraise and give clinical supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Trust’s personnel policies and procedures. This may include assessing competences under the Modernising Medical Careers framework
· To ensure that junior medical staff working with the post holder operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant
· To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients
· To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively, and submit this promptly to the Information Department
· To participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service
· To participate in annual appraisal for consultants
· To attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme
· To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval, and to abide by professional codes of conduct
· To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager, which will include consultation with a relevant manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation
· To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services, and share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management
· To comply with the Trust’s agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the Medical Director and other managers in preparing plans for services.
· To provide high quality evidence-based senior medical care to patients in the acute care and locked rehabilitation settings.
· To work closely with multidisciplinary teams to help deliver person-centered care to patients.
· To foster close collaborative therapeutic relationships with patients and carers to deliver person-centered care.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
- CCT in CAMHS OR Eligible for CCT within 6 months of interview date OR an equivalent approved indicator of training, and eligible for entry onto the Specialist Register
Desirable criteria
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
- MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Additional clinical qualifications
Eligibility
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
Transport
Essential criteria
- Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative
Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Excellent knowledge in specialty
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
- Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Desirable criteria
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
- Experience of working in liaison psychiatry
- Experience of working with young people with co-morbid physical and mental health needs, functional illness and medically unexplained symptoms
- Experience of working with young people experience acute mental health crisis
Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning
Essential criteria
- Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Ability to work in and lead team
- Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
- Participated in continuous professional development
- Participated in research or service evaluation
- Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
- Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
Desirable criteria
- Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
- Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
- Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications
- Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients
- Interest in participating in further research projects related to Child and Adolescent Liaison Psychiatry
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Pallab Majumder
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07815707991
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