CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist - Horsham Community (enhanced RRP)

Job overview

North West Sussex CAMHS Service have an exciting opportunity for a permanent, Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) Consultant Psychiatrist to join their locality team.

This is an exciting opportunity to play an integral part in prioritising the delivery of a safe, effective and caring service to those children and young people (0yrs-18yrs). Psychiatrists are integral for driving change and influencing service development. The Trust has ambitious aims to continuously improve for the good of our patients and we welcome clinical and non-clinical views in order to achieve this together.

You will work as part of a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team which includes nurses, psychologists, systemic family therapists and child psychotherapists. This post will work alongside other Consultants and Specialty Doctors who work in Sussex CAMHS. You will also be part of a Trust wide Consultant network where there are opportunities to liaise with colleagues in other posts throughout the Trust and develop peer networks.

This job attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of £45,000 structured over a three-year period as follows:

• £15,000 payable upon successful recruitment
• £10,000 payable at 12 months’ service
• £10,000 payable at 24 months’ service
• £10,000 payable at 36 months’ service

Main duties of the job

The service we provide is in line with NICE Evidenced Based Treatment for those children and young people. You will provide high quality specialist clinical assessments, including relevant psychiatric and physical investigation to children, young people and their families in a range of settings, and work collaboratively with other members of the team to plan and deliver appropriate individually tailored treatment plans.

• To provide medical psychiatric assessment and intervention, including pharmacology and mental health act assessments to the CAMHS in North West Sussex ensuring best quality and most effective psychiatric care, working within a multi-disciplinary team.
• To provide neuro-developmental assessments i.e. ASD, ADHD in partnership with multi-disciplinary team colleagues working within the agreed care group wide care pathways.
• To work as part of the multi-professional team providing high quality specialist CAMHS clinical advice, assessment and intervention to children and young people in the area in a range of settings.
• To engage families/carers in planning and provision of care.
• To provide timely advice and consultation to GP’s, social services and other referrers, facilitating appropriate access to services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire. Our values are to be compassionate, accountable and optimistic. The Trust has built our future focus 2025-2030 which outlines our vision, purpose, ambitions and objectives which incorporates these values and behaviours. Our strategy can be viewed here.

We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, homeworking, part time hours, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we will do our best to make it happen.

Living and working in Sussex brings with it many benefits, such as:

• Stunning countryside and coastlines which are easily accessible throughout the county.
• Enjoy a lifestyle where there are renowned cycle routes and picturesque walks, including the famous South Downs Way in the South Downs National Park
• Transport links which provide easy access to London, and all of its main airports
• Vibrant cities that offer an array of restaurants and bars for social events

There is only so much we can say in an advertisement, and we would welcome the opportunity to have a conversation with you and even arrange a visit. Candidates are welcome to visit our services and meet the team using the below contact details.

Dr Arianna Marconi. Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, New Park House, Horsham E-mail: [email protected]  Telephone: 03003040218

Dr Jane McCarthy, Clinical Director, Specialist Division Email: [email protected]

Miranda Rose - General Manager, West Sussex CAMHS & Specialist Services Email: [email protected]

Please note the Job Description is still with the Royal College for approval. If there are any small changes we will ensure all applicants receive the final version before interview.