Consultant CAMHS Bromley Adolescent

Consultant Psychiatrist CAMHS – Bromley Adolescent Team

Part-time – 6 PAs

We wish to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Adolescent Team who provide a highly specialist service for young people in Bromley. You will work with adolescents up to 18 years and their families/carers, with significant and acute mental health difficulties who are at risk of requiring Tier 4 inpatient care.

Bromley CAMHS maintains close links with CAMHS services across all three boroughs (Bexley, Greenwich) and there will be an opportunity to contribute to ongoing work in developing services for young people with crisis and acute presentations.  We are a friendly, busy and thriving service, regarded as an accessible and effective service.

Applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly will be welcomed.

You will manage a complex caseload providing assessment and intervention within the multi-disciplinary team, including: psychiatrists, clinical psychologist, child psychotherapist, nurses, family therapist, and support staff, in close partnership with partner agencies working with young people in Bromley. You will also provide specialist advice and support to professional colleagues both internal and external to the Trust.

The community intensive outreach service has been developed as an extension to the original adolescent team. The service offers assertive and intensive multi-disciplinary interventions as a community alternative to inpatient care for young people with significant and acute mental health needs. The team uses a Mentalization based approach.

Bromley CAMHS provides specialist mental health consultation, assessment and treatment to children and young people aged 0-18 years with severe and enduring emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties (and their families/carers). The service provides evidence-based interventions informed by national and local policy via multi-disciplinary teams and treatment pathways, and is aligned to the core principles of the Children & Young People’s IAPT framework (CYP-IAPT).

The Trust is currently engaged in a number of developments related to improving services for young people with crisis and acute presentations.   Building on existing close partnerships, in 2017, the South London Partnership was formed with Oxleas NHSFT, South London and Maudsley FT and South West London and St George’s Trust, to deliver New Models of Care for adult forensic patients and for children and young people. The partnership was successful in bidding to become Wave 1 (Adult forensic) and Wave 2 (Tier 4 CAMHS) New Model of Care sites in conjunction with NHSE which went live in April and October 2017 respectively. Since its inception, SLP have focused on adding value and driving improvements in patient experience and outcomes across the south London population. Improvements have included a 93% decrease in out of area placements for young people and enhanced community based interventions (for eg DBT services and crisis services) which have reduced the need for hospital admissions.  SLP are a provider collaborative from 1st Oct 2020, responsible for managing budgets and the patient pathways for inpatient and crisis care in CAMHS across two Integrated Care systems and 12 CCGs.

Full details of the role are available in the job description.

You will have excellent therapeutic skills and be able to be responsive and flexible in working with young people.