Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist (Eating Disorder)

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has become available for a substantive Consultant Psychiatrist to join our current consultant workforce in our CAMHS Eating Disorder team within Radlett in Hertfordshire. This is an established post in the team supported by a locum consultant.

The consultant Psychiatrist will join a dynamic MDT composed by Nurses & Nurse Associates (different bandings, Band 7 4 WTE), Psychologists 2WTE, Family Therapists 2 WTE, Support Workers, Assistant Psychologist, CBT therapist, Dietitian and Admin support. The team works cohesively together and meets weekly to discuss all referrals, inpatients and high risk patients.

The CAMHS Eating Disorder team has continued to adapt and develop responding to the growing needs of the clinical population. The team has a caseload of around 300 young people opened for specialised monitoring and intervention. The team reviews and responds weekly to 10-15 new referrals which are reviewed jointly by MDT under consultant supervision. In this context the medical team has been developed over the last 18 month with a permanent speciality doctor post successfully recruited and a newly created consultant post, with additional opportunity to offer speciality training rotations to CAMHS Speciality trainees.

Please note, this job description is currently with the Royal College for approval.

Main duties of the job

• Provision of the psychiatric component of the CAMHS tier 3 service to the under 18 population in the Eating Disorder CAMHS Team.
• Alongside the multi-disciplinary staff, the post holder will have responsibility for assessing a young person’s mental state, formulating a diagnosis and monitoring the risks a young person poses.
• To undertake referral meetings, case reviews as required.
• Working with the MDT in developing effective and novel treatment approaches.
• To support the development of internal clinical pathways.
• Providing consultation, advice and appropriate support to professionals in the wider network of the young person and/or family.
• Contribute to the supervision of the trainees and the specialty doctor allocated to the service.
• To provide opportunities for case based discussion and teaching to the MDT.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To participate in various medical staff meetings within the Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as necessary.
• To perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances in consultation with senior and junior colleagues.
• To participate in regular Audit and Quality Assurance programs to improve and maintain the high standard of service. Participation in POMH audits is encouraged.
• To take an active role in CAMHS clinical governance in liaison with service manager and through quadrant leadership team meetings.
• To provide advice, support and consultancy in a variety of settings to minimise risk.
• To provide liaison and consultation as required with a local acute pediatric service.
• To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed by 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.