Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist - Locum

Job overview

Are you a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with a passion for working with children and young people? Are you interested in working in a dynamic and innovative CAMHS team?

This is an exciting opportunity for a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to join one of our well-established, diverse and supportive CAMHS teams.

Candidates are requested to use the section "Supporting Information" on the application form to set out their reasons for applying and their suitability, referring to the person specification, for this post.

Main duties of the job

To provide a highly visible Child and Adolescent Psychiatry contribution to the multi- disciplinary team in the Autism Assessment pathway.

Provide leadership to the team and across the system on areas of effective practice and evidence based care and quality improvement.

Attend weekly team meetings (business and multidisciplinary case discussion) where appropriate.

To contribute to the MDT formulation meetings in the assessment pathway.

Provide psychiatric assessments including meetings with parents and carers, and other professionals, and including assessment of risk to self and in a range of settings as required, including clinic-based appointments, schools, family homes, and other residential settings.

Keep accurate records and complete care record forms and outcome measures in a timely way.

Provide consultation to other members of the team regarding cases held by the team, and psychiatric input to these cases.

To provide high quality psychiatric reports, which are accessible to a multi-agency audience, to assist other agencies to plan their service in light of a child or young person’s mental health difficulties.

To contribute to data collection, audit, QI outcome monitoring and relevant research.

To be an active member of the senior staff group within the teams and undertake leadership and service development duties alongside the Team Manager.

Provide expertise on mental capacity and consent.

Be aware of safeguarding concerns at all times and liaise / refer to social services as needed.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.