Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Job overview

This is a replacement post as full time Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist.

The post holder will join a multidisciplinary team in providing a comprehensive child and young people’s mental health service to South Warwickshire CAMHS. The post holder will use their skills in leadership and team building in addition to using their clinical expertise to interactively offer consultation and support the wider service and allied service professionals. The post holder will be able to demonstrate their enthusiasm in teaching and training through participation in under and post graduate training.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the work of the CAMHS and multidisciplinary teams. This will include reviewing patients with the multidisciplinary team, providing advice on complex cases and holding an individual caseload.

CYP has a “Front Door” team which screens all new referrals.  There is also access to specialist CAMHS via entry through crisis and 111. Initial assessments will be commenced within the front door as and when clinically deemed appropriate.  This may direct a referral to the CAMHS multidisciplinary team.

The post holder will be expected to see a total (CAMHS) of 1-3 new cases every week including emergencies and up to 16 follow up appointments per week (typically 12 to 14). The range of cases include those seen in a Tier 3 clinic but are likely to be at a complex end requiring input from the consultant and other medical staff.

Consultant Psychiatrists provide consultation within the MDT meetings and specific patient consultation through request to the CAMHS Psychiatry Referral Meeting.

When patients are admitted to Tier 4 hospital, Consultant responsibility is held by the Tier 4 inpatient Consultant team. The post holder will liaise appropriately with tier 4 colleagues to facilitate the smooth transfer of care in the transitions between urgent and planned care and remain involved as the locality community consultant, attending care planning

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Criteria to apply include GMC registration and inclusion on the specialist register in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The post holder must also be eligible for Approved Clinician Status and be Section 12 approved. For more information on this role please see the attached job description and person specification. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.