Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - East & Central Bristol

Job overview

The successful applicant will have responsibility for the diagnosis, management and treatment of children, adolescents with severe and complex mental health problems referred to East Central Bristol CAMHS, alongside an experienced consultant colleague.

The East Central CAMHS is a well-led, well-established enthusiastic multi-disciplinary team. East Central Bristol has a diverse multi-cultural population.

Please note that Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust is not currently a sponsor under the GMC Sponsorship Scheme.  As a result, we regret to inform you that we are unable to consider applications from individuals who require GMC sponsorship

Main duties of the job

The diagnosis, management and treatment of children, adolescents and families with severe and complex mental health problems.

The consultant will carry psychiatric responsibility only for those patients seen by psychiatrists within their respective CAMHS team.

The consultant will not routinely care coordinate. All cases on the consultant’s caseload should have another clinician from the team as care coordinator.

The post-holder would be expected to offer new assessment appointments, follow-up, consultation and multi-agency liaison, as well as be available for unpredictable emergency work.

Frequency of follow-up appointments will be determined on a case by case basis, and will include medication reviews, mental state monitoring and reviews with the care coordinator as appropriate.

There would be an opportunity for the post holder to develop a special interest depending on the needs of the locality team.

Within Bristol East Central CAMHS, referrals to Psychiatry are allocated between the  psychiatrists on a case discussion basis according to specialist interests, complexity and in the context of other caseload demands.

The consultant is expected to provide clinical leadership within the multidisciplinary team, in conjunction with the clinical service and team manager and other senior staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details on the roles and responsibilities of this post.