Consultant Psychiatrist - CAMHS

Job overview

Mill Lodge is a 10 bedded mixed general adolescent inpatient unit with Willow View, a Day Unit for up to 8 young people with eating disorders attached. Both are commissioned by the Humber and North Yorkshire Provider Collaborative. The successful applicant will join the established 0.7 WTE Consultant Psychiatrist and will provide clinical leadership and senior psychiatric input into Mill Lodge with cross cover into Willow View.

The service supports young people who experience significant psychiatric, psychological and emotional difficulties that cause significant problems with interpersonal, educational and social functioning.

Main duties of the job

• Access assessment for young people referred across the North Yorkshire region (the ideal candidate will be part of an access assessment team to lead and support the team to agree admissions, provide consultant assessments to decisions and recommendations when not suitable for admission and work with the provider collaborative partners to recommend suitable alternatives to admission).
• Admit when necessary, alternatively divert to day care where appropriate, to provide assessment and treatment both informally and under the mental health act (the ideal candidate will act as RC leading the care and treatment of the YP under their care including all CPA/CETR and MHRT work as required).
• Work with the family and other professional networks within the commissioning scope that has been agreed to (the ideal candidate will be a part of a governance team within the unit to influence co-production work with YP and family, will influence the need and desire to work with VCS partners in addition to established professional networks).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

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