Consultant Psychiatrist in North Cumbria CYPS

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to work into a consultant post (10PA) for a CYPS psychiatrist to provide medical input into the community CYPS service located in North Cumbria. The post holder is expected to have total DCC of 7.5 pa and a 2.5 pa for SPA.

This is a replacement Consultant Psychiatrist. It is a full time post comprising of 10 Pas, including an SPA allocation of 2.5.

North Cumbria Child and Young People Services (CYPS), aims to provide:

• Assessment and a comprehensive range of treatments for mental health disorders affecting children and young people aged 0–18 years,
• Teaching, training and consultation to practitioners in universal, targeted and specialist services to support the delivery of evidence-based   mental health promotion, prevention and early intervention strategies.
• Comprehensive treatment in all the modalities (CAMHS/ ADHD/Eating Disorder/LD/Crisis) under one roof ensuring holistic management.

You will join a well-established team of 2 other consultants, SAS doctors and higher and core resident doctors supporting CYPS.

Main duties of the job

Consultant role will be to manage cases from Core CAMHS, Children’s LD and Crisis patients (in case of a need for MHAA or urgent assessments during working hours). In addition, role will be to be part of ADHD Diagnostic MDT meetings (Fridays).

The post-holder is expected to:

• Participate in the engagement, assessment, diagnosis and formulation of patients referred to the CYPS.
• Be committed to delivering excellence in clinical care,
• Work effectively with the multidisciplinary community team and in-patient teams.
• Promote the safety and well-being of the patients we serve.
• To respect the rights and the dignity of patients.
• To consider the individual and cultural needs of patients and
• To work with families and carers in the best interest of the patient (in line with the Trust Carers’ Charter).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

While primarily responsible for delivering a quality clinical service, the consultant psychiatrist is also expected to be actively involved in the strategic development of the team and broader services and being involved with the team manager and locality manager in helping to steer the development of the service in line with the strategic direction and the values of the organisation. The consultant psychiatrist is expected to carry a caseload of between 60-70 of the most complex cases, but will also be available at short notice to provide consultation and advice to other team members, although they are not required to act as care co-ordinator. There will be a care coordinator allocated to any case under consultant psychiatrist.

There is also opportunity to be part of developing ongoing changes within services in the region such as

• Hope Haven the 24/7 hub which would be bring creative ways to working with other professionals and providing care for patients. The 24/7 hub will bring together a range of services under one roof while also working with the existing community service support. It is one of six pilot centres funded by NHS England and due to be launched in April 2025.
• The Pears Cumbria School of Medicine (PCSM) which is also a new venture in the region between university of Cumbria and Imperial college London. The aim is to produce doctors committed to delivering cutting-edge healthcare approaches and serve the needs of the Cumbria community.

Please note we can not sponsor GMC for this role.

Please note this vacancy will close once sufficient applications have been received.