LIAISON & ENHANCED TREATMENT PATHWAY CAMHS CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST

Job overview

LIAISON & ENHANCED TREATMENT PATHWAY CAMHS CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert, at any time, in the event of receiving suitable applicants.

Job Details:

Qualifications needed:

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
• CCT or equivalent
• Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it
• Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it
• Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST

Main duties of the job

To be successful in your application, you will need:

• To demonstrate that your values are in line with that of NELFT’s values,
• To be innovative, motivated, and passionate about Child and Adolescent mental health care,
• Essential understanding of current developments in mental health care,
• To be a team player

NELFT Benefits:

• Relocation expenses
• Career Development and training
• Just & Compassionate Culture
• Award winning Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives
• Vivup employee benefits platform and salary sacrifice scheme
• Salary Finance and Financial Wellbeing support
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Health & Wellness initiatives
• 11 Staff Networks including parents & carers network, ethnic minorities network, LGBT+ network and Disability network to name a few
• Retail Discounts
• Flexible working and agile working
• Cycle to work scheme

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be expected to:

• Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to children and young people with mental health needs, across Kent and Medway.
• Provide senior medical support and guidance to the team
• Work directly with young people and their families and liaise as appropriate with other external CAMHS mental health providers and acute hospitals
• Participate in the on-call rota frequency is currently 1:10, with a 5% of basic salary, Category A, on-call supplement.
• Support your peers and team leader, and be an effective team member whilst allowing them to work with their own initiative
• Work alongside a full-time Specialty Doctor (currently out to recruitment) within this service, as well as the inpatient medical workforce which consists of 1wte Consultant Psychiatrist (Dr John Watts) and 2wte Specialty Doctors (both out to recruitment) and 1wte Senior trainee.
• Commit to collaborative working, actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals, and agencies.