Locum Consultant Bexley Adolescent - England, United Kingdom - Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Description

Locum Consultant Bexley Adolescent (GRS)

NHS Medical & Dental:
Consultant
Main area CAMHS Grade
NHS Medical & Dental:
Consultant Contract Locum: 6 months (with possible extensions)

Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (approx 1:15 on-call rota) Job ref A12-TD
Site CAMHS Centre Town Erith, Kent Salary £93,666 - £126,281 5% on-call supplement and £2,162 London Weighting Salary period Yearly Closing 22/04/2024 23:59
Job overview

Following new investment and service changes we have been able to create two new full time substantive consultant child and adolescent psychiatry posts in Bexley CAMHS.

The service is moving towards the i-thrive model and the new posts are based in the Getting More Help (GMH) and Getting Risk Support (GRS) quadrants.

This is an exciting time to join Bexley CAMHS in a period of transformation and opportunity.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic locum consultant psychiatrist to provide interim cover for the GRS post whilst it is substantively recruited to.

The locum will grasp this exciting opportunity to help shape the service going forward. The locum will work alongside 2wte other psychiatrists in the GRS service.
The GRS post includes what is currently the adolescent team


It incorporates the following:
~ a needs led approach with episodic care with an emphasis on early intervention

A true multidisciplinary team including psychologists, psychotherapists, family therapists, occupational therapists, art therapist, social workers, and nurses.
Main duties of the job

To work with all the disciplines in the quadrant to provide assessment, consultation, advice and support including clinical supervision.

The post holder will work with internal and external agencies within the child's network to ensure the best possible clinical outcomes for young people.

He/she will provide psychiatric assessments and interventions and is expected to provide approximately 9 to 12 reviews, including one assessment per week - this will vary depending on the complexity of cases.

For GRS, the caseload is around 30 as it will include more young people presenting in crisis and requiring intensive support.

The post holder will be expected to participate in the OOH rota which is currently 1 in 15 and based off site, as well as the daily duty rota covering A&E however this is second on call with the tri-borough crisis team having their own psychiatry cover.

Working for our organisation

At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England.

Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.

Oxleas is a great place to work.

It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers.

Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts.

"We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it's a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it's a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people's lives."
We have distinctive values at Oxleas - We're Kind, We're Fair, We Listen, We Care. Our values are very important to us. They help Oxleas to be a great place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full job descriptions and person specifications please view the attachments. The job description will provide you with the full tasks and responsibilities of the roles. The person specifications will provide you with the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required for the roles.
Other possibilities in the roles include:
~ Scope for involvement in service change including QI projects
~ Teaching and education opportunities with regular medical student placements from Kings and trainee psychiatrists from the Maudsley training scheme
~ Research opportunities available locally with close working with Kings and SLaM
~ Opportunities to clinically lead on Tri-borough/Trust wide initiatives such as:
~ Digital improvement
~ Youth Participation
~18-25 implementation

~ Potential to get involved in setting up or participating in group based interventions e.g. for ASD, emotional dysregulation etc.

Building A Fairer Oxleas (BAFO)

BAFO is a programme of work involving frontline staff, senior managers and Board members in making positive changes to how it feels to work at Oxleas.

We are focusing on making recruitment and career progression fairer and improving cultural understanding.

We are committed to making changes that have a positive impact for all staff, but in particular BAME staff, disabled staff and LGBTQ+ staff.

Applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly will be welcomed.
Person specification
GMC registration and licence to practise
~ GMC registration

experience and qualification
Appropriate training/senior experience gained in CAMHS to undertake role
CAMHS CCT or equivalent / CESR / eligible for Specialist Register

It is no longer a legal requirement for all in scope health and care staff in England to be fully vaccinated against Covid 19.

However, we recognise vaccination provides the best defence against Covid 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.

We therefore continue to encourage all prospective employees to engage with the vaccination programme and ensure they have been double vaccinated and received their boosters.

More information on the Covid 19 vaccination can be found at Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination - NHS ( .
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

If you'd like to explore opportunties to work for us please submit an expression of interest form.
Our HR team will keep in touch with you to find the right opportunity.
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