Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist - London - NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

Description

The postholder will participate in the Senior Psychiatrist on-call rota covering out of hours and weekends for Mental Health Services within NELFT. The on-call covers service delivery for children and adolescents presenting with mental health problems. The rota is covered by local community substantive CAMHS consultants and the two inpatient consultants and is currently 1:12, with a 3% Category A salary supplement (subject to change as the rota expands The job description is pending Royal College Approval., This is a substantive post of 7 Programmed Activities (PAs). The postholder will provide senior medical leadership within the access and comprehensive pathways, supporting high-quality assessment, formulation, diagnosis, and treatment planning, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team. The role involves assessing a broad range of child and adolescent mental health presentations, including comprehensive psychiatric assessment, formulation, and diagnostic work where indicated. The postholder will work within a well-supported multidisciplinary team, with access to a wide range of evidence-based interventions. The post includes medical treatment planning and, where clinically indicated, prescribing and medication review in line with national and local guidance, with appropriate monitoring and risk management. Within the comprehensive pathway, the postholder will provide senior specialist CAMHS input for children and families requiring enhanced support, including complex presentations and higher levels of risk or need. A key component of the role is collaborative working across the MDT and with partner agencies (including education, social care, acute services, and safeguarding networks) to ensure coordinated, timely, and effective care. Where clinically necessary, and given the evolving organisational structure of the service, the postholder's role may also contribute to the other clinical pathways.Working for our organisation The expectation of the post holder will be to support their team, department and organisation to follow the Trust's Values in their day-to-day work.

Read the overview of this opportunity to understand what skills, including and relevant soft skills and software package proficiencies, are required.

• We are kind
  
• We are respectful
  
• We work with our communities, To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing, and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust's risk register.
  
• Clinical Skills:
  
• To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for their own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols.
  
• The post holder will have full registration with a licence to practice from the General Medical Council (GMC).
  
• Further professional knowledge will have been gained through accredited courses, workshops, study, and in-house training programmes.
  
• To be responsible, and accountable, for service delivery to clients/patients.
  
• To be able to assess and develop care plans to meet the complex needs of patients with a variety of conditions, recognising own limitations and seeking advice when necessary. This will include continuously evaluating and acting on outcomes.
  
• To be able to initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies.
  
• To provide patients and relatives with information and education thus ensuring they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence, and quality of life.
  
• To ensure practice is supported by research, evidence-based practice, literature, and peer review.
  
• Benefits We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT: + A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff. + A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a 'Top 10 Family Friendly Employer' from the Working Families Charity. + Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors. + Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern. Supporting our Armed Forces We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans. reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.
  
• Joining #TeamNELFT means you'll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We're CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas. The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. xpwpeyx Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT. Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video