Consultant Psychiatrist, CAMHS Brent ETT/EIS

Job Overview

Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist - Brent CAMHS Enhanced Treatment Team (ETT)/Early Intervention Service (EIS)

Permanent, Full Time 10PAs

We are currently looking for a Full Time Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to work within the Brent CAMHS Enhanced Treatment Team (ETT) within CNWL.

There are 8 sessions within Brent CAMHS and 2 sessions within Brent Early Intervention Service (EIS) focusing on the 14-18 year olds.

This is an exciting opportunity for an energetic, innovative and dedicated child and adolescent psychiatrist with special interest in complexity and trauma, and keen to work with a supportive, dynamic and passionate substantive consultant group and MDT clinicians.

There are opportunities for teaching and training, and strong links with Imperial College London to develop research interests.

This post attracts a generous annual leave entitlement, study leave, the NHS pension scheme and a range of staff discounts including discount on purchase and lease of new cars. In addition we will cover your Relocation expenses for up to 8K (subject to eligibility).

Whilst the post is a full time one we would consider applications for either a job share.

Further Information & Arrangements to visit

Dr Louise Morganstein, Lead Consultant C&A Psychiatrist

Tel: 020 3317 5050

Dr Azer Mohammed, Clinical Director for CAMHS

Tel: 02033175999

Main duties of the job

Brent CAMHS has multiple sub-teams with specialist skills: Emotional Disorders Team (EDT), Neurodevelopmental Team (NDT), Learning disability (LD) and Enhanced Treatment Team (ETT). The post is 10 PAs and this is divided between 8PAs for the Enhanced Treatment team, and 2 PAs in the Brent Early Intervention for Psychosis service.

The Enhanced Treatment team contains assessment and treatment pathways for children and young people with severe attachment difficulties, emerging personality disorders and repeated self harm, and usually a high degree of complexity and comorbidity. The Brent EIS is part of the Adult Mental Health services in Brent and provides assessment and treatment for people over 14 years of age who present with their first psychotic episode. The service contains embedded CAMHS psychiatry resource (this role) for the asses

sment and treatment of young people aged 14-18 years old with first onset psychosis.

Working for our organisation

CNWL is a nationally leading NHS Foundation Trust providing Mental Health, Community Health and Child Health Services across London and the South East of England.

Over the last few years our catchment area has grown significantly, making the Trust’s population more diverse than ever. The area spans the communities of London, Milton Keynes and wider geographical areas of Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Kent and Hampshire. There are areas of great affluence as well as deprivation, and there are over 100 first-languages spoken in these communities.

We were authorised as a Foundation Trust on 1 May 2007.

The Trust is organised in to three Divisions: Jameson, Goodall and Diggory. Goodall Division is responsible for the delivery of Mental Health and community Learning Disability services in Hillingdon, as well as all CNWL’s specialist rehabilitation provision and CAMHS provision in NW London. We also deliver community physical health services in a number of boroughs in NW London, including Hillingdon Harrow, Ealing and neighbouring System of North Central London.

Our staff play a fundamental role in our delivery of excellent outcomes and excellent patient experience, so it is our aim to create a happy and healthy working environment where you can thrive and succeed.

www.cnwl.nhs.uk

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Clinical Work

• Work along with other MDT colleagues to develop the Enhanced Treatment sub-team, offer consultation, work with colleagues from local authority and education, assess and manage children, young people and their families as appropriate.
• Provision of a generic service for non-urgent presentations of children and adolescents requiring psychiatric assessments and treatment, including direct clinical involvement and supervision and oversight of cases held by fellow clinicians.

Person specification

Education And Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Primary Medical Degree
• Full GMC Registration and
• Section 12 MHA Approved
• Approved Clinician status or within 3 months of appointment
• Inclusion on the Specialist Register or CCT expected within 6 months of interview date
  
  

Desirable criteria

• An additional post graduate qualification of relevance to working with children and Adolescents
• Inclusion on the Specialist Register for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry or equivalent (or CCT expected within 6 months of interview date)
  
  

Experience, Skills And Abilities

Essential criteria

• Competence in psycho- pharmacology and also non- medication therapeutic approaches
• Experience in the assessment and management of children and young people with complex mental health needs and high risk
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance/Care Quality
• Able to participate in Medical Audit and Quality Assurance
• Experience of teaching and supervision of junior staff and other disciplines
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Management Training
• Experience of Research
• Experience in Paediatrics
• Experience and training in the assessment and management of neurodevelopmental disorders
  
  

Personal Skills & Qualities

Essential criteria

• Excellent communication and empathic skills
• Demonstrable leadership skills
• Experience of team working
• Sound organisational skills
• Ability to work on own initiative