Locum Child & Adolescent Consultant Psychiatrist

Locum Child & Adolescent Consultant Psychiatrist

A Locum Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist is required as responsible clinician (RC) for Evergreen, an 8 bedded Adolescent Acute In-Patient Service in Luton which opened in February 2023.

This is an opportunity to join Evergreen's strong ethos and award winning team.

Main duties of the job

The consultant psychiatrist holds clinical responsibility for all cases admitted to the unit (Maximum 8 young people). Each case will also have an allocated case manager to coordinate their care. They are also expected to carry out line management responsibilities for their trainees.

Please see JD for more details.

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will be expected to offer contributions to the wider clinical leadership, the multi-disciplinary team, to provide psychiatric assessment and treatment where clinically appropriate and case management of high risk presentations.

Please see attached JD and PS for detailed outline of main responsibilities

Person Specification Experience Skills Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

ACD and Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist