Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist (Locum/Agency)

Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist (Locum/Agency)

A consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist is required for the Tower Hamlets Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. The post is an 8 PA fixed term post (3-6 months).

The post-holder will work across the Emotional and Behavioural team and the CAMHS in Social Care Team at Greatorex Street Community CAMHS, a long-established service for the assessment and treatment of young people up to the age of 18 years, their families and carers living in the borough of Tower Hamlets.

The post-holder will hold a joint Clinical Team Lead position in a well-established joint leadership structure with a co-Clinical Team Lead.

Main duties of the job

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details and information relating to the role.

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

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

For more information and/or informal discussion, please contact: Dr Chiara Colonnelli, Lead Psychiatrist -

Person Specification Education/Qualification/Training

• Full GMC registration
• MRCPsych parts 1&2 or equivalent
• Eligibility for inclusion on the Specialist Register or CCT in appropriate specialty (or within 6 months)
• Section 12 approved and Approved Clinician status or willing to apply for approval
• Higher academic degree

Research

• Experience in a research project
• Publication accepted by peer review journals in a relevant academic field

Experience

• Possesses an extensive range of clinical knowledge and excellent clinical skills.
• Experience of assessment and management of CYP with complex mental health disorders

Communication and Interpersonal Skills

• Strong leadership and co-ordination skills with ability to direct and organise teams
• Excellent communication skills with a range of different people
• Ability to build effective relationships with patients, families, colleagues and other professionals
• Ability to cope with considerable pressure and adapt to constant change and new demands
• Shows enthusiasm and initiative in pursuing innovation and the highest standards for patients, juniors, colleagues and the organisation

Teaching

• Experience of teaching in small groups and lecturing
• Commitment to both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, academic and clinical
• Familiarity with problem based learning approaches

Management/Audit

• Enthusiastic and organised approach to audit and quality assurance
• Ability to operate effectively in a committee
• Training in management skills
• Experience of management of a clinical area
• Experience of service development

Other

• Meets professional health requirements
• Adherence to the highest ethical and professional standards

Knowledge and Skills

• Concerned to maintain and develop this knowledge
• Displays sound professional judgement
• Exercises sound clinical risk management
• Sees patients within a holistic context
• Creative in the design and implementation of treatment programmes
• Appreciation and understanding of transcultural and gender issues in psychiatry
• Shows an approach based on critical enquiry and evidence-based practice
• Able to balance competing demands and prioritise
• Higher training in a specific psychotherapeutic treatment or modality, e.g. Family Therapy, CBT, individual or group psychotherapy

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.

£113,565 to £150,569 a yearPer annum pro-rata