Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - North Somerset CAMHS

Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - North Somerset CAMHS

We are recruiting for two roles within North Somerset CAMHS, offering exciting opportunities to help shape & develop the service.

Post 1: A 10 PA role, including 6 PAs dedicated to psychiatric input & service development for the North Somerset CAMHS Learning Disabilities team.

This includes overseeing care for children & young people with moderate to severe learning disabilities & associated mental health needs, in close collaboration with the community child health team.

The remaining 4 PAs provide psychiatric input & medical leadership to the Core Community CAMHS team.

Post 2: A 6 PA role within the Core Community CAMHS team, focused on assessments of the team's psychiatric referrals & psychiatric input alongside other team Consultants & onward allocation to therapeutic pathways such as CBT, DBT, trauma therapy/EMDR and family therapy.

We are implementing the i-THRIVE model across AWP CAMHS to transform services in partnership with young people, carers, and local agencies. This provides a unique opportunity for you to develop and share your special interest and/or service leadership and management.

You will join experienced consultants in North Somerset CAMHS & a wider network of supportive colleagues across AWP CAMHS in Bristol & South Gloucestershire including community teams, Learning Disability CAMHS, an Intensive Support & Hospital Assessment Team & specialist CAMHS services including Young People Substance misuse treatment team, Thinking Allowed and Be Safe teams.

Main duties of the job

Core Clinical Responsibilities

Provide assessment, diagnosis, management and treatment for children, adolescents, and families presenting with severe and complex mental health difficulties.

Hold psychiatric responsibility for patients directly seen by psychiatrists within the consultant's designated CAMHS team.

Clinical Activity

• Offer new assessment appointments and follow-up reviews as clinically indicated.
• Provide consultation to colleagues and engage in multi-agency liaison with education, social care, primary care, and other relevant services.
• Be available for unpredictable emergency work as required by the service.
• Determine the frequency of follow-up appointments on a case-by-case basis, including extended assessment and formulation, Medication reviews, Mental state monitoring, Joint reviews with the care coordinator where appropriate

Special Interests

• Opportunities are available for the post-holder to develop a specialist clinical interest, aligned with the needs of the locality team and service priorities.

Leadership and Team Contribution

• Provide senior clinical leadership within the multidisciplinary team.
• Work collaboratively with the clinical service manager, team manager, and other senior clinicians to support high-quality, evidence-based care.
• Contribute to the development of team culture, clinical pathways, and service improvement initiatives.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

Please note that Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust is not currently a sponsor under the GMC Sponsorship Scheme. As a result, we regret to inform you that we are unable to consider applications from individuals who require GMC sponsorship.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details on the roles and responsibilities of this post.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration or eligibility to be included on the register and holding a current licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of gaining CCT in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Section 12 approval/ Approved Clinician Status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Relevant Higher Degree e.g. MD, PHD, Msc or other additional clinical qualifications
• MRCPsych or MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Additional clinical qualifications

Experience

• Wide breadth of clinical experience working with children and young people with mental health problems and their families
• Knowledge and evidence of participation in CPD.
• Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team involvement.
• Evidence of effective multi-agency working
• Specific additional therapy training (e.g. Positive Behavioural Support, CBT, systemic therapy, DBT etc.)

Personal Skills

• To possess leadership skills and be able to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to manage own time, workload and prioritise clinical work
• Able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, in order to effectively work with patients, carers and staff.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Clinical Skills

• Skills in psychiatric assessment, formulation and risk management (including safeguarding) as well as psychopharmacology in children, neurodevelopmental disorders and attachment difficulties.

Knowledge

• Understanding of the management skills required to function successfully as a Consultant.

Teaching

• Commitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching.
• Understand principles of teaching.

Research & Audit

• Experience or involvement in a research project and publication.
• Ability to supervise junior medical staff undertaking research projects.
• Experience of carrying out an audit project

Management

• Evidence of management/leadership skills training.

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.

£109,725 to £145,478 a yearper annum pro rata