Specialty Doctor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Specialty Doctor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Main area CAMHS Psychiatrist Grade MC75 Contract Fixed term: 6 months (Vacancy) Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week Job ref 333-G-CA-SA0008

Site Ash Tree Clinic (Harrow CAMHS) Town South Harrow Salary £61,542 - £99,216 plus London weighting of £2162 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 01/12/:59

Job overview

We are currently looking for an up to 10 PAs specialty doctor/psychiatrist to work within Harrow CAMHS (CNWL). Applicants are welcome and encouraged to apply if they wish to work part time.

This is an exciting opportunity for an energetic, innovative and dedicated doctor with creative ideas for service development, keen to work with dynamic and passionate consultants and MDT clinicians and to collaborate with paediatricians, schools, children's services and allied health professionals.

You will be working with consultants in a team with two higher trainees (St Mary's higher training scheme in child psychiatry), a core trainee and two other specialty doctors.

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Main duties of the job

• Conduct initial assessments, psychiatric assessments, risk assessments and deliver treatments including the initiation and monitoring of pharmacological treatments.
• Support the MDT with comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and management planning, guided by the CAMHS care pathways and clinical model.
• Participate in the middle level duty rota (psychiatry) for Harrow CAMHS.
• To undertake psychiatric assessments of young people and families referred to the CAMHS team with mental health disorders, devise formulations and care plans and provide interventions/treatments.
• To assess children and adolescents with mental health problems, presenting acutely to the service or to paediatrics.
• To provide treatment and therapy appropriate to level of training and experience under the general supervision of the consultant psychiatrist.
• To attend service wide meetings for provision of peer education and peer discussion.
• To attend CAMHS multidisciplinary team meetings for mutual support, in-service training, for the review of clinical cases and opportunities for audit.
• To participate in the provision of teaching to medical undergraduates and other professionals.
• To ensure good record keeping of assessments and interventions and to contribute to reports/correspondence as outlined in the clinical protocol of the service.
• To provide relevant reports for educational/social services planning.
• To provide clinical care for other patients if their allocated doctor/case manager is unavailable.
• To gain experience of some psychological treatments.
• To participate in clinical audit, quality improvement and research.
• To communicate medical issues effectively within a multidisciplinary team.

Person specification Education and Qualifications

• Primary Medical Degree
• GMC Licence to Practice
• Full GMC registration
• Section 12(2) Mental Health Act approval and AC Approval

Experience, Skills and Abilities

• Completed at least 4 years full time post graduate training (or its equivalent on a part time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term trainee or have equivalent experience and competencies.
• 3-DI or ADI trained
• At least one year of experience in CAMHS neurodevelopmental work including ASD and ADHD assessments and management
• Good knowledge of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• Experience in psychopharmacology as applicable to CAMHS
• Experience of Mental Health Act as applicable to CAMHS
• Experience in a variety of therapies

Personal Skills & Qualities

• Excellent communication and empathic skills with a range of different people
• Experience of team working
• Sound organisational skills
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Experience of MDT work
• Highly motivated and able to finish tasks on time
• Demonstrable leadership skills