Job Summary
The post-holder will be part of the team of consultant psychiatrists working within the Trust's Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Clinical Unit. The post-holder will be part of the two Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists, both based at the Community CAMHS clinic in Newport. Within CAMHS, there is a full-time middle grade doctor working across CAMHS and EIP teams and a CT2/3 post.
Main Duties of the Job
Consultants will use their skills and expertise to achieve the best care for service users, with a focus on providing supervision and oversight of the team and the assessment and management of complexity and severity. This includes:
1. Ensuring evidence-based practice and service user-centred recovery principles to assess, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate all interventions provided by the MDT to promote recovery and independence.
2. Focusing on the management of service users presenting with the greatest complexity and severity while managing a small case load to respond flexibly and timely to the needs of the most unwell or urgent.
3. Managing complex information and making formulations using a biopsychosocial model.
4. Ensuring appropriate and effective engagement with carers and ward teams.
5. Management of risk and weighing complex risk information to deliver care that is in the best interests of the recovery of the individual.
6. Ensuring the service works in line with care planning, risk management and safeguarding policies.
7. Maintaining a focus on outcomes, both in terms of clinical outcomes and patient experience.
8. Providing education, supervision and oversight over the caseload with consultant MDT/triage meetings.
About Us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
With over 12,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Full GMC Registration with license to practice
* Eligibility for inclusion on the Specialist Register via CCT in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (or within 6 months at time of interview) or equivalent
* Section 12 Approval
* Approved Clinician status
* MRCPsych
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer Details
Employer Name
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St Marys Hospital
Parkhurst Road
Newport
Isle of Wight
PO30 5TG
Employer's Website #J-18808-Ljbffr