Job summary
This is a Consultant Psychiatrist role at Rhodes Wood Hospital, a specialist CAMHS Eating Disorder service. The successful candidate will be part of a vibrant team delivering evidence-based and focused treatment plans to support children and young people aged 8-18 and their families. The role offers a competitive annual salary, a £10,000 signing on bonus, and a range of other benefits including a car allowance, annual leave, pension contribution, and wellbeing support.
Main duties of the job
As a Consultant Psychiatrist, you will deliver an evidence-based and focused treatment plan to support the children and young people aged 8-18, and their families, as they progress through their care plans to understand eating behaviours and restore physical health. You will work alongside the talented and experienced multidisciplinary team to create tailored treatment programmes to support the individual needs of each young person within a warm and nurturing environment. Your responsibilities will include reviewing referrals, conducting admission assessments, risk assessments, and physical health assessments, allocating specialist psychological treatments, ensuring effective liaison with referring teams, and acting as the Responsible Clinician for young people detained under the Mental Health Act.
About us
Elysium Healthcare is an established, stable, and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Join the vibrant team at Rhodes Wood Hospital, a specialist CAMHS Eating Disorder service with 3 wards that empowers recovery in a fast-paced, challenging and fun environment for children and young people aged 8-18 years with eating disorders - which offers compressed hours flexibility and a relocation package of £8,000.
Rhodes Wood is working through a programme to continually innovate, improve and deliver excellent care to our young people and a rewarding experience for employees.
As a Consultant Psychiatrist working hours per week over 4 or 5 days, you will deliver an evidence-based and focused treatment plan to support the children and young people aged 8-18, and their families, as they progress through their care plans to understand eating behaviours and restore physical health.
You will work alongside the talented and experienced multidisciplinary team to create tailored treatment programmes to support the individual needs of each young person within a warm and nurturing environment. This will allow you to understand symptoms, patterns and origins of psychological distress.
There is an on-call element to this role.
Other responsibilities include:
1. Review referrals and determine appropriateness for admission
2. Conduct admission assessment and ensure effective management plans of all young people on the unit
3. Conduct risk assessment and review regularly
4. Allocate specialist psychological treatments in line with individual needs
5. Assess physical health
6. Ensuring effective liaison with referring teams
7. Facilitating regular CPA review meeting
8. Act as Responsible Clinician for young people detained under the Mental Health Act
To be successful in this role, you'll need:
9. Registered on the Specialist Register for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with a licence to practice
10. Experience of CAMHS eating disorders desirable
What you will get:
11. Competitive annual salary
12. £10,000 signing on bonus
13. £8,400 car allowance
14. 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and your birthday off!
15. A Group Personal Pension Plan (GPPP) and pension contribution
16. Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
17. Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.
18. Free meals while on duty
19. Employee Assistance Services
20. Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
21. Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
22. Voluntary benefits
23. Medical indemnity cover
There are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers and much more.
About your next employer
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
24. Registered on the Specialist Register for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with a licence to practice. Experience of CAMHS eating disorders is desirable.