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Job overview
We are delighted to offer this unique opportunity for an Academic Clinical Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry to join the Child and Adolescent Psychological Medicine service. This is a 12-month fixed term post from April 2025 - March 2026.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled Academic Clinical Fellow looking to broaden their experience in multidisciplinary medical education alongside clinical work with children and young people within a paediatric acute hospital setting. You will be joining an experienced Child & Adolescent Psychiatry team embedded and fully integrated into the UCLH Children & Young People Division.
In your academic role, you will be deputy to the UCL Medical School Child & Adolescent Mental Health Lead, taking a leadership role in overseeing, managing and helping deliver the Year 5 Medical Student programme. This will include recruiting lecturers to deliver sessions, developing educational materials, and delivering lectures/workshops online and in person. You will work alongside the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry team, and with 2 Academic Clinical Fellows in Paediatrics within the Division, as well as with UCL Year 5 Medical School administrators. You will also help to develop and deliver a training programme for Acute Hospital Staff on Children & Young People Mental Health.
Main duties of the job
In your clinical role, you will join a vibrant multidisciplinary team to support paediatric liaison work to a highly complex and diverse patient group. The Child and Adolescent Psychological Medicine/Services provides assessments, consultation and interventions for patients being treated at UCLH with medical conditions and experiencing emotional, psychological, behavioural difficulties or mental illness. This includes children and young people presenting in mental health/psychosocial crisis to the Emergency Department, as well as patients receiving treatment as in-patients or out-patients under one of the UCLH teams within the Children & Young People (formerly Paediatric & Adolescent) Division.
You will provide Child & Adolescent Psychiatry input to the Paediatric Emergency Department; T12 South Adolescent (13-18yrs) ward; T11 South (<13yrs) paediatric ward; and to T11 & T12 North wards, providing Child & Adolescent Psychiatry input to the UCLH Paediatric Oncology service and the Teenage & Young Adult Cancer Service, as part of the Psych-Oncology team.
Working for our organisation
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services to people from the local area, throughout the United Kingdom, and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
1. University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
2. National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
3. Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
4. University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
5. Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
6. University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
7. The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
8. University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world-class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff.
You will be supported and supervised by our four highly experienced Consultant Psychiatrists. There is the opportunity to work with a range of mental health presentations and use evidence-based treatments. The team also includes one child and adolescent psychiatry specialty trainee (ST) and one or two psychiatry core trainees (CTs) and 2 CYP Mental Health Liaison Clinical Nurse Specialists. You and the CTs will cross-cover each other for leave where possible.
You will be responsible for the assessment and day-to-day psychiatric care of the in-patients and day-patients admitted to the paediatric department at UCLH under the supervision of the STs and consultant psychiatrists. Close teamwork with nursing and MDT colleagues is a specific feature of the role; there is the opportunity to work jointly with paediatricians, paediatric nurses, psychologists, psychotherapists, child safeguarding social-workers and nurses, and play specialists/activity coordinators to deliver effective care and treatment for children and young people.
You will assess referrals on admission through the Paediatric Emergency Department, complete mental state examinations and risk assessments, liaise with community child and adolescent mental health services to develop safe discharge plans, and complete discharge summaries. Your work will be supported by the child and adolescent psychiatry STs and consultants.
All applicants must be eligible for full GMC registration. Previous experience in CAMHS, paediatrics or general adult psychiatry is essential for this post. Ideally, the successful candidate should also have MRCPsych or equivalent, section 12 approval and "training the trainers" educational training or equivalent.
Person specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Full GMC Registration.
* CT/ST 1-3 or relevant experience in psychiatry
* Qualification in education
* MRCPsych or equivalent
Desirable criteria
* Section 12 approval.
* "Training the trainers" educational training or equivalent
* CT/ST 3+ with experience in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
Experience
Essential criteria
* Experience in CAMHS, paediatrics or general adult psychiatry.
* Experience of teaching medical students and multi-disciplinary teams.
Desirable criteria
* At least 3 years full time work or equivalent training in a recognised psychiatry and/or paediatric training scheme.
* Experience of leading and/or managing teaching programme.
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
* Ability to work effectively as a team member.
* Effective verbal and written (including record keeping) communication skills.
* Ability to prioritise and organise clinical and supporting activities.
* Good clinical knowledge and excellent clinical skills, including psychopharmacology, risk assessment and management.
* Experience in a range of teaching techniques.
* Competent in a range of IT skills, including use of Teams, Zoom, Excel, Word.
Desirable criteria
* Experience in simulation training and learning.
* Evidence of leadership ability and commitment to clinical governance.
* Range of Quality Improvement/audit projects in the past three years.
* Postgraduate teaching degree or diploma.
* Completion of simulation training (faculty development program).
* Research experience.
Communication
Essential criteria
* Ability to engage a diverse group of learners from different disciplines.
Personal and People Development
Essential criteria
* Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
* Ability to see patients as people, ability to empathize and work co-operatively with others.
* A 'can do' approach to working with colleagues.
Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion
Essential criteria
* Demonstrable understanding of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and/or Knowledge of the NHS obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duties.
Ensure the risk of infection to self, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors is minimised by:
Essential criteria
* Being familiar with and adhering to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control.
* Completing all required training and education (both via e-learning and face to face) on infection prevention and control.
* Including infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development and included in your annual appraisal.
* Taking personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care associated infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently.
At UCLH, we have a real 'One Team' ethos, and our values - safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.
At UCLH we take equality of opportunity seriously and are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer, with a culture that creates a real sense of belonging and trust. It is our fundamental aim, to recruit, retain and promote a diverse mix of people who are representative of our local communities. Applications are encouraged from candidates of all backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to support our world-class research, innovation and creativity.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff and has a dedicated policy which allows staff to apply for flexible working right from the beginning of employment. For more information please go to: Flexible Working.
We offer our permanent staff an interest-free season ticket loan for travel, all our staff have access to free independent and confidential support, large retail discounts, a staff discount platform, cycle to work scheme and on-site accommodation to name a few.
Additionally, UCLH Arts and Heritage's staff wellbeing programme, Creative Comfort, offers a variety of ways to engage with the arts as a member of UCLH staff. You can try out the weekly choir, weekly art club and join the Culture Club for exclusive access to free and discounted tickets for opera, exhibitions, theatre and more.
We recognise, reward and thank colleagues by nominating them for our annual Celebrating Excellence Awards, which are funded by UCLH Charity.
We are also members of My Trust Benefits which offers discounts on high street retail stores, offers on travel deals, and also to take advantage of cash back schemes.
This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.
Please note that all correspondence regarding your application will be via email. The emails will be sent to you via TRAC.jobs and not via NHS Jobs, we encourage you to check your inbox regularly.
Please note that if you are at present in a training position on the 2016 new junior doctor's contract and are applying for a Trust doctor role your salary will not be pay protected.
Please note that if you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the closing date of the advert to assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.
The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
* Job description (PDF, 736.3KB)
* Functional requirements (PDF, 262.3KB)
* UCLH Values (PDF, 860.9KB)
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