Part-time – 6 PAs
We wish to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Adolescent Team who provide a highly specialist service for young people in Bromley. You will work with adolescents up to 18 years and their families/carers, with significant and acute mental health difficulties who are at risk of requiring Tier 4 inpatient care.
Bromley CAMHS maintains close links with CAMHS services across all three boroughs (Bexley, Greenwich) and there will be an opportunity to contribute to ongoing work in developing services for young people with crisis and acute presentations. We are a friendly, busy and thriving service, regarded as an accessible and effective service.
Applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly will be welcomed.
The Bromley Adolescent Team is the treatment pathway for children and young people who experience acute mental health conditions and who may be at risk of inpatient admission,requiringarapidresponse,intensiveintervention,crisisandriskmanagement.The team adopts a Mentalisation-based approach in clinical work with young people and their families/supportnetwork.
In broad terms, the function of the Adolescent Team is:
To provide a rapid response assessment and treatment service with intensive interventionstoyoungpeoplewhoexperiencesignificantoracutementalhealthdifficulties
To support young people to remainin thecommunity where possible and for those who are admitted to inpatient care, to facilitate transition to and from communityservices
To provide consultation, support and to work in close partnership with professionals and carers in the young person’snetwork
At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England. Our wide array of services includes communityhealthcare,suchasdistrictnursingandspeechandlanguagetherapy,careforpeoplewith learning disabilities and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing andtherapies.
Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 bytheSundayTimesamongstverybigemployers.OurstaffsurveyresultsshowthatweareintheTop 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similartrusts.
“We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it’s a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it’s a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve
people’s lives.”
Provision of psychiatric care toCYPinthe Bromley Adolescent Team through evaluation, diagnosis and use of appropriate treatment plans/strategies for children presenting with mental healthdifficulties
High quality note keeping and adherence clinical standards on our electronic patient record,RiO
Contributing to decisions regarding care plans, discharges and treatment of patients inaccordance with medicalstandards
Consultation to the team around psychiatricissues and risk management.
Alongsidetheclinicalleadsandteammanagerensuringpatientthroughputwithintheteam
Working collaboratively with colleagues to ensure delivery of the right treatment for each youngpersonreferredinkeepingwithevidencebasedpracticeandCYPIAPTframework
To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed betweenconsultantcolleaguesandthemedicaldirectorandinaccordancewiththeTrust’s personnel policies andprocedures.
This advert closes on Monday 10 Mar 2025
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