Consultant Psychiatrist in CAMHS Learning Disability Team, Oxfordshire
Are you a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist interested in delivering and developing ground-breaking and growing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in Oxfordshire?
We have a consultant opportunity in our LD CAMHS team. As a Consultant, you will be responsible for supporting your team manager in ensuring that our service users' needs are met through the delivery of high-quality care. As a centre of excellence, you will offer a person-centred approach to their independence and well-being. You will have clinical leadership opportunities to develop services across the patch and medical education/supervision.
You will also be part of a Trust wide consultant network where there are opportunities to liaise with colleagues in other posts throughout the Trust and develop peer networks. You will also see consultant peers at regular division meetings in the locality and at clinical governance meetings.
The Trust works closely with the University of Oxford psychiatric department and is committed to high-quality teaching and training for medical students, postgraduate trainees in psychiatry, specialty doctors, students, and other professionals. The consultant will provide direct clinical supervision and line management with opportunities to develop your skills in these areas.
Main duties of the job
The Consultant will provide senior medical input and clinical leadership to the LD team. The post holder will have responsibility for those patients seen by himself/herself, together with those patients seen by medical staff directly supervised by the post holder.
The post holder will assess new routine, urgent, and emergency referrals from other agencies alongside other clinicians, provide consultation to non-medical clinicians and offer ongoing management for patients requiring longer-term care. You will provide high-quality specialist clinical assessments, including relevant psychiatric and physical investigation to children, young people, and their families in a community setting, and work collaboratively with other members of the team to plan and deliver appropriate individually tailored treatment plans.
Job responsibilities
* Role in assessment of referrals
* Care plan and treatment formulation
* Guidance on evidence-based treatment and effectiveness
* Routine medication reviews
* Complex case management
* Consultation to the wider team
* Liaison and collaborative working with other services/agencies
* Attendance at Team Business Meeting and Clinical Team Meetings
* Multi-disciplinary, multi-agency, and partnership working
* Mental Health Act assessment, Mental Capacity Act Assessments
* Management of complex cases
* Clinical leadership of team
Person Specification
Qualifications
* MB MS or equivalent medical qualification
* MRCPsych or equivalent
* CCT in child and adolescent psychiatry or equivalent
* Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research, or management
* Additional clinical qualifications
* Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
* Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months
* Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
* Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
* In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
Clinical Skills, Knowledge and Experience
* Excellent knowledge in specialty
* Excellent clinical skills using a bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
* Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
* Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
* Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
* Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
* Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning
* Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
* Ability to work in and lead a team
* Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
* Participated in continuous professional development
* Participated in research or service evaluation
* Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
* Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
* Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
* Reflected on the purpose of CPD undertaken
* Experienced in clinical research and/or service evaluation
* Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit, and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations, and publications
* Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients
Transport
* Holds and will use a valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative
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.
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