NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Main area: CAMHS & AAED Service Line
If your skills, experience, and qualifications match those in this job overview, do not delay your application.
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 6 sessions per week
Job ref: 294-MEDI-0395-CS
Site: South West London & St. George’s Mental Health NHS trust
Town: Springfield University Hospital
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum pro rata plus London Zone Allowance
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 01/12/2024 23:59
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.
We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".
When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.
As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
Job Title: Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - 6 PAs Children and Young Persons Community CAMHS & AAED Service Line
Base: Children & Young Persons Community Eating Disorders Service; South West London & St. George’s Mental Health NHS trust. London SW17 0YG
Main duties of the job
The SWL St George’s Eating Disorders Service has a national and international reputation as a centre of excellence in treatment of eating disorders. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a consultant psychiatrist to join the Children and Young Persons Community Eating Disorders Service (CYP-CEDS), the specialist community eating disorder service for children and young people aged up to 18y. The team is highly specialist, with a particular focus on evidence-based NICE-concordant treatment, and collaborative working with service users, families and partner agencies.
Working for our organisation
About the location:
Our Trust headquarters is located within the impressive grounds of Springfield University Hospital in Tooting. This is easily accessible via the Northern Line (Tooting Bec Station) and via private transport. The Trust provides subsidised parking fares for all our substantive staff. Our main site is located immediately next to Tooting High Street where staff can easily access a range of shops, cafés, restaurants etc.
We offer a number of excellent staff benefits and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
* Generous pay, pensions and leave: we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
* Work life balance: we support a range of flexible options, such as part-time working, job sharing, term-time working, compressed hours and working from home.
* Career development: There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
* Subsidised car parking: You can park at any of our sites at a reduced rate of £20/month.
* NHS discounts: with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through Health Service Discounts website.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Medical leadership within the team, together with the clinical lead.
* Direct assessments and leading a multi-disciplinary (MDT) mini-team assessment clinic to provide in-depth assessments, including supporting the assessing team with case formulation and treatment planning, and running of the assessments.
* Psychiatric, medication, and complex case reviews with case managers.
* Participation in clinical governance, including leadership in one or more streams of compliance with QNCC-ED standards.
* To contribute to senior cover for urgent consultation and management of medical and psychiatric emergencies, and to cross-cover with consultant colleagues in CYP-CEDS and Wisteria Ward for annual/study/sick leave.
* Working jointly with paediatric and inpatient eating disorder services to ensure effective care pathways for severely medically unwell patients. This includes responsibility for the psychiatric care of patients under the service on paediatric wards.
* Involvement in ongoing development and delivery of an expanded service offer, as led by the clinical and professional leads.
Please refer to the attached JDPS for detailed information.
Person specificationRESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS:
* Evidence of participation in research, and outcomes of studies.
* Higher degree in research Completion of a research project and evidence of its dissemination.
* Publication in a peer-reviewed journal, especially where related to child and adolescent mental health and/or eating disorders.
QUALIFICATIONS
* Primary Medical degree.
* Full GMC registration.
* MRCPsych, or equivalent.
* Included on the GMC Specialist Register for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry or eligible for such inclusion (or equivalent) on the Specialist Registrar within six months of completing their CCT.
* Section 12 (2) approval of the Mental Health Act.
* Qualifications in systemic family therapy and other related psychological therapies such as CBT-E or DBT.
* Qualifications in change management and service development skills.
KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE: Critical Expertise in Specialty
* Completed minimum of three years full-time training in approved higher psychiatric training scheme.
* A detailed knowledge of main treatment approaches in child mental health, including psychopharmacological interventions.
* Experience of working with adolescents with eating disorders.
* Experience of teaching medical and non-medical staff, including those who may not have a formal qualification.
AUDIT AND MANAGEMENT:
* Commitment to developing practice through clinical audit and/or research.
* Commitment to working with allied agencies including carer’s groups, and local charities.
* Experience of service planning and development. Experience of working with partner organisations.
* Experience of co-production with service users.
At South West London St Georges Mental Health Trust we are committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Committed Employer, and welcome applications from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We are Members of Stonewall Diversity Champions and Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion.
We are committed to supporting the Armed Forces Community and have signed the Armed Forces Covenant.
We provide reasonable adjustments to the interview process for any candidates with a disability.
Please note:
* That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received.
* That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system.
* That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not been successful.
* That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees.
* That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process.
* That your employment is offered subject to successful completion of a Probationary Period depending on your Band (except medical roles).
* That we are a smoke-free Trust.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Name: Medical Staffing
Job title: Medical Staffing
Email address: medicalstaffing@swlstg.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 07783 894920
Closing date: 1st December 2024 (midnight)
Assessment date: Monday 16th December 2024 (via MS Teams)
Interview and AAC panel date: Tuesday 17th December 2024
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