NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Main area: COMMUNITY CAMHS LEARNING DISABILITY
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 6 sessions per week
Job ref: 395-MED522-24
Site: George Turle House, Town Canterbury
Salary: £59,175 - £95,400 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/02/2025 23:59
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.
Job overview
COMMUNITY CAMHS LEARNING DISABILITY SPECIALTY DOCTOR (CANTERBURY – KENT)
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert, at any time, in the event of receiving suitable applicants.
Contract: Substantive
Hours: Optional - worked in PAs
Qualifications needed:
1. Full GMC Registration with a license to practice
2. Section 12 certification, or a commitment to work towards this.
3. Mastery in the management of a broad range of mental disorders in children, including neurodevelopmental disorders
4. At least 4 years of full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time basis) of which at least 2 years will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee or shall have equivalent experience and competencies
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to:
1. Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to children and young people with mental health needs, across Kent.
2. Provide senior medical support to the team, and direct input on clinical cases.
3. Provide guidance and supervision to the team.
4. Work directly with children and young people and their families and liaise as appropriate with other external CAMHS mental health providers, and acute hospitals.
5. Work alongside a full-time CAMHS LD Consultant Psychiatrists within the service.
6. Develop links already established with the local acute trusts’ A&E departments and inpatient wards.
7. Be responsible for patients allocated to them and will assess, manage, plan, and deliver care.
8. Offer clinical supervision and teaching to the core trainee on placement.
9. Support your peers and the team manager and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative.
10. Supervise junior colleagues and liaise with other health and social professionals and agencies.
To be successful in your application, you will need:
1. To demonstrate that your values are in line with that of NELFT’s values.
2. To be innovative, motivated, and passionate about Child and Adolescent mental health and Learning Disability care.
3. Essential understanding of current developments in mental health care.
4. To be a team player.
Qualifications
* Full GMC Registration with a license to practice
* Section 12 certification, or a commitment to work towards this.
Knowledge
* Mastery in the management of a broad range of mental disorders in children, including neurodevelopmental disorders
Experience
* At least 4 years of full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time basis) of which at least 2 years will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee or shall have equivalent experience and competencies
Equal opportunities employer:
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
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