Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Applications are invited for the post of Consultant Psychiatrist in the Solihull Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (SOLAR).
SOLAR is the emotional wellbeing and mental health service for those aged 0-19 years, in Solihull. Provided by Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in collaboration with Barnardo's and Autism West Midlands, the service aims to meet the emotional wellbeing and mental health needs of children and young people.
Main duties of the job
The primary role will involve undertaking clinical assessment and treatment of referred out-patients up to their 19th birthday. The Consultant Psychiatrist will play a key role in leading the teams, liaising with other Pathways within the Trust and fostering a close relationship with Primary care to provide a high quality of holistic care for the service users.
The post holder will join four other Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists and an Advanced Nurse Practitioner. The team also includes Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Family Therapists, Art Psychotherapist, OTs, CPNs, CBT Therapist, CAMHS Practitioners and Trainee Associate Nurses.
Job responsibilities
The post holder will have a caseload covering patients from GP surgeries predominately in the South of the Borough within Solihull CCG. They will provide medical leadership to the service and with senior multidisciplinary colleagues they will lead and develop a clinical service working with high levels of complex emotional and mental health problems.
In collaboration with senior colleagues the post holder will also take a lead role in service improvement and development to ensure the provision of an effective clinical pathway in SOLAR.
Person Specification
* Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
* Approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act (1983)
* MRCPsych or equivalent
* Obtained inclusion on the Specialist Register; or within six months of the award of a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; or eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register
* Commitment to personal programme of Continuing Professional Development.
* Training and experience in Child and Adolescent training in a higher specialist training scheme.
* Wide range of experience in child and adolescent psychiatry including community based experience.
* Experience of teaching and training at an undergraduate/postgraduate level
* Commitment to clinical audit within multi-disciplinary team.
* Evidence of potential for effective leadership.
* Ability to work creatively within multidisciplinary
* Demonstrable interest in the provision of gender sensitive mental health service
* Willingness to be involved in management of service.
* Able to travel
* Additional qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or another relevant field
* Broad clinical training including both inpatient and community service
* Experience serving a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic population
* Experience of stakeholder engagement in service delivery
* Experience of contributing to or completion of a service improvement project
* Completed clinically relevant audit projects
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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