The appointment is for a Consultant Psychiatrist in Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services in Gloucestershire. This post is one of six posts serving Gloucestershire. The post will support Specialist CAMHS clinics across the county but primarily focus on services in the East of the County.
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CAMHS in Gloucestershire has two main bases – in Gloucester and in Cheltenham. We also have satellite clinic rooms in Stroud, Forest of Dean, and Cirencester.
The post holder will have cases at Evergreen House, Cheltenham, and cover localities of City of Cheltenham, Tewkesbury, Cirencester, Stroud, and Cotswold according to GP post code.
Well supported extensive Multidisciplinary Teams provide direct evidenced based interventions in Schools (Trailblazer Young Minds Matter) through to our effective Outreach Team (Intensive Home Treatment).
Our Peer Group is compassionate, supportive, and practices a culture that encourages a duty of candour.
Responsibilities:
1. Provide Psychiatric oversight with the MDT to young people.
2. Support the MDT, provide clinical leadership, and review the quality of the care we provide.
3. Provide psychiatric input to children and young people referred to CAMHS registered with GPs in Gloucestershire.
4. Work in treatment clinics with multi-disciplinary colleagues to deliver either general CAMHS intervention or more specialist team work such as neurodevelopmental work.
5. Deliver medication clinics and participate in regular multi-disciplinary group meetings for ongoing work, work planning, and case discussion.
6. Engage in safeguarding supervision and follow the Care Co-ordinator system.
7. Contribute fully to multi-disciplinary team work while managing straightforward medication review cases.
8. Support development in areas of clinical and professional development in keeping with service delivery.
Please note the job description reflects the full-time vacancy; however, part-time would be considered, please discuss at interview.
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