A Vacancy at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.
The post-holder will provide medical cover to the Home treatment team working closely with MDT and nursing team colleagues delivering the service in line with the NHS England Service specification. The principle job purpose is to deliver an effective, efficient, and evidence-based child and adolescent psychiatry service in collaboration with multidisciplinary CAMHS colleagues. Work with and support the multidisciplinary team.
The post-holder will provide medical cover to the Home treatment team working closely with MDT and nursing team colleagues delivering the service in line with the NHS England Service specification.
The clinical role is to provide assessment and treatment to children and young people presenting with acute, high risk psychiatric disorders referred for Home treatment team and intensive support. The post-holder will work with or alongside the consultant psychiatrist and other MDT colleagues.
Link with inpatient team and community teams to formulate care plans and discharge plans.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
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The post-holder will provide medical cover to the Home treatment team working closely with MDT and nursing team colleagues delivering the service in line with the NHS England Service specification.
The clinical role is to provide assessment and treatment to children and young people presenting with acute, high risk psychiatric disorders referred for Home treatment team and intensive support. The post-holder will work with or alongside the consultant psychiatrist and other MDT colleagues.
Link with inpatient team and community teams to formulate care plans and discharge plans.
Attend to any safeguarding needs that arise in accordance with local and national best practice standards.
Ensure effective and timely documentation of clinical decision-making and care plans.
Comply with the Trust’s governance policy including participating in supervision, clinical audit, annual appraisal, and re-validation with the General Medical Council.
There is no out-of-hours on-call commitment within the post. On working days there are duty rotas of CAMHS practitioners to cover emergency presentations at Addenbrooke’s hospital and 136 suite. The post-holder will from time to time be expected to assist the duty CAMHS practitioner and Duty CAMHS Consultant with the emergency assessment of young people.
Participate in the administrative duties associated with patient care and smooth running of the service including the collection of routine data and outcome monitoring as specified by the Directorate Management Team
This advert closes on Sunday 16 Feb 2025