ConsultantPsychiatry

Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Rugby

Salary

£113,565 – £150,569

Posted

2 weeks ago

About the role

Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist or Consultant Paediatrician with a Special Interest in Neurodevelopmental Disorders This newly developed post is part of a substantial investment in the services offered to children and young people with neurodevelopmental disorders by Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust (CWPT). The post holder will provide consultant input and leadership in a community setting as part of an all-age neurodevelopmental service.

The post holder's main objective would be to provide medical input to the neurodevelopment team who provide assessment and treatment for children and young people of school age with autistic spectrum disorders and ADHD. This will include completing assessments, providing consultation to other professionals, overseeing multidisciplinary treatment plans and appropriately prescribing medication if required. In particular, they would be expected to assess complex cases such as:- where there is a significant risk of self-harm, harm to others or risk of neglect- where there is diagnostic uncertainty or complexity- where the interaction of potential illness and personality factors needs to be evaluated. The post holder would be expected to see around 12 new patients a month and 48 follow up reviews per month. It is expected that this substantial new investment will address historical waiting lists for neurodevelopmental assessment.

Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

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At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond. We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities. generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more staff networks and support group We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Person specification

Essential

A postgraduate qualification in Psychiatry e.g. Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
GMC registration and inclusion on the specialist register in psychiatry or paediatrics
Approved under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act of a psychiatrist
Training and experience in neurodevelopmental disorders usually via a higher training scheme
Training and experience in working with children and young people with learning disabilities
Experience in using recognised assessment tools for the diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders and the holistic management of such conditions
CCT accreditation (or within 6 months of interview) or equivalent
Interest/experience of audit leading to quality improvements in services
Needs to be a good team worker with good communication and interpersonal skills.
Open to involvement and development of services within the strategic direction of the trust and ICB
Good command of English
Solution focused
Commitment to develop the neurodevelopmental service with participation in the management and leadership of the service
To participate in specialty and directorate activities Participation in CPD
Willing to participate in on-call rota
Willing to undertake DBS check
Commitment to facilitate and develop learning and practice of others.

Desirable

Ability to demonstrate experience in multi-agency environment
Understanding of Information Technology
Experience in research and teaching
Experience of service development
Interest in developing community services